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Ertharin Cousin
Ertharin Cousin
stated on September 6, 2016 a speech transcript on Medium:
"One extra year of schooling for girls reduces infant mortality rates among their children by up to 10 percent."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 15, 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"
Half-True
By Will Doran • June 16, 2016
John Pagliarini
John Pagliarini
stated on April 11, 2016 a speech:
"You’re in more trouble if you leave your pet in the car than if you leave your child in the car."  
Half-True
By Jacqueline Tempera • April 17, 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."  
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2016
Greenville Gazette
Greenville Gazette
stated on February 1, 2015 an article:
Texas legislation "would allow… teachers to kill their students if they felt it was needed."
Half-True
By Andy East • November 6, 2015
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on June 16, 2015 a written statement.:
"The average age a child is trafficked into the commercial sex trade industry is between 11 and 14 years old."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • July 6, 2015
Mike Tate
Mike Tate
stated on May 28, 2015 a speech:
A Republican budget proposal "would have Wisconsin have the weakest standards for who can be a teacher in the classroom in the country." 
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • June 11, 2015
James Crowley
James Crowley
stated on December 6, 2014 a commentary in The Providence Journal:
"Surveys of teens in high school reveal that knowing a classmate who sells cannabis is 90 times more common than knowing a classmate who sells alcohol."
Half-True
By Katie Mulvaney • December 21, 2014
Cormick Lynch
Cormick Lynch
stated on August 3, 2014 a debate on WPRI's Newsmakers:
The cost of "college education has gone up 1,200 percent since 1978."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 10, 2014
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 23, 2014 a speech at Catholic University:
"Having an active father makes children 98 percent more likely to graduate from college."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2014
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview of Gov. Rick Perry:
Says a 9-year-old girl was recently raped in Austin, Texas, by a guy previously "caught four times and released."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 25, 2014
Raul Labrador
Raul Labrador
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview on "Meet the Press":
The Obama administration estimates the number of children at the border is "going to increase to 150,000 to 200,000 next year."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • July 8, 2014
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on June 16, 2014 a television ad:
"Thom Tillis cut almost $500 million from education."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 19, 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."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 8, 2014
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
stated on April 6, 2014 interview while promoting book:
Atlanta is the No. 1 trading point for sexual slavery in America. Between 100 and 200 girls are sold into slavery in Atlanta every month.
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • April 25, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 20, 2014 a speech in Orlando:
"Our high school graduation rate is the highest on record."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • March 26, 2014
Allen Peake
Allen Peake
stated on March 3, 2014 a meeting:
Every child in Colorado who has been given medical marijuana for treatment for seizures has had diminished seizure activity.
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • March 11, 2014
Tom Harkin
Tom Harkin
stated on January 29, 2014 a press conference:
Cuba has "a lower child mortality rate than ours. Their life expectancy is now greater than ours."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 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
Dream Defenders
Dream Defenders
stated on July 22, 2013 a meeting with Wansley Walters, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary:
"Over 12,000 school kids were arrested in Florida. It makes Florida the nation's leader in that area."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 30, 2013
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