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Ron Johnson
stated on October 20, 2015 On support for the Export-Import Bank:

On support for the Export-Import Bank

Full Flop

By James B. Nelson • October 20, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 13, 2015 the first Democratic debate:

Says as secretary of state she was reserving judgment about the Trans-Pacific Partnership and "hoped it would be the gold standard."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • October 14, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 7, 2015 an interview on PBS Newshour:

On the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

Full Flop

By Lauren Carroll • October 8, 2015

Barry DuVal
stated on September 25, 2015 an interview:

"We're the only major oil-producing nation in the world with a self-imposed ban on exporting our crude oil to other nations."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • September 17, 2015

Viral image
stated on August 26, 2015 a viral Internet chart:

Bernie Sanders opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and Hillary Clinton supports it.

Mostly True

By Will Cabaniss • September 2, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2015 an interview on CNN.:

"Our companies are moving into Mexico more than almost any other place right now."

Half-True

By Linda Qiu • August 27, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 31, 2015 a speech in Miami:

On the Cuba embargo.

Full Flop

By Amy Sherman • August 3, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on June 23, 2015 an op-ed on Breitbart:

On support for Trade Promotion Authority, called fast-track

Full Flop

By Keely Herring • July 8, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on June 29, 2015 social media posts.:

"The House of Representatives just voted 300-131 to remove ‘country-of-origin labeling’ on chicken, pork, and beef sold in the U.S."

True

By Linda Qiu • July 2, 2015

MoveOn.org
stated on June 11, 2015 a Facebook post:

Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "voted to cut $700m from Medicare."

Mostly False

By Lucas Daprile • July 1, 2015

John Podesta
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Hillary Clinton's "been very clear where she stands on trade."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • June 14, 2015

Paul Ryan
stated on May 17, 2015 on CNN's "State of the Union":

"Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had" fast-track trade authority.

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • May 17, 2015

Elizabeth Warren
stated on May 5, 2015 remarks at the Institute for New Economic Thinking:

Proposed fast-track legislation allows presidents to "easily use a future trade deal to override our domestic financial rules."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • May 14, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on May 5, 2015 an oped column:

On reauthorization of Export-Import Bank.

Full Flop

By W. Gardner Selby • May 7, 2015

Martin O'Malley
stated on April 20, 2015 an interview with NPR:

"We're not allowed to read it (the Trans-Pacific Partnership) before representatives vote on it."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2015

Ed Schultz
stated on April 17, 2015 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show":

"America has lost over 50,000 manufacturing factories on other trade deals."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • April 23, 2015

John Kitzhaber
stated on July 18, 2014 a campaign debate:

Oregon "is the most trade-dependent state in the nation"

False

By Bill Adair • July 25, 2014

Leticia Van de Putte
stated on June 1, 2014 an interview:

Our "trade with Mexico is $720 million a day; that’s our No. 1 trading partner."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • June 13, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 28, 2014 the State of the Union address:

There is "more oil produced at home than we buy from the rest of the world – the first time that’s happened in nearly 20 years."

True

By Julie Kliegman • January 29, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 16, 2014 a speech at North Carolina State University:

"For the first time in nearly two decades, we produce more oil here in the United States than we buy from the rest of the world."

True

By Julie Kliegman • January 17, 2014

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