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Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 a video at the DNC
"We moved 100 times as many people out of poverty as moved out when President (Ronald) Reagan was in office, with 40 percent more jobs."
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By Miriam Valverde • July 28, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
"Two million more Latinos are in poverty today than when President Obama took his oath of office less than eight years ago."
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By Lauren Carroll • July 22, 2016
Americans For Prosperity, North Carolina chapter
Americans For Prosperity, North Carolina chapter
stated on June 1, 2016 an official statement
There are "500 failing schools in North Carolina"
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By Will Doran • June 16, 2016
National Federation of Independent Business-Virginia
National Federation of Independent Business-Virginia
stated on May 17, 2016 a website post.
"The vast majority of minimum wage workers get a raise within a year."
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By Sean Gorman • June 2, 2016
Kiki Curls
Kiki Curls
stated on April 4, 2016 following a Missouri Senate Budget Committee hearing
Missouri "is the state with the lowest paid workers."
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By Conner Smith • May 2, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 19, 2016 a TV ad
Says Bernie Sanders "fundamentally changed the lives" of Immokalee farm workers in Florida for the better.  
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By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 11, 2016 comments during the PBS Democratic debate
The United States has "the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on Earth."  
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2016
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on November 1, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"We have record numbers of people living in poverty."
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By Linda Qiu • November 1, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 14, 2015 a town hall meeting in Concord, N.H.
"If you're born poor, you're more likely to stay poor than any time in American history."
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By Nick Reid • October 30, 2015
Tyrone Brooks
Tyrone Brooks
stated on January 20, 2015 a statement
State lawmakers are spending taxpayer money for parking that billionaire Arthur Blank could build while paying some state employees so little they are on food stamps.  
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By Nancy Badertscher • March 23, 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
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on January 15, 2015 an email blast
Since Rick Perry became governor, "poverty rates in Texas increased from 15.1% to 17.5% — which is higher than the national average."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on November 19, 2014 an announcement.
The poorest counties in the U.S. are in Appalachia and "happen to be more than 90 percent white."
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By Sean Gorman • December 1, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on September 11, 2014 a TV ad
Says Scott Walker cut "taxes for the wealthiest" and raised taxes "on 140,000 Wisconsin families."  
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September 25, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on July 2, 2014 a tweet
"Expanding Medicaid would create 63k jobs."
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By Amy Sherman • July 9, 2014
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on May 5, 2014 an interview on MSNBC
If you work 40 hours a week at the proposed minimum wage of $10.10 an hour, "you get out of poverty."
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By Louis Jacobson • May 8, 2014
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 15, 2014 an ad
Under his leadership, more people in Wisconsin "have access to health care."
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May 7, 2014
Steve Forbes
Steve Forbes
stated on February 16, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
"Two-thirds of the people who start out in minimum wage are above the minimum wage within a year."
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By Julie Kliegman • February 16, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on February 7, 2014 an interview on MSNBC's "The Daily Rundown."
"Six people in Florida die as a result of (not expanding Medicaid) every day."
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By Amy Sherman • February 12, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 7, 2014 a Facebook post
"Unemployment insurance kept more than 620,000 children out of poverty in 2012."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2014
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