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stated on March 9, 2020 an interview on MSNBC:
“Joe Biden just told @Lawrence that as president he would veto Medicare for All if it passed both houses and came to his desk.”
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By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2020
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on March 5, 2020 a mass email:
On key issues including taxes, health care, the Green New Deal, abortion, and guns, there is “no daylight between” Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden.
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By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 4, 2020 a news conference:
"If you look at California, if you look at people of color in general, African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans, we won that big time. Big time. Not even close.”
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By Chris Nichols • March 9, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 4, 2020 in a press briefing:
“With regard to the cost, let me be very clear: HHS has designated the coronavirus test as an essential health benefit. That means, by definition, it's covered in the private health insurance of every American, as well as covered by Medicare and Medicaid."
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By Julie Appleby • March 6, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on February 29, 2020 a press conference:
Speaking of an HIV outbreak in Indiana during his time as governor, says “we immediately deployed health resources.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 5, 2020
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on February 13, 2020 a newsletter:
Says Gov. Tony Evers “wants to release half of the prison population.”
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By Haley BeMiller • March 4, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 24, 2020 a post on Facebook:
"Cuba has a lung cancer vaccine we in the US had no access to because we sanctioned Cuba.”
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By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 26, 2020 a CNN town hall:
“I certainly supported Barack Obama and Joe Biden. ... I was there both times for them.”
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By Miriam Valverde • March 3, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 24, 2020 a CNN town hall:
Says Democratic members of Congress who represent Cuban Americans in Florida and have been critical of Sanders “just so happen to be supporting other candidates.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 2, 2020
Quentin Fulks
Quentin Fulks
stated on February 25, 2020 a TV interview:
Says California has a top income tax rate of 13.3% “and people aren’t leaving.”
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By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 1, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2020 a Facebook post:
“Fact: Mike Bloomberg spent $12 million to re-elect a Senate Republican (Toomey) in 2016. Toomey beat the Dem (McGinty) by 1.5 points. If McGinty had won, Ds would have controlled the Senate after Doug Jones won and could have blocked Kavanaugh from the Supreme Court.”
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By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 26, 2020 a CNN town hall:
Says of President Donald Trump’s actions on the coronavirus: “No. 1, he fired the pandemic team two years ago. No. 2, he's been defunding the Centers for Disease Control.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Victoria Knight • February 28, 2020
X posts
X posts
stated on February 22, 2020 a tweet:
"Not once in his entire career in Washington, D.C., which started way back in 1991, has Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders ever voted yes on sanctions against Russia."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 27, 2020
Tim O'Brien
Tim O'Brien
stated on February 25, 2020 a CNN interview:
Says Bernie Sanders has said “things like women get cancer from having too many orgasms, or toddlers should run around naked and touch each others' genitals to insulate themselves from porn … He's written about women's rape fantasies."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • February 26, 2020
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on January 16, 2020 a tweet:
"In #WI, over 44,000 jobs depend on trade with Mexico and Canada."
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By D.L. Davis • February 26, 2020
Daniel Lipinski
Daniel Lipinski
stated on February 14, 2020 a TV interview:
Says the Affordable Care Act “took money out of the Medicare trust fund.”
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 23, 2020
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on February 19, 2020 a State of the State Address:
"Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 thousand people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today.”
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • February 21, 2020
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on February 19, 2020 the Democratic debate in Nevada:
The budget hole in Bernie Sanders’ plans “is bigger than the size of the entire economy of the United States."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 20, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 19, 2020 a Democratic presidential primary debate in Las Vegas:
“When we discovered, I discovered, that we were doing many, many, too many stop and frisks, we cut 95% of it out.”
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By Miriam Valverde • February 20, 2020
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 7, 2020 campaign talking points issued days before the New Hampshire primary:
“Pete Buttigieg is a favorite candidate of Wall Street and the health care industry.”
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By Victoria Knight • February 19, 2020
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