“You know, watching the debate the other night, with all the Democrat candidates standing so far on the left, I thought that debate stage was going to flip over. … In fact, if you add up every budget-busting proposal they offer — from Medicare-for-all and the Green New Deal — it would actually cost every household in America over $900,000 over the next 10 years.”
Mike Pence
Vice President. in a speech in Detroit. Claim dated 19 Aug 2019.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
In short
Mike Pence (Vice President) made this claim around 19 August 2019. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 August 2019, 3 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
Mike Pence has 46 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 25 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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