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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 13, 2021 in a speech in Philadelphia:
"In 2020, more people voted in America than ever in the history of America, in the middle of a once-in-a-century pandemic."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2021
Glenn Youngkin
Glenn Youngkin
stated on May 21, 2021 in a radio interview.:
“Over the last few years, more Virginians are moving away from Virginia than are moving to Virginia from the other 49 states.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • June 17, 2021
Kedron Bardwell
Kedron Bardwell
stated on May 20, 2021 in a tweet:
"These 2 Ankeny moms standing next to the Governor are known Qanon and anti-vaxx conspiracy theorists."
Mostly True
By Natalie Dunlap, Sabine Martin • June 11, 2021
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on June 1, 2021 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Sadly during the course of the pandemic one-third of our small businesses have closed."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • June 7, 2021
Clarence McNeill
Clarence McNeill
stated on April 7, 2021 in an email to students:
The use and possession of marijuana on U.S. college campuses “remains prohibited under federal law”
Mostly True
By Landon Allison • June 7, 2021
Don Huffines
Don Huffines
stated on May 10, 2021 in campaign material:
"Texans have some of the highest property taxes in the nation”
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By Brandon Mulder • June 4, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 29, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The New York Times published an old stock photo of a young girl and claimed Israeli forces killed her during its recent war with Hamas.
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • June 3, 2021
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on May 5, 2021 in Statement:
The Biden administration’s American Jobs Plan will be “the biggest non-defense investment in research and development in the history of our country.”
Mostly True
By Laura Schulte • May 28, 2021
Wisconsin Assembly GOP
Wisconsin Assembly GOP
stated on May 7, 2021 in Twitter:
“Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee removed more than $8 billion in spending increases from Gov. Evers' budget proposal.”
Mostly True
By Haley BeMiller • May 18, 2021
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 14, 2021 in Twitter:
“Regulating and taxing marijuana—much like we do alcohol—would generate more than $165M in revenue starting in 2022”
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • May 12, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 5, 2021 in remarks:
After the American Rescue Plan’s food and nutrition assistance, “hunger is already sharply down in the United States.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2021
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on April 28, 2021 in a GOP response to President Joe Biden's speech:
Says Democrats blocked his efforts at police reform.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 30, 2021
Jill Underly
Jill Underly
stated on April 11, 2021 in TV interview:
For mitigating COVID-19 spread, “masks (are) the number one way to do so."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • April 23, 2021
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 6, 2021 in a debate.:
“I restored felons’ rights - 173,000 - more than any governor in the history of America.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • April 19, 2021
Shelley Moore Capito
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on March 4, 2021 in a press conference:
President Joe Biden’s American Relief Plan “has a lot of money in it for schools, but if you really look at it … it says that the school money is going to go out until the year 2028.”
Mostly True
By Lara Bonatesta, Mackenzie Gilligan • April 15, 2021
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 7, 2021 in remarks at the White House:
“A new, independent study put out last week found that at least 55 of our largest corporations used various loopholes to pay zero federal income tax in 2020.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2021
Nicholas Langworthy
Nicholas Langworthy
stated on March 17, 2021 in a mass email:
Residents of New York state “pay the highest taxes in the nation.”
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By Landon Allison, John Pullano • April 12, 2021
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 4, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal “is fully paid for. Across 15 years, it would raise all of the revenue needed for these once-in-a-lifetime investments."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 7, 2021
Rick Gundrum
Rick Gundrum
stated on March 29, 2021 in Twitter:
Says Gov. Tony Evers’ 2021-22 state budget "increases taxes $1 billion +"
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • April 6, 2021
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on March 26, 2021 in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper:
“People don’t pretend to be someone else to go in and vote. You just don’t see that kind of fraud.”
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • April 5, 2021
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