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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds
stated on July 7, 2024 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
Kamala Harris "co-sponsored, fully sponsored" the Green New Deal.
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By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2024
Jonathan Martin
Jonathan Martin
stated on April 30, 2023 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week":
“Joe Biden was older on his first day as president than Ronald Reagan was on his last day.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 1, 2023
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on September 17, 2022 in ads:
Herschel Walker misled about “personally treating 4,500 veterans per year,” about “graduating from college” and about “working in law enforcement.”
True
By Tom Kertscher • October 4, 2022
Gary Black
Gary Black
stated on May 13, 2022 in a radio interview:
In 2020, when Raphael Warnock ran a campaign ad featuring himself with a beagle, “that wasn’t his dog.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2022
David Gura
David Gura
stated on October 27, 2021 in a tweet:
“FUN FACT: West Virginia is home to zero billionaires.”
True
By Emily Zirkelbach • November 9, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 31, 2020 in a rally:
"I’ve released 22 years of my tax returns. You can go online and look. (Donald Trump) hasn’t released one.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • October 31, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2019 in a speech in Monaca, Pa.:
Says in the 2016 presidential election, "I won that one by 42 points -- 42 points -- West Virginia."
True
By Ryan Schmitt, Victoria Gennuso • October 2, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on April 22, 2019 in a CNN town hall in New Hampshire:
Speaking of the financial crisis that gained traction in 2007, "I talked about it to anyone who would listen, a crisis is coming."
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By Miriam Valverde • April 30, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on January 31, 2019 in an interview:
"I have more military experience than anybody who’s arrived behind that desk since George H.W. Bush."
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By Tom Kertscher • February 12, 2019
Nate McMurray
Nate McMurray
stated on August 8, 2018 in a news conference at the UAW 897 hall in Hamburg. :
Says he’s a "small-town supervisor who has kept a balanced budget, who has increased surpluses, who has led us to the highest credit rating our town has ever had."
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 29, 2018
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on May 22, 2012 in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke "has a criminal record that includes DWI and burglary arrests."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 22, 2018
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on July 19, 2018 in an interview on "Mornings with Maria" on the Fox Business Network:
Says he’s "never voted ‘present’ in the House instead of taking a yes or no position.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 26, 2018
Justin Nelson
Justin Nelson
stated on May 29, 2018 in a tweet:
Says "our indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton is back to being the only statewide official in the country under indictment."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2018
Rebecca Dallet
Rebecca Dallet
stated on January 19, 2018 in an interview:
Says that as a judge, she has "presided over more than 10,000 cases."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • February 16, 2018
Kevin Nicholson
Kevin Nicholson
stated on August 6, 2017 in a TV interview:
"Ronald Reagan was a verified Democrat until his mid-50s." 
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By D.L. Davis • September 21, 2017
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
stated on April 5, 2017 in a fund-raising email:
Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. has said Black Lives Matter "is a terrorist movement, a hate group and calls it, Black LIES Matter."
True
By Tom Kertscher • April 17, 2017
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on November 9, 2016 in a web post and email blast:
"I was the first member of Congress to contribute to Donald Trump."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 11, 2016
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on October 28, 2016 in an ad:
Says Russ Feingold said that with Obamacare, "we could keep our doctors and our plans, it was rated as the Lie of the Year."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • November 4, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 20, 2016 in in a debate:
Says Donald Trump "used undocumented labor to build the Trump Tower."
True
By Linda Qiu, Riley Snyder • October 20, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 17, 2016 in a U.S. Senate debate in Orlando:
"Marco Rubio made it clear: Not only does he think Donald Trump is a con man, he went on to say he doesn't trust Donald Trump with the nuclear codes."
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By Allison Graves • October 18, 2016
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