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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 19, 2019 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
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on November 17, 2019 a speech:
"No other city in America did what (New York) did. We reduced murders by 50%, reduced police shootings to historic lows, reduced the number of people incarcerated by nearly 40%."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • December 2, 2019
Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on October 29, 2019 a pre-legislative media forum:
While previous clemency boards granted restoration of civil rights to thousands of Floridians,  "so far this year, under this clemency board, four (felons) have gotten their rights back."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 21, 2019
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on October 13, 2019 an article in a local newspaper:
"$53 million a week is coming across the border in drugs."
Mostly True
By Matthew Digby, Minh Do • November 18, 2019
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on October 22, 2019 remarks at a committee hearing:
Says that in Illinois, "fewer than 20% of those actually deported have been charged with any serious crime."
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 27, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 26, 2019 an Instagram post:
 "Last year, South Carolina spent $21,756 per prison inmate and $11,552 per student."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • August 27, 2019
Sheila Bynum-Coleman
Sheila Bynum-Coleman
stated on July 26, 2019 a website post.:
"African Americans are three to four times more likely to be arrested for drug crimes, and nine times more likely to be imprisoned."  
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • August 6, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2019 a speech:
"Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • August 5, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 29, 2019 a tweet:
Says Donald Trump's claim that "there was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our country, a person is innocent" directly contradicts Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s statement.
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • May 30, 2019
Paul Bettencourt
Paul Bettencourt
stated on April 2, 2019 a resolution:
"194,000 criminal aliens booked into Texas jails from 2011-2019 were charged with more than 299,000 criminal offenses."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 8, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on February 7, 2019 an interview on CNN:
"In 1992, the Democratic Party had in their platform provisions that said that illegal aliens were coming in this country, committing felonies, sent back and then they were right back across the border to do the same thing."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on October 8, 2018 a gubernatorial debate:
"Only Duterte’s Philippines and Trump’s United States of America have money bail."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 30, 2018 CBS4 interview:
Says Tallahassee "is experiencing a five-year low in our crime rate."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 8, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on September 23, 2018 CBS4 interview:
Says Andrew Gillum has presided over "the highest crime in Florida four years running."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 8, 2018
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on July 29, 2018 a TV interview:
"There is a big correlation between third grade reading level and whether you go to college or whether you go to prison. And in Florida right now only 56 percent of kids are coming out of third grade at third grade reading level."
Mostly True
By Lucia Geng, Katie Akin • August 7, 2018
Omar Rachid
Omar Rachid
stated on July 21, 2018 a San Antonio Express-News story:
"Muslims in America have been subjected to more insults, attacks and hate crimes in the last two or three years than ever before, specifically more than after 9-11."    
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 3, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 1, 2018 a blog post:
Say a "left wing extremist, chases down, rams car over Trump bumper sticker."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • August 3, 2018
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 12, 2018 a TV ad:
Says Leah Vukmir "wrote a letter seeking leniency for a fellow state legislator convicted of sexual assault."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • July 18, 2018
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on June 27, 2018 a fundraising conference call with supporters:
"In Houston, Texas, there are more brothels than there are Starbucks."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 13, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 15, 2018 a speech:
"In 2016, an officer was assaulted in America on an average of every 10 minutes."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • May 15, 2018
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