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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 4, 2019 a campaign email to Vermont media:
"President Trump has lifted the prospect of voters across Vermont, overseeing a 11,742 decline of Vermont residents on food stamps."
Mostly True
By Xander Landen • November 7, 2019
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on September 29, 2019 a tweet:
Says Thom Tillis voted to support Trump’s emergency declaration to fund the border wall even though it would "raid $80 million from North Carolina."
Mostly True
By Julianna Rennie • November 6, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on October 30, 2019 an interview:
"When it comes to electability, every single time my party has won the presidency in the last 50 years, it’s been with a candidate who was new on the national scene, hadn’t spent a lot of time in Washington, and represented a new generation of leadership."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • November 5, 2019
Jack Salzwedel
Jack Salzwedel
stated on October 8, 2019 a public forum:
"There’s more African American males in the penal system right now than there were (enslaved) at the height of slavery." 
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • November 1, 2019
Mike Parson
Mike Parson
stated on September 8, 2019 a campaign announcement:
"Wages are on the rise — in fact we were the top small-business wage growth state in the nation."
Mostly True
By Joe Noser • October 31, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 16, 2019 answering questions from reporters:
"I entered as one of the poorest men in Congress, left one of the poorest men in government, in Congress and as vice president."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 30, 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
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 11, 2019 an interview on ABC's "The View":
"Most people below $50,000 don’t pay any income tax. The top 1 percent in our country pay 40%."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2019
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on September 21, 2019 Iowa Steak Fry speech:
Says about universal basic income, "Thomas Paine was for it at our founding ... Martin Luther King, champion in the ‘60s, called it a guaranteed minimum income for all Americans… It passed the U.S. House of Representatives twice in 1971."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • October 16, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on October 15, 2019 comments made during the Oct. 15 Democratic presidential primary debate:
 "Back when I was studying it, two out of three families that ended up in bankruptcy after a serious medical problem had health insurance."
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra • October 16, 2019
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on September 23, 2019 a speech:
Says "90% of policemen are for" expanding background checks to all gun sales.
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 4, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2019 a campaign appearance in Iowa:
"We’re no longer the wealthiest middle class in the world."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 4, 2019
Sam Graves
Sam Graves
stated on August 29, 2019 a newsletter:
"The average bridge in Missouri is 48 years old — most were only designed to last for 50 years."
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek • October 2, 2019
Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda
stated on August 25, 2019 a tweet:
The United States is "#1 in oil consumption" in the world.
Mostly True
By Autumn Cecil, Jacqueline Kautz • October 1, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 24, 2019 a speech:
"49% of all new income goes to the top 1%."
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 29, 2019
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 27, 2019 a tweet:
"Women’s unemployment has been lower under President Trump than it’s been in nearly 70 years."
Mostly True
By Caroline Cassedy, Karli Celestin • September 26, 2019
Xavier Becerra
Xavier Becerra
stated on August 26, 2019 a news conference:
 "Every time we go to court," against the Trump administration, "for the most part, we win." 
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • September 25, 2019
Gina Hinojosa
Gina Hinojosa
stated on September 4, 2019 a press conference:
"You can have an active warrant for your arrest for murder and legally pass a background check system in the state of Texas" to purchase a gun.
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • September 20, 2019
Nicole Galloway
Nicole Galloway
stated on August 12, 2019 her campaign announcement:
Says her office "uncover(ed) $350 million in waste and fraud; it led to 40 criminal charges against both Republicans and Democrats."
Mostly True
By Madison Czopek • September 20, 2019
Mark Perry
Mark Perry
stated on June 28, 2019 a radio interview:
"Wisconsin is currently seeing an influx of new residents, Illinois is seeing an outflux."
Mostly True
By Mica Soellner • September 19, 2019
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