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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 24, 2022 in a national address from the White House.:
"When we passed the assault weapons ban, mass shootings went down. When the law expired, mass shootings tripled."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 25, 2022
Steve Kerr
Steve Kerr
stated on May 24, 2022 in remarks to the media:
“90% of Americans, regardless of political party, want universal background checks.”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2022
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on January 30, 2022 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“Clarence Thomas is about to become the only member of the current Supreme Court who was nominated by a president of one party and confirmed by a Senate controlled by the other party.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2022
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on December 5, 2021 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Over time there have been 160-some carve-outs to the filibuster."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 9, 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
Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson
stated on March 7, 2021 in TV interview:
“Right now, two-thirds of the U.S. Senate is composed of millionaires.”
Mostly True
By Laura Schulte • March 25, 2021
Nicole Malliotakis
Nicole Malliotakis
stated on March 8, 2021 in a Tweet:
"If you are a hard-working law-abiding citizen who earns $80,000, you don’t get a stimulus check. But if you are a convicted murderer or rapist sitting in jail, you do."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 19, 2021
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on February 4, 2021 in a Senate speech:
“More than 200,000 DACA recipients are essential infrastructure workers” including “41,700 DACA recipients in the healthcare industry”
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 9, 2021
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on November 7, 2020 in a Tweet:
“Every single swing-seat House Democrat who endorsed #MedicareForAll won re-election or is on track to win re-election. Every. Single. One.”
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 17, 2020
Michigan Democratic Party
Michigan Democratic Party
stated on September 24, 2020 in an email:
“James is the only Senate candidate in a battleground state who has refused to take a position” on whether the Senate should promptly vote on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
Mostly True
By Clara Hendrickson • September 25, 2020
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 30, 2020 in a tweet:
"Our country and Constitution was built on a foundational separation of church and state."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • July 17, 2020
Veronica Escobar
Veronica Escobar
stated on February 4, 2020 in a speech:
“House Democrats have passed more than 275 bipartisan bills this Congress."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 12, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 19, 2019 in a Democratic primary debate in Los Angeles:
"You have to have congressional authority" to close Guantanamo Bay prison.  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 20, 2019
Jim Himes
Jim Himes
stated on December 18, 2019 in in an impeachment debate:
Says President Donald Trump "has not given this Congress a single email, phone record or document."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • December 19, 2019
Roland Martin
Roland Martin
stated on July 21, 2019 in a panel on ABC's "This Week":
Republicans "are advancing federal judges who won't even say that Brown vs. Board of Education was properly decided."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • July 25, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Since 1938 the minimum wage has been increased "23 times" and was raised "21 times during Democratic congresses, and only twice during Republican ones."
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • February 14, 2019
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on January 9, 2019 in a TV interview.:
"We took a deal to the president just last February, less than a year ago -- $25 billion over 10 years in border security done the right way - and the president blew up the deal."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • January 15, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on November 12, 2018 in a television interview:
"Studies even show that when women go to Congress they get more things done - more bipartisan effort, more bills passed."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 16, 2018
Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell
stated on October 14, 2018 in in a panel discussion:
A letter to President Donald Trump from 22 senators "is a way of saying to the president, ‘You are now under an affirmative requirement, legal requirement, to investigate' " journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and suspected murder.
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • October 16, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 18, 2018 in an ad:
Says Bill Nelson "skipped 45 percent of the hearings on national security."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 1, 2018
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