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Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on August 4, 2016 a rally
The Obama administration has been "raising taxes."  
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • August 16, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton's plan "would tax many small businesses by almost 50 percent."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 10, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2016 a campaign video
"Hillary Clinton says she wants to, ‘raise taxes on the middle class.’ "
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • August 5, 2016
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on July 28, 2016 a speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention
Says Donald Trump "proposes tax cuts, too -- $3 trillion for millionaires like himself and $2 trillion for corporations like his."  
Mostly True
By Nadia Pflaum • August 1, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2016 a speech.
In first week as governor, Tim Kaine "proposed a nearly $4 billion tax increase, $4 billion, including a tax increase on people earning as little as $17,000 a year."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • July 28, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
Independent analysts "found that Trump's tax plan, given to the wealthy and big corporations, would rack up $30 trillion in debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 25, 2016 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 • July 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 14, 2016 a speech.
"I am the only candidate who ran in either primary who said, ‘I will not raise taxes on the middle class.’"
Pants on Fire!
By Warren Fiske • July 23, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention
"An amendment, pushed by Lyndon Johnson many years ago, threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 the 2016 Republican National Convention
"America is one of the highest-taxed nations in the world."  
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Nadia Pflaum • July 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland
"While Hillary Clinton plans a massive, and I mean massive, tax increase, I have proposed the largest tax reduction of any candidate who has run for president this year, Democrat or Republican."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016
Mark Kirk
Mark Kirk
stated on June 15, 2016 a website press release
Says Rep. Tammy "Duckworth has been a staunch supporter of expanding the spending, size and reach of the IRS."
False
By Madeleine Doubek • July 21, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 27, 2016 a letter to Department of Transportation officials
"For decades, the state’s gas tax has been among the highest in the nation."
True
By Sarah Hauer • July 20, 2016
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech
"Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have left us with $19 trillion in debt."
Mostly False
July 19, 2016
Rick Saccone
Rick Saccone
stated on July 13, 2016 floor remarks during a House session
"Illegal tobacco sales, price driven too high, has been connected to at least several cases of funding terrorism against us in multi-year investigations over the last decade and a half."
Mostly True
By Cassie Owens • July 18, 2016
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on June 22, 2016 a press conference and several other recent public appearances.
Says middle-class New York State residents will have the "lowest tax rate in 70 years."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • July 15, 2016
Mike Turzai
Mike Turzai
stated on June 15, 2016 an op-ed for PennLive
"Each [Corbett administration] budget finished in the black."
Half-True
By Cassie Owens • July 13, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 5, 2016 a tweet
"Taxpayers are paying a fortune for the use of Air Force One on the campaign trail" by President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 21, 2016 a speech
Says Donald Trump’s proposed tax treatment of hedge fund managers "makes the current loophole even worse."
True
By Adam Thorp • July 1, 2016
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on June 24, 2016 a press conference for Republican tax reform
The United States "is the only major country that taxes its own exports."  
Mostly False
By Neelesh Moorthy • June 28, 2016
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