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Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on May 24, 2021 an op-ed on CNBC:
“New Haven, Conn., had to issue bonds for a bridge after using funds for that bridge to pay for a police misconduct settlement."
True
By Jon Greenberg • May 27, 2021
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on February 9, 2021 a statement:
“There is a direct connection between discriminatory policies within the USDA and the enormous land loss we have seen among Black farmers over the past century."
True
By Miriam Valverde • February 22, 2021
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates
stated on June 19, 2019 congressional testimony:
"The typical black family in this country has one-tenth the wealth of the typical white family."
True
By Tom Kertscher • July 1, 2019
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 12, 2019 a podcast:
29 states still don’t have "comprehensive protections" for people in the LGBTQ community.
True
By Mica Soellner • March 28, 2019
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
By Tom Kertscher • April 17, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 18, 2016 an interview:
Says Donald Trump "thinks stop-and-frisk is fine."
True
By Tom Kertscher • December 9, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 26, 2016 a Hillary for America television ad:
"Trump Management was charged with discriminating against African-Americans and breaking federal law."
True
By Lauren Carroll • September 14, 2016
ACLU of North Carolina
ACLU of North Carolina
stated on June 29, 2016 a press release:
Proposed NC law for body camera footage gives police "broad authority to keep video footage secret – even from individuals who are filmed."
True
By Will Doran • July 1, 2016
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2016 a blog post:
"More people are struck by lightning than commit in-person voter fraud" by impersonation.
True
By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 a speech at Stanford University.:
When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":
"More than once, I've actually had a conversation with the protesters on substance."
True
By Linda Qiu • March 13, 2016
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on September 27, 2015 a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says "Bernie Sanders was there when it came to (same-sex) marriage 20 years ago. ... He was there when it wasn't popular."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 29, 2015
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 3, 2015 an interview:
Says Scott Walker's views on abortion are more restrictive "than any Republican president in recent times."
True
By Tom Kertscher • July 16, 2015
Jason Rae
Jason Rae
stated on April 21, 2015 an interview:
Wisconsin's non-discrimination law "doesn't protect members of the trans-gender community."  
True
By Tom Kertscher • May 8, 2015
Lena Taylor
Lena Taylor
stated on March 12, 2015 a news release:
Polling shows that nearly 74 percent of National Rifle Association members "support requiring background checks for all gun sales."
True
By Tom Kertscher • March 18, 2015
Diego Arene-Morley
Diego Arene-Morley
stated on November 18, 2014 a community forum:
"There are more African American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850."
True
By Katie Mulvaney • December 7, 2014
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 16, 2014 a press release:
Wisconsin was the "first state to ban public and private sector employment discrimination based on sexual orientation."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • June 22, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 10, 2014 speech at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library:
During Lyndon B. Johnson’s first 20 years in Congress, "he opposed every civil rights measure that came up for a vote."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 14, 2014
NAACP
NAACP
stated on March 3, 2014 a news release:
In the U.S., "African-Americans continue to be arrested at nearly three and one half times the rate of whites" on marijuana charges.
True
By John Hill • March 16, 2014
Mark Udall
Mark Udall
stated on June 9, 2013 a Senate speech rebroadcast on ABC's "This Week":
Currently, the intelligence community "can collect business records on law-abiding Americans who have no connection to terrorism."
True
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • June 13, 2013
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