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Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 10, 2024 the ABC News presidential debate
“Donald Trump said he was going to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. He never did. We did.”
True
By Jacob Gardenswartz • September 30, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 15, 2024 a speech at a police memorial service
“Violent crime is near a record 50-year low.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 28, 2024
Brian Krassenstein
Brian Krassenstein
stated on October 12, 2023 a post on X
It has been U.S. policy “for at least 79 years" to require Americans who intend to be evacuated from overseas to sign a promissory note.
True
By Amy Sherman • October 13, 2023
Brian Tyler Cohen
Brian Tyler Cohen
stated on February 2, 2022 a tweet
"Iowa Republicans have introduced a bill that would put government-installed cameras in every single classroom to livestream school activities for parents to spy on teachers and children."
True
By Rylee Wilson • February 8, 2022
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on January 23, 2022 an interview
In Iowa, “since we have put a number of the voting laws into place over the last several years — voter ID is one of those — we've actually seen voter participation increase, even in off-election years.”
True
By Lyle Muller • January 26, 2022
Kathryn Moffett Bradford
Kathryn Moffett Bradford
stated on September 1, 2021 comments at a WVU faculty meeting
“If you look at the hospitalizations at Ruby Memorial in West Virginia, and around the country, 90% to 95% of those hospitalized are unvaccinated.”
True
By Abigail Mulhern, Emma Copley • October 5, 2021
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on January 14, 2021 a tweet
Insulin prices have "gone THRU THE ROOF for patients/taxpayers bc of manufacturer, health plan & PBM biz practices."
True
February 2, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 15, 2020 comments at a virtual town hall meeting
“Until this week, they [OSHA] weren’t even enforcing these guidelines [for coronavirus]. Still today, OSHA is not specifying which rules employees must follow or how to keep their workers safe and healthy.”
True
By Victoria Knight • April 22, 2020
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on April 22, 2019 a CNN town hall event for Democratic presidential candidates
"Big pharmaceuticals pay off — they literally pay off — generics to keep the prices and the competition off the market."
True
By Emmarie Huetteman • April 25, 2019
John Bucy III
John Bucy III
stated on March 27, 2019 the Texas House
"Right now, 1 in 4 Texas women of reproductive age are uninsured, totaling 1.5 million Texas women."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 29, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on March 12, 2019 a press release
The Boeing 737 Max 8, the type of plane that crashed in Ethiopia, continues to fly in the United States, despite the FAA saying "software updates are likely coming."    
True
By Jon Greenberg • March 12, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 3, 2018 a Facebook post
Says Ann Coulter said, "I am a settler. I am descended from settlers — not from immigrants."
True
By Kyra Haas • December 6, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on October 16, 2018 a debate televised from San Antonio
Says "only one other senator from either party over the last 25 years" has "a worse record on bipartisanship" than Ted Cruz.  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 18, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 7, 2018 a blog post
Says Sean Hannity told listeners of his radio show that "Beto O’Rourke is asking for help in getting undocumented to vote."
True
By Miriam Valverde • September 14, 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
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 13, 2018 remarks at a rally
"Half of the American women who are murdered are killed by their intimate partners."
True
By Dan Clark • March 16, 2018
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on September 26, 2017 a comment during a mayoral forum
While Mayor Rick Kriseman said he would dip into reserves this year because of Hurricane Irma, he "went into the emergency reserves before Irma ever hit."  
True
By Allison Graves • September 29, 2017
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on April 30, 2017 a town hall meeting
"Planned Parenthood is the biggest abortion provider in the country."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 15, 2017
Sara Stevenson
Sara Stevenson
stated on April 3, 2017 to the editor of the Austin American-Statesman
Says a Texas Senate committee considering "private school voucher" legislation randomly called people to testify regardless of when the people submitted requests to testify.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 14, 2017
John Podesta
John Podesta
stated on December 18, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"On Oct. 7, the Access Hollywood tape comes out. One hour later, WikiLeaks starts dropping my emails."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • December 18, 2016
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