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Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 17, 2020 a news conference:
“No city in the state can quarantine itself without state approval.”
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 20, 2020
Kelly Alexander
Kelly Alexander
stated on March 11, 2020 a tweet:
Says "most" NC legislators are in the "high risk age group" for coronavirus
True
By Paul Specht • March 18, 2020
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 13, 2020 a Facebook post:
Says Spectrum will provide free internet to students during coronavirus school closures.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • March 17, 2020
Michael Dougherty
Michael Dougherty
stated on March 12, 2020 a tweet:
“Some states are only getting 50 tests per day, and the Utah Jazz got 58.”
True
By Bill McCarthy • March 13, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 10, 2020 a blog post:
“Whole of Italy goes into quarantine.”
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By Ciara O'Rourke • March 12, 2020
Roger Roth
Roger Roth
stated on January 20, 2020 a public forum:
“The average (Wisconsin) resident’s tax burden is at its lowest level in nearly 50 years while incomes continue to grow.”
True
By Nusaiba Mizan • March 11, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 5, 2020 an interview with NBC:
“You’ve raised a lot more money than I have, Bernie.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on January 30, 2020 a news release:
During his tenure as mayor of New York City, “street homelessness decreased by 28 percent.”
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 1, 2020
Jane O’Meara Sanders
Jane O’Meara Sanders
stated on January 26, 2020 a tweet:
"@BernieSanders receives strong support from the conservative & most rural part of Vermont."
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By Kit Norton • February 21, 2020
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 20, 2020 an MSNBC interview:
“The majority of hunters now want universal background checks, the majority of Trump voters.”
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By Bill McCarthy • February 20, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 19, 2020 comments during the February Democratic primary debate in Las Vegas:
“From the moment we passed that signature legislation, Mike (Bloomberg) called it a disgrace.”
True
By Shefali Luthra, Victoria Knight • February 20, 2020
stated on November 20, 2019 a public forum:
Says since he took office, the City of Milwaukee has seen the creation of 7,000 new affordable housing units.
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By D.L. Davis • February 17, 2020
Denver Riggleman
Denver Riggleman
stated on January 23, 2020 a radio interview.:
“Over 50% of the people now in the House and state Senate have not been born in Virginia.”
True
By Warren Fiske • February 12, 2020
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on January 9, 2020 public comments:
National polls have “never predicted who will be president from our party. Carter was in the single digits a few months before caucuses. Bill Clinton was. Obama — 20 points behind in the national polls roughly.”
True
By Brooklyn Draisey • February 6, 2020
Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper
stated on February 4, 2020 comments on CNN:
“Traditionally, the Speaker says: ‘Members of Congress, I have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the President of the United States.’ (Tonight) Speaker Pelosi said, ‘Members of Congress, the President of the United States.’ "
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2020
James White
James White
stated on January 27, 2020 a tweet:
Says "10% of U.S. children are Texans." 
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • January 31, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 26, 2020 comments made while campaigning in Davenport, Iowa.:
 "The president of the United States already has the legal authority to reduce the price of many commonly used prescription drugs."
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By Shefali Luthra, Victoria Knight • January 29, 2020
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on January 26, 2020 a Fox News town hall in Des Moines:
"More than 80% of Republicans think we ought to at least be doing universal background checks." 
True
By Amy Sherman • January 29, 2020
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on January 24, 2020 a news conference:
"The American people are overwhelmingly with us" in calling witnesses in Senate trial 
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 28, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on January 1, 2020 a television ad:
"Mayor Bloomberg helped lower the number of uninsured by 40 percent, covering 700,000 more New Yorkers"
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 28, 2020
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