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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 24, 2022 a national address from the White House.:
"When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. When the law expired, mass shootings tripled."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 25, 2022
Claudia Tenney
Claudia Tenney
stated on April 1, 2022 a press release:
In 2021, “11,201 pounds of fentanyl were seized by Customs and Border Protection, which is enough to kill every American nearly seven times over.”
Mostly True
By Elizabeth Egan, Marnique O. Panepento • April 27, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 31, 2020 a speech in Pittsburgh:
“More cops have died from COVID this year than have been killed on patrol.”
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 2, 2020
Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
stated on April 19, 2020 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
Stay-at-home orders “actually are the law of these states.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 21, 2020
Gina Hinojosa
Gina Hinojosa
stated on September 4, 2019 a press conference:
"You can have an active warrant for your arrest for murder and legally pass a background check system in the state of Texas" to purchase a gun.
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • September 20, 2019
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on March 5, 2019 a tweet:
Says the percentage of officers the Chicago Police Board fired after hearing their cases or who chose to resign prior to a board hearing roughly doubled during her tenure.
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 10, 2019
Craig Thompson
Craig Thompson
stated on January 27, 2019 an interview:
Among neighboring states, the condition of Wisconsin highways was rated "not only the worst, but it was worse by a gaping margin."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • February 26, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on November 29, 2018 a press conference at the border:
There was "an estimated $5.3 million of economic loss just for a few hours of shutting down the border. You’re talking about millions and millions of dollars — billions of dollars — of economic consequence, if we continue with this rhetoric around shutting down the border without considering what that means."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • December 3, 2018
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on July 23, 2017 posts on Twitter and Facebook:
There were 2,761 auto thefts in 2006 under Rick Baker and 1,095 auto thefts in 2016.
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • July 27, 2017
Richard Burr
Richard Burr
stated on April 18, 2017 a speech in Youngsville, NC:
"The pace of missile development between (Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un) has increased the testing about twenty-fold."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • April 24, 2017
Greg Murphy
Greg Murphy
stated on April 10, 2017 a speech:
"Every day, four North Carolinians die from a medication or drug overdose."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • April 13, 2017
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate:
"We have 33,000 people a year who die from guns."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2016
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on September 28, 2016 a television interview:
"In other states (where illegal immigrants have been allowed to get driver's licenses) their insurance premiums for everybody have gone down."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2016
Van Jones
Van Jones
stated on July 7, 2016 a panel discussion on CNN:
African-Americans don't use drugs at a higher level than whites but "wind up going to prison six times more."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 13, 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on June 18, 2016 a Medium post:
"40% of Americans know someone who has been killed by a gun."
Mostly True
By Taylor Leighton • July 7, 2016
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on June 16, 2016 an interview on MSNBC:
"Al-Qaida operatives, have said, 'Hey, we want you to use this loophole (for purchasing guns despite being on a watch list) to attack and kill Americans.'"
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2016
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on June 14, 2016 a news conference:
Last year, "244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 a debate:
Says Dontre Hamilton, who was killed during a confrontation with a Milwaukee police officer, was "unarmed."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 18, 2016
State Public Service Announcement
State Public Service Announcement
stated on December 28, 2015:
By the end of 2015, more than 1,300 people will have died on Georgia roads. One of out evey four fatalities resulted from drunken driving.  
Mostly True
By Nancy Badertscher • December 30, 2015
Paul Doughty
Paul Doughty
stated on November 10, 2015 a tweet:
"@Jorge_Elorza still think your plan is safe? Rescue Captain Kenyon just worked 96 hours straight. 96 hours."  
Mostly True
By Mark Reynolds • November 22, 2015
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