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Latest Fact-Checks On Jeb Bush

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Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 14, 2016 the Fox Business Network debate:
Says Hillary Clinton "is under investigation with the FBI right now."
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By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 4, 2016 a column posted on Medium:
"As governor of Florida, I used a combination of strategies to help reduce heroin use among youth in Florida by approximately 50 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 24, 2015 a radio interview in New Hampshire:
Says there are "ample means" to "tell when someone is a Christian in the Middle East ... by name, by where they’re born, their birth certificates."  
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By Jon Greenberg • December 1, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 14, 2015 a town hall meeting in Concord, N.H.:
"If you're born poor, you're more likely to stay poor than any time in American history."
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By Nick Reid • October 30, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 14, 2015 in a town hall in Concord, New Hampshire:
"The top 1 percent pay 45 percent of all taxes in the country."  
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By Amy Sherman • October 26, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on September 8, 2015 a campaign video:
"Florida led the nation in job creation" while Bush was governor.
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By Joshua Gillin • September 10, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 31, 2015 comments on Twitter.:
"I cut state spending more than anybody (in the 2016 GOP field)."
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By Linda Qiu • September 9, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 19, 2015 a New Hampshire town hall discussion:
Says Donald Trump "was a Democrat longer in the last decade than he was a Republican."
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By Joshua Gillin • August 24, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 10, 2015 a Twitter exchange:
There has been a 100 percent "increase in student debt under this Democratic White House."
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By Lauren Carroll • August 14, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 30, 2015 a post on his campaign website about releasing his tax returns:
Says his "average federal tax rate" was 36 percent.  
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By Amy Sherman • July 9, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 16, 2015 an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News:
As a senator, Hillary Clinton "has her name on three laws in eight years."
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By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 15, 2015 his announcement speech at Miami Dade College:
Says Hillary Clinton "insists that when the progressive agenda encounters religious beliefs to the contrary, those beliefs ‘have to be changed.’ "
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By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando:
"In Florida, for eight years we cut taxes every year, totaling $19 billion."
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By Joshua Gillin • June 11, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 30, 2015 an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
"Florida has a law like (Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act)."
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By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • March 31, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on February 4, 2015 a speech in Detroit:
Hispanic students in Florida perform "the best" of any Hispanic population in the United States.
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By Amy Sherman • February 11, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 30, 2013 a Wall Street Journal op-ed:
Says "Canada has one-tenth of our population—yet it issues far more high-skilled visas (more than 150,000) yearly than we do (65,000)."
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By Jon Greenberg • July 10, 2013
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 30, 2012 a convention speech:
"In Massachusetts, Gov. Romney narrowed the gap between students of different races."
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By Molly Moorhead • August 31, 2012