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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 10, 2019 speech at a rally in Concord, New Hampshire:
I received "more votes from young people — black, white, Latino, Asian American and Native American — than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton combined."
Mostly True
By Kit Norton • March 16, 2019
Joe Cunningham
Joe Cunningham
stated on March 7, 2019 a U.S. House hearing:
"Seismic airgun blasting (used for energy exploration) is ... 16,000 times louder than" a conventional airhorn.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 15, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke crashed into barriers, "causing a collision while driving drunk, then fleeing the scene to avoid accountability."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad:
Says Beto O’Rourke perpetuated stereotypes, "casting aspersions on working women whose ‘only qualifications seemed to be large breasts and tight buttocks’."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
stated on March 10, 2019 in an interview:
"We have developed a wind industry (in Washington state) from zero to $6 billion in 12 years."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • March 13, 2019
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on February 26, 2019 a speech.:
"Women earn on average 80-cents on the dollar compared to white men doing similar jobs."
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By Warren Fiske • March 13, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 11, 2019 a Facebook post:
"In February alone there were enough illegal immigrants who crossed the border to fill this (Kansas City Chiefs’ Arrowhead) stadium."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • March 12, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on March 7, 2019 a tweet:
"Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort, commits bank and tax fraud and gets 47 months. A homeless man, Fate Winslow, helped sell $20 of pot and got life in prison."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 11, 2019
Kiki Curls
Kiki Curls
stated on January 22, 2019 a hearing:
Says Arrowhead Stadium "is considered the loudest stadium in the world."
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By Adam Reckamp • March 11, 2019
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on March 5, 2019 a tweet:
Says the percentage of officers the Chicago Police Board fired after hearing their cases or who chose to resign prior to a board hearing roughly doubled during her tenure.
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 10, 2019
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 4, 2019 a press conference:
"On a per capita basis, Irving-Las Colinas has more Fortune 500 companies than any city in the United States of America."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 9, 2019
Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
stated on February 20, 2019 an interview:
"The forest fires were so grotesque last year that we had the worst air in the world in Washington."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 8, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2018 a Facebook post:
Facebook video purports to show man flying a hoverboard at over 103 miles per hour.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 7, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on January 8, 2019 a tweet:
"This is the largest cumulative surplus for the first six months of any fiscal year in state history."
Mostly True
By Austin Jones, Kyle Coughlin • March 6, 2019
Carol Miller
Carol Miller
stated on February 15, 2019 a tweeted video:
"Just two weeks ago, Customs and Border Protection seized enough fentanyl to kill every person in West Virginia 32 times over."
Mostly True
By Catherine Harrington, Madison Weaver • March 6, 2019
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on February 25, 2019 his State of the State address:
"Right now, four in 10 public schools in our state are at least 50 years old."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • March 5, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on February 7, 2019 a tweet:
"A black woman in New York City is 12 times more likely to die in childbirth than a white woman."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 2, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on February 27, 2019 a tweet:
"#MichaelCohen: Convicted of lying to Congress re: Russia investigation … #ElliottAbrams: Convicted of lying to Congress re: arming Contra death squads"
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2019
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
stated on February 22, 2019 a press conference:
Says President Donald Trump "put out a $297 million contract to a vendor to show him how to hire Border Patrol. So, the first payment they made was $14.8 million. You know how many Border Patrol they hired with $14.8 million? Two."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • March 1, 2019
Chip Roy
Chip Roy
stated on February 27, 2019 a hearing for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee:
"We amass about $100 million in debt per hour, which means we've blown through 300, 400, 450 million dollars during this charade."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 28, 2019
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