“(A recent study) said ‘Medicare for All’ will lower health care costs in this country by $450 billion a year and save the lives of 68,000 people who would otherwise have died.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
Bernie Sanders
U.S. Senator. 49 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2019 to 2025. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.
“Said that both Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden have received campaign contributions from 50 or more billionaires and that the American people “don’t want candidates to be running to billionaires for huge amounts of funding.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Small Share of Donations
“We have a criminal justice system today that is not only broken, it is racist, got more people in jail than any other country on Earth, including China.”
Washington Post rated this: Not the Whole Story
“When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“Pete Buttigieg is a favorite candidate of Wall Street and the health care industry.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Says Mike Bloomberg is “a candidate who in 2015 stated, and I quote: ‘I, for example, am not in favor, have never been in favor of raising the minimum wage.’”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
“Says Mike Bloomberg “opposed modest proposals during Barack Obama’s presidency to raise taxes on the wealthy, while advocating for cuts to Medicare and Social Security.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“The young vote, of people under 29 years of age, increased by 33% over where it was four years ago, and was even higher than Obama’s extraordinary victory in 2008.”
FactCheck.org rated this: Misleading
“In 1988, I probably lost a race for Congress … because in 1988, I said that we should ban the sale and distribution of assault weapons in this country. That was 30 years ago. Furthermore, I am very proud that today I have a D-minus voting record from the NRA.”
Washington Post rated this: Not the Whole Story
“In America, we are spending twice as much on health care as the people of Canada or any other major countries.”
PolitiFact rated this: This checks out
“I don't accept that" I have one of the worst records in terms of bipartisan deal-making in the legislature right now.”
The New York Times rated this: This is exaggerated.
“In Florida children are required to take their first standardized test within 30 days of beginning kindergarten and Gov. DeSantis wants to extend that requirement to preschoolers.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“We end the $100 billion a year that the health care industry makes.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
“In 2018, Biden lauded Paul Ryan for proposing cuts to Social Security and Medicare.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Five hundred thousand Americans, including 30,000 veterans, are sleeping out on the streets today in America.”
Washington Post rated this: False
“Real wages "went up last year 1.1%.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
“Says Congress gave Wall Street "trillions of dollars of zero interest loans.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Joe said that Medicare-for-all would cost over $30 trillion. That’s right, Joe. Status quo over 10 years will be $50 trillion.”
Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios
“Medicare for All will save the average American substantial sums of money on his or her health care bill.”
PolitiFact rated this: Lacks solid numbers
“Was it 150 million people on private insurance? 50 million of those people lose their private insurance every year when they quit their jobs, or they go unemployed, or their employer changes their insurance policy.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False