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Colorado Democratic Party
Colorado Democratic Party
stated on August 23, 2016 a news release
Says GOP U.S. Senate candidate Darryl Glenn "wants to eliminate the Department of Education" and jeopardize college funding for 320,000 Coloradans.
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By Alan Gathright • August 31, 2016
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
stated on August 22, 2016 interview with an AP reporter in Memphis
Both the Democratic and Republican candidates for president in 2016 are "quite unpopular."
True
By Jim Tharpe • August 31, 2016
Lisa Moore
Lisa Moore
stated on August 7, 2016 an interview for NPR's "All Things Considered"
Says there are "concrete examples" of University of Texas job applicants or prospective applicants and students as well as invited speakers changing their minds because of handguns being allowed in campus buildings and classrooms.
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By Eleanor Dearman, W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on August 19, 2016 a post on his campaign website
Says Marco Rubio "voted against the bipartisan Violence Against Women Act."
True
By Joshua Gillin • August 24, 2016
Dana Wachs
Dana Wachs
stated on July 15, 2016 a tweet
Says Scott Walker's "listening sessions" are "invite-only and excluding the press."  
True
August 24, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 15, 2016 a post on Medium
"Almost half a million people are still eligible (for DACA), particularly in the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community."
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By Miriam Valverde • August 22, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 16, 2016 a campaign event
"In Congress right now, we're doing the best job we have ever done in women in the federal legislature," but it’s still only "19 percent."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2016
John Burton
John Burton
stated on August 16, 2016 in a press release
"While introducing Donald Trump, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani omitted the September 11, 2001, strikes as a ‘successful’ terrorist attack during the eight years before President Obama’s 2008 election."
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By Chris Nichols • August 18, 2016
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on June 17, 2016 comments at Texas Democratic Party convention
"Today California is kicking our butt, creating more jobs and more economic growth than Texas."
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By Emma Hinchliffe, W. Gardner Selby • August 17, 2016
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on August 5, 2016 a Medium post
"Most Americans support" the legalization of marijuana.
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By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2016
Ruben Hinojosa
Ruben Hinojosa
stated on July 16, 2016 a tweet
"50% of Hispanic students count on Pell Grants to pay for college."
True
By Rye Druzin • August 15, 2016
Sean Patrick Maloney
Sean Patrick Maloney
stated on July 28, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention
Donald Trump is "against marriage equality. He wants to go back."
True
By Dan Clark • August 15, 2016
Yes On 62 campaign to abolish California's death penalty
Yes On 62 campaign to abolish California's death penalty
stated on August 1, 2016 a twitter image
"California is home to the largest death row population in the Western Hemisphere."
True
By Chris Nichols • August 12, 2016
Josh Shapiro
Josh Shapiro
stated on August 11, 2016 a platform on his campaign website
Overdosing is now the number one accidental killer in our Commonwealth.
True
By Anna Orso • August 11, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 7, 2016 a tweet
Says the media distorted what happened with a baby at his rally.
True
By Linda Qiu • August 8, 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."
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By Joshua Gillin • August 5, 2016
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on July 20, 2016 a press release
"Illinois suffered 1,652 overdose deaths in 2014 ... of which 40 percent were associated with heroin. Illinois is ranked number one in the nation for a decline in treatment capacity between 2007 and 2012, and is now ranked the third worst in the country for state-funded treatment capacity." 
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By Kevin Hoffman • August 4, 2016
Jacky Rosen
Jacky Rosen
stated on July 20, 2016 a press release.
Says "Danny Tarkanian … wants to defund Planned Parenthood and would outlaw a woman's right to choose, even in cases of rape or incest."
True
By Riley Snyder • August 4, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech
"We fixed a loophole in the (gun) background record check system so that we could make our commonwealth safer."
True
By Sean Gorman • July 29, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention
After the shootings of Dallas policemen, "nearly 500 people applied in just 12 days."
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By Jon Greenberg • July 29, 2016
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