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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 31, 2015 a town hall in Austin, Texas:
"In this last election in November, ... 63 percent of the American people chose not to vote, ... 80 percent of young people, (and) 75 percent of low-income workers chose not to vote."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on March 31, 2015 a meme on social media:
Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on March 29, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
In the United States, we’ve had "12 years in a row of wages declining."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 25, 2015 a speech:
The Affordable Care Act is "a major reason why we’ve seen 50,000 fewer preventable patient deaths in hospitals."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2015
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 29, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":
Says Barack Obama voted for the "very same language" of Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act when he was in the Illinois state Senate. Sexual orientation "doesn't have anything to do with this law."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • March 29, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 23, 2015 a Tweet:
"From 2013-2015, the richest 14 Americans increased their net wealth by more than $157 billion, yet the Republican budget would not require these Americans to contribute one penny to deficit reduction."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • March 27, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2015 posts on social media:
Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 24, 2015 an interview on the Kelly File:
Says according to recent polls, no Republican candidate "is doing better against Hillary Clinton than myself."
Mostly False
By Katharina Fiedler, Lauren Carroll • March 25, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 23, 2015 a speech at Liberty University:
"Small businesses (are) going out of business in record numbers."
False
By Steve Contorno • March 24, 2015
David Simas
David Simas
stated on March 18, 2015 an interview on CNN's "New Day":
Job growth in the United States is now at the "fastest pace in this country's history."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2015
Ron Dermer
Ron Dermer
stated on March 22, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "didn't change his position" on a two-state solution.    
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • March 22, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 17, 2015 an interview on "Late Night with Seth Meyers":
"Many of the alarmists on global warming, they’ve got a problem because the science doesn’t back them up. In particular, satellite data demonstrate for the last 17 years, there’s been zero warming."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • March 20, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on March 15, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"The stock market has almost tripled since April of 2009."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2015
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on March 15, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on March 9, 2015 an interview on Fox News:
Says that "Susan Rice, the president's national security adviser, has already conceded that Iran will have a robust uranium enrichment capability."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 9, 2015 a statement released to the media:
"The vast majority of our international commitments take effect without congressional approval."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2015
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on March 9, 2015 a letter to Iranian leaders:
If President Barack Obama strikes a nuclear deal with Iran, "the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2015
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 8, 2015 an interview on 'Fox News Sunday':
"The Iranian parliament will get to say yes or no on this deal, and I think the United States Congress should have the exact same input into the process."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • March 10, 2015
Henry Sanders
Henry Sanders
stated on March 8, 2015 a video clip aired on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Today in Selma, Ala., "the poverty rate is roughly nine times that of whites."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 27, 2015 a speech at CPAC:
U.S. military involvement in Libya "allowed thousands of surface-to-air missiles to fall into the hands of radical Islamists."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • March 9, 2015
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