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Fact-check · Oct 20, 2026

“He began thirty years ago in his garage with a $25,000 SBA loan”

UNVERIFIABLESaid in 2 broadcasts
What the record shows
SBA loan records for individual borrowers are not publicly searchable. The specific entrepreneur 'Marshall' cannot be identified from the transcript fragment provided.

Cannot identify the subject or verify the claim. SBA individual loan records require FOIA request or internal database access. No independent dataset available.

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From: SBA's Million Dollar Pitch Competition

Every time it was said

2 times, Oct 20, 2026 to Oct 20, 2026 · 1 misleading · 1 unverifiable
Oct 20, 2026 — MISLEADINGOct 20, 2026 — UNVERIFIABLE
MisleadingUnverifiable

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Oct 20, 2026President Trump and Vice President JD Vance Make an AnnouncementMISLEADING
Oct 20, 2026This pageUNVERIFIABLE

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