Latest Fact-Checks In Vermont

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David Zuckerman
David Zuckerman
stated on September 29, 2020 a debate
“You were going to cut schools, when you were going to cut teachers and educators in our schools.”
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By Colin Meyn • October 8, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 15, 2020 a speech in Nevada
Says Mike Bloomberg is “a candidate who in 2015 stated, and I quote: ‘I, for example, am not in favor, have never been in favor of raising the minimum wage.’”
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By Amy Sherman • February 18, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 4, 2019 a campaign email to Vermont media
"President Trump has lifted the prospect of voters across Vermont, overseeing a 11,742 decline of Vermont residents on food stamps."
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By Xander Landen • November 7, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 28, 2019 the Democratic presidential debate in Miami, Florida.
"No, that’s a mischaracterization of my thinking."
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By Kit Norton • July 3, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 24, 2019 Press conference in Washington D.C.
"Forty years ago, a federal Pell Grant paid for nearly 80% of tuition, fees, room and board at a four-year college."
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By Kit Norton, Lola Duffort • June 26, 2019
Miro Weinberger
Miro Weinberger
stated on April 3, 2019 state of the city speech
"The public health science is clear that the use of the addiction medicine buprenorphine saves lives whether that use has been prescribed or not."
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By Aidan Quigley • April 7, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 10, 2019 speech at a rally in Concord, New Hampshire
I received "more votes from young people — black, white, Latino, Asian American and Native American — than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton combined."
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By Kit Norton • March 16, 2019
Miro Weinberger
Miro Weinberger
stated on December 7, 2018 Speech on carbon pricing.
"As a city, we currently use about 4 percent less electricity today than we used in 1989."
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By Elizabeth Gribkoff • December 8, 2018