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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate at Hofstra University
"The gun epidemic is the leading cause of death of young African-American men, more than the next nine causes put together."
True
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016
Josh Earnest
Josh Earnest
stated on August 3, 2016 a White House press briefing
"The mosquito population in South Florida is larger than it is in many other communities in the country."
True
By Joshua Gillin • August 5, 2016
David Beckham
David Beckham
stated on June 10, 2016 a UNICEF video
"Swaziland has the highest rate of HIV infection in the world."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 17, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 8, 2016 an interview on CNN
"Nine million people have lower-cost HIV/AIDS medicine because of the work of the Clinton Foundation and my husband."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 15, 2016
Chris Koster
Chris Koster
stated on April 14, 2016 a tweet
"Closing the tobacco loophole would save Missouri taxpayers $50,000,000"
True
By Andrew Kessel • May 6, 2016
Joe Pitts
Joe Pitts
stated on March 10, 2016 a Medium post
"According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 120 Americans on average die from a drug overdose every day. Overall, drug overdose deaths now outnumber deaths from firearms."
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2016
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 3, 2015 an interview
"Here in Wisconsin, we've put in previous budgets more money into mental health services than any governor has in the last 25 years."  
True
December 23, 2015
Fulton County Health and Wellness
Fulton County Health and Wellness
stated on November 20, 2015 a press release
The number of people in Atlanta dying from HIV and AIDS declined 59 percent between 2004 and 2012.  
True
By April Hunt • December 2, 2015
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on September 29, 2015 a speech
"60 percent of all Americans do not want to see Planned Parenthood defunded."
True
October 14, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 31, 2015 a speech to the National Urban League in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
"African-American children are 500 percent more likely to die from asthma than white kids."
True
August 11, 2015
Centers for Disease Control
Centers for Disease Control
stated on July 16, 2015 radio interview
Caution: Kissing and cuddling chickens can be hazardous to your health.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • August 4, 2015
Austin Scott
Austin Scott
stated on June 5, 2015 press conference
Ninety-seven percent of Americans do not receive subsidies for health care under the Affordable Care Act.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • June 15, 2015
Karina Wood
Karina Wood
stated on February 12, 2015 testimony before the R.I. Senate Judiciary Committee
Cigarette butts "poison babies and small children because of the nicotine in them."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 23, 2015
Katty Kay
Katty Kay
stated on February 8, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"There are countries in Africa where they have higher vaccination rates than here in the United States."
True
By Katie Sanders • February 8, 2015
Elizabeth Cohen
Elizabeth Cohen
stated on February 2, 2015 an interview with Anderson Cooper
"If someone is in a room that has measles and leaves and you walk in two hours later, you could get measles from that person."
True
By Katie Sanders • February 4, 2015
Celine Gounder
Celine Gounder
stated on February 3, 2015 an interview on CNN
"Measles is one of the most common causes of child blindness worldwide."
True
By Katie Sanders • February 4, 2015
Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly
stated on February 2, 2015 a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor"
Science is "very certain" that the measles vaccine doesn't cause autism.
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 3, 2015
Mother Jones
Mother Jones
stated on November 24, 2014 a Facebook post
"Turkeys today weigh 29.8 pounds. In the ‘30s, they weighed 13.2 pounds."
True
November 25, 2014
James Carr
James Carr
stated on September 20, 2014 an interview
"Before World War II, very few people actually had health insurance."
True
By Sean Gorman • October 30, 2014
Doug Muder
Doug Muder
stated on October 20, 2014 a post on the Weekly Sift blog
Says Sen. Rand Paul’s 2011 budget "included a big cut in the CDC."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 27, 2014
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