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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Byron Donalds
Byron Donalds
stated on July 7, 2024 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 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 ads
Herschel Walker misled about “personally treating 4,500 veterans per year,” about “graduating from college” and about “working in law enforcement.”
True
October 4, 2022
Gary Black
Gary Black
stated on May 13, 2022 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 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 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 a speech in Monaca, Pa.
Says in the 2016 presidential election, "I won that one by 42 points -- 42 points -- West Virginia."
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By Ryan Schmitt, Victoria Gennuso • October 2, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on April 22, 2019 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 an interview
"I have more military experience than anybody who’s arrived behind that desk since George H.W. Bush."
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February 12, 2019
Nate McMurray
Nate McMurray
stated on August 8, 2018 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 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 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.
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 26, 2018
Justin Nelson
Justin Nelson
stated on May 29, 2018 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 an interview
Says that as a judge, she has "presided over more than 10,000 cases."  
True
February 16, 2018
Kevin Nicholson
Kevin Nicholson
stated on August 6, 2017 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 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
April 17, 2017
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on November 9, 2016 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 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
November 4, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 20, 2016 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 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."
True
By Allison Graves • October 18, 2016
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