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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 18, 2023 a Facebook post
Video shows that “George Soros is going bankrupt.”
False
July 20, 2023
Heidi Heitkamp
Heidi Heitkamp
stated on February 24, 2019 a roundtable on ABC's "This Week"
"We have record bankruptcies in farming country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2019
José Oliva
José Oliva
stated on January 30, 2019 AP legislative day in Tallahassee
Health care is the "No. 1 reason for bankruptcy."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2019
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on April 27, 2017 a press release
Donald Trump’s "golf course on the island defaulted, like so many of his other failed business schemes. The failure left Puerto Rican taxpayers with a nearly $33 million bill."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 4, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 10, 2016 an interview
"Because of Obamacare, Medicare is going broke."
Pants on Fire!
December 23, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 10, 2016 a rally in Detroit
"Back in the Great Recession, when millions of  jobs across America hung in the balance, Donald Trump said rescuing the auto industry didn’t really matter very much. He said, and I quote again, ‘Let it go.’ "  
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • October 18, 2016
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on June 21, 2016 a TV interview.
Says Donald Trump has "bankrupt four separate businesses."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu, Sean Gorman • July 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 24, 2016 an advertisement
"In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 22, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The only two (Donald Trump tax returns) we have show that he hasn't paid a penny in taxes."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 24, 2016
Jack Lew
Jack Lew
stated on May 3, 2016 an interview with Bloomberg News
"Almost 100,000 people left Puerto Rico last year."
Mostly True
By Marta Cerava • May 17, 2016
Center for Individual Freedom
Center for Individual Freedom
stated on April 13, 2016 a TV ad
Says Paul Ryan backs a proposal that would be a "bailout" of Puerto Rico.  
Half-True
May 6, 2016
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on April 24, 2016 a broadcast of HBO's "Last Week Tonight"
"We knew Strom Thurmond had proposed" the amendment that blocked Puerto Rico’s use of Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2016
Steven Costantino
Steven Costantino
stated on September 27, 2015 a statement
"I did not play any role in bringing the company to RI as did others in government. I was tasked with handling the legislation affecting the company by my superiors."  
False
By Mark Reynolds • October 18, 2015
Allan Fung
Allan Fung
stated on September 29, 2014 a TV commercial
In the 38 Studios deal, "Wall Street investors took a risk, and went bust."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 12, 2014
Dawson Hodgson
Dawson Hodgson
stated on May 27, 2014 a radio commercial
Peter Kilmartin voted for the 38 Studios loan guarantee and his State House job was to "twist [legislator’s] arms to vote for deals like this."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 30, 2014
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 28, 2014 a mailer to voters
"PolitiFact Texas gave" a David Dewhurst TV ad "a ‘Pants-on-Fire’ rating as an outrageous lie."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 16, 2014 a video ad
Dan Patrick "got caught not paying his taxes" and "pocketed his employees’ payroll taxes."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 28, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on April 16, 2014 a video ad
Dan Patrick "changed his name from Danny Goeb to hide from" his "debts."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 18, 2014
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on July 17, 2013 an interview
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is "collecting financial information, monitoring financial information of millions of Americans" without their knowledge and "storing it for up to 10 years."  
Half-True
July 29, 2013
Charlene Lima
Charlene Lima
stated on June 26, 2013 a speech on the floor of the Rhode Island House
Economic Development Commission Executive Director Keith Stokes "sent me a letter and he said the taxpayers will never be on the hook for these bonds" for 38 Studios.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 10, 2013
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