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Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on November 8, 2023 Republican primary debate
An exemption in a new Florida law “allowed Chinese nationals to buy land within a 20-mile radius of a military base, lobbied for by one of (Gov. Ron DeSantis’) donors.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • November 15, 2023
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on May 4, 2022 a press conference
“It costs more to live in many Florida cities than New York City.”
Half-True
By Yacob Reyes • May 16, 2022
John Macco
John Macco
stated on April 18, 2022 Twitter
Says Gov. Tony Evers "wanted to increase your taxes by $1 billion just for heating your homes. Instead, Republicans cut your taxes by more than $2 billion."
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • May 6, 2022
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on August 9, 2021 a tweet
“California is moving folks out of encampments, into safe housing and getting them the mental health services they need.”
Half-True
By Shasha Hupka • September 11, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 29, 2020 the first presidential debate
“Suburbs are by and large integrated.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 16, 2020 a Wall Street Journal op-ed
“For the past three years, the state senator who represents Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco, has led a push to abolish single-family zoning in California.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • August 17, 2020
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on February 19, 2020 a State of the State Address
"Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • February 21, 2020
John Cox
John Cox
stated on October 8, 2018 a campaign debate
Says Gavin Newsom "didn’t solve the homeless problem at all" as mayor of San Francisco, "and it’s gotten worse."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 8, 2018
Yes on 10 campaign
Yes on 10 campaign
stated on September 28, 2018 a TV advertisement
California’s rent control measure Proposition 10 would have "No effect on homeowners"
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 5, 2018
John Cox
John Cox
stated on July 30, 2018 a Fox Business Network interview
"Fully half the people — our research is showing half the people — in (California) want to leave."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • September 6, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on May 8, 2018 a campaign debate
"In San Francisco, we were successful in reducing our street population 40 percent. We got 12,000 people off the street."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • May 10, 2018
John Chiang
John Chiang
stated on August 13, 2017 a Facebook live video
"Since I’ve been the state treasurer, we’ve increased the building, construction of affordable housing by 80 percent."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • September 13, 2017
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic convention
Florida retirees and families "lost tens of thousands of dollars" in deposits on failed Trump condo projects, but he "pocketed their money and walked away."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • July 29, 2016
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on July 25, 2016 a speech at the Democratic convention
"Donald Trump said he was excited for the 2008 housing crash that devastated millions of American families, because he thought it would help him scoop up more real estate on the cheap."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 26, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 24, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says a Ted Cruz ad has "got me bull-dozing down a house. I never bulldozed it down. It's false advertising."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • January 24, 2016
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
stated on November 19, 2015 a news release
"On a single night in January 2015, state and local planning agencies in Rhode Island reported the following estimates of homelessness … 107 veterans were homeless."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • December 13, 2015
Tom Coburn
Tom Coburn
stated on December 11, 2014 an interview with CNN
The home-mortgage deduction is widely thought to be "a middle-class benefit. It's not -- 73 percent of it goes to people making a quarter-million dollars or more a year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2014
Friends of India Point Park
Friends of India Point Park
stated on October 31, 2014 a web site
"Proximity to high-voltage power lines lowers property values by as much as 30 percent."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • November 16, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on October 24, 2014 in a campaign ad
Says Rick Scott "spent $800,000 of your tax dollars upgrading the Governor's Mansion."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • October 31, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 11, 2014 a TV ad
Says Scott Walker cut "taxes for the wealthiest" and raised taxes "on 140,000 Wisconsin families."  
Half-True
September 25, 2014
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