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Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on March 8, 2016 a Facebook meme
The rate of U.S. female homicide victims outnumbers 24 other developed countries by more than 2½ to 1.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 14, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 2, 2016 remarks after the Super Tuesday balloting
"The Great Wall of China, built 2,000 years ago, is 13,000 miles (long)."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2016
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on February 15, 2016 a TV interview.
"It’s highly unusual to have a Supreme Court confirmation in a presidential election year. The last one was 1940."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • February 22, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 4, 2016 comments during the New Hampshire Democratic debate
"I waited until (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement) had actually been negotiated" before deciding whether to endorse it.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 25, 2016 a CNN town hall
When terrorists killed more than 250 Americans in Lebanon under Ronald Reagan, "the Democrats didn’t make that a partisan issue."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 10, 2015 the Fox Business Network debate
Says President Dwight Eisenhower "moved 1.5 million illegal immigrants out of this country."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 11, 2015
Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah
stated on November 3, 2015 a broadcast of "The Daily Show"
"Iowa's Republican caucus stopped mattering years ago. It in no way determines the party nominee."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 4, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on August 12, 2015 a web post
"We did not even have a federal income tax in this country until 1913."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • August 24, 2015
Glenn Hegar
Glenn Hegar
stated on June 24, 2015 a tweet
"Texas still owns all of its public lands. If the federal gov't wants to create a park, they must ask permission!"
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on CNN's State of the Union
After a federal inquiry corroborated Hillary Clinton on Whitewater, "the next day, there was nothing in the media about it."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • June 23, 2015
Michael Skolnik
Michael Skolnik
stated on June 16, 2015 comments on CNN
"For most black people in the history of this country … it was illegal to pass as a white person. You were actually put in jail if you tried to pass."
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 18, 2015
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 17, 2015 on CNN's "State of the Union"
"Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had" fast-track trade authority.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • May 17, 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
Scott Surovell
Scott Surovell
stated on February 4, 2015 a floor speech.
"When did the decline of coal start? It started when natural gas took off … that started to begin in (President George W.) Bush’s administration."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • February 23, 2015
Alfonso Lopez
Alfonso Lopez
stated on January 19, 2015 a floor speech.
Ronald Reagan "banned ownership of fully automatic rifles. He supported the assault weapons ban."
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • February 4, 2015
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on December 2, 2014 a speech
Says Barack Obama has "the worst record of any president when it comes to putting America deeper in debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2014
John Carlevale
John Carlevale
stated on August 10, 2014 an interview on WPRI's "Newsmakers" program
"Over 60 percent of the provisional ballots cast in [the 2012] election were disqualified because those folks were not duly registered as voters."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 26, 2014
Angel Taveras
Angel Taveras
stated on July 12, 2014 an interview with The Providence Journal
"If you look at what we’ve done over the last several years, the crime rate has actually gone down in [Providence] and . . . the number of shootings has been going down."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 24, 2014
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 29, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"I had the lowest net worth of any American president in the 20th century when I took office."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • June 29, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on December 4, 2013 a speech at the Center for American Progress
The minimum wage "in real terms right now is below where it was when Harry Truman was in office."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2013
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