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Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on May 2, 2017 in her book "Women Who Work":
"40 percent of American households have female primary breadwinners."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • May 3, 2017
Wisconsin Freedom Alliance
Wisconsin Freedom Alliance
stated on April 25, 2017 in a radio ad:
Wisconsin politicians get daily expense payments "even if they don’t spend a dime on meals, or lodging or travel," and "no receipts are required for them to get paid."  
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 3, 2017
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on January 30, 2017 in an interview:
"Eleven individuals who make over $30 million each got $22 million credit" from Wisconsin's manufacturing and agriculture tax credit.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 17, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on December 16, 2016 in an interview:
Says Donald Trump's first 17 Cabinet appointments "have a net worth of more than a third of America."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • December 30, 2016
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 19, 2016 in a statement:
Says that except for Donald Trump, "every other major party nominee" for the past 40 years has released their tax returns.  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • September 28, 2016
Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
stated on July 26, 2016 in in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:
Says "employers are still allowed to pay people with disabilities below the minimum wage."
Mostly True
By Taylor Leighton • August 12, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 25, 2016 in remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:
"The top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll, Tom Kertscher • July 26, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland:
"Household incomes are down more than $4,000 since the year 2000."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 24, 2016 in an advertisement:
"In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 26, 2016
William Barber
William Barber
stated on April 22, 2016 in a speech announcing the Moral Monday march:
"80 percent of North Carolinians are for the living wage"
Mostly True
By Will Doran • April 28, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
In the 2014 election, "80 percent of poor people did not vote."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • April 24, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 15, 2016 in a Democratic debate in New York:
"When this campaign began, I said that we’ve got to end the starvation minimum wage of $7.25, raise it to $15. Secretary Clinton said let's raise it to $12."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • April 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 20, 2016 in a Hillary for America ad:
"Americans haven’t had a raise in 15 years."
Mostly True
By Jason Noble, Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2016
Todd Richardson
Todd Richardson
stated on January 10, 2016 in comments on “This Week in Missouri Politics":
Says Missouri families’ "earning power is about $5,000 less today than it was at the turn of the century."
Mostly True
By Katie Moeller • February 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 21, 2016 in a Hillary for America campaign ad:
"On average it takes 300 Americans working for a solid year to make as much money as one top CEO."
Mostly True
By Riley Snyder • February 12, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 24, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press.":
Says his views on reparations for slavery are the same as Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's. 
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • January 26, 2016
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on January 14, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com:
"Fifty years ago, the average GM employee could pay for a year of a son or daughter’s college tuition on just two weeks wages."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2016
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on January 12, 2016 in the Republican response to the State of the Union address:
The economy is "too weak to raise income levels."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 14, 2015 in a speech.:
"The top 1/10th of 1 percent today in America owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman, Tom Kertscher • September 21, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 1, 2015 in a speech:
"The top one-tenth of 1 percent" of Americans "own almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • July 29, 2015
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