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Latest Fact-Checks On Jeb Bush

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Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 14, 2015 in in a town hall in Concord, New Hampshire:
"The top 1 percent pay 45 percent of all taxes in the country."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 26, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on September 29, 2015 in his energy plan:
"Since 2008, U.S. crude oil output has increased by over 80 percent, an increase of over 4 million barrels a day. That is the fastest increase in U.S. history."
True
By Joshua Gillin • October 2, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on September 27, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
The tax policies of George W. Bush "created a dynamic effect of high growth."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN debate:
"When he (Donald Trump) asked Florida to have casino gambling, we said no."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Linda Qiu • September 17, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on September 8, 2015 in a campaign video:
"Florida led the nation in job creation" while Bush was governor.
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • September 10, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 31, 2015 in comments on Twitter.:
"I cut state spending more than anybody (in the 2016 GOP field)."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • September 9, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 21, 2015 in a fundraising email:
"Trump proposed enacting the largest tax increase in American history."  
True
By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 27, 2015 in a campaign video:
"I released all my emails."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 31, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 25, 2015 in remarks at a town hall in Colorado:
Planned Parenthood is "not actually doing women’s health issues."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • August 26, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 19, 2015 in a town hall in New Hampshire:
"The federal government right now does not deport criminals."  
False
By Amy Sherman • August 26, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 19, 2015 in a New Hampshire town hall discussion:
Says Donald Trump "was a Democrat longer in the last decade than he was a Republican."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • August 24, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 10, 2015 in a Twitter exchange:
There has been a 100 percent "increase in student debt under this Democratic White House."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 14, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland:
"As governor of Florida I defunded Planned Parenthood."
True
By Joshua Gillin • August 7, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on July 27, 2015 in a Telemundo News interview:
Says in 2002, he "won more Hispanic votes than Anglo votes, 60 percent in the state."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • July 31, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on July 17, 2015 in a town hall in Carson City, Nevada:
"A law was passed, apparently in the Clinton administration, about whether, in recruiting offices … Marines or other military should be able to have guns. Apparently it is prohibited."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 21, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 30, 2015 in a post on his campaign website about releasing his tax returns:
Says his "average federal tax rate" was 36 percent.  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 9, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 30, 2015 in an announcement on his website:
Says his release of 33 years of tax returns is "more than any presidential candidate in history."
True
By Joshua Gillin • July 1, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 15, 2015 in a speech launching his 2016 campaign:
"The party in the White House" is responsible for "a massive tax increase on the middle class."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • June 23, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 16, 2015 in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News:
As a senator, Hillary Clinton "has her name on three laws in eight years."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 15, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech:
The Democrats are "responsible" for "the swift, mindless drawdown of a military that was generations in the making."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2015
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