U.S. Senator. 49 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2019 to 2025. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
FactCheck.org says: An analysis projected 42,500 deaths a year. The extra 8,800 Sanders is claiming are deaths from provision that is expiring and is not part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act itself.
PolitiFact says: A 2021 annual measurement by one liberal think tank shows a 399-to-1 ratio. An AFL-CIO study found a somewhat lower ratio, and all such comparisons can be tricky due to stock options.
FactCheck.org says: While the law did reduce oversight of small and midsized banks, experts are divided about whether it caused the recent collapse of two banks.
PolitiFact says: The Commonwealth Fund, a respected source of data on health care research, found in 2022 that 43% percent of working-age adults ages 19 to 64 were uninsured or inadequately insured. That adds up to 85 million adults.
PolitiFact says: In the first nine months of 2022, the nation’s seven major railroad companies earned $21 billion in profits. The vast majority of the seven major railroads’ employees don’t have paid sick days.
PolitiFact says: The group of more than 1,400 lobbyists Sanders is citing includes more than just those representing drugmakers, and some of them actually support his policy.
MediaWise says: While it’s true that 10 Kentucky counties made a list of the 25 “worst” counties to live in, that does not automatically mean that those counties are also the poorest — since poverty was not the only factor considered. …
Washington Post says: Sanders is wrong to claim that $2 trillion in tax breaks went to the “wealthiest people in this country and the largest corporations.” Most Americans, across all income spectrums, received some sort of tax cut.