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stated on September 16, 2019 a viral meme
Says Elizabeth Warren "was paid $400,000 to teach one class."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • September 18, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 12, 2019 a tweet
 "The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids—in fact, it ended them."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 18, 2019
stated on September 15, 2019 an appearance on WISN-TV's UpFront
Milwaukee has less taxing power than most similar cities and is the only U.S. city of 400,000 or more "that does not have a sales tax or local income tax."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • September 18, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 12, 2019 a speech
The United States is "very energy independent."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • September 13, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic debate in Houston
"54 senators said, let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 13, 2019
Chris Jones
Chris Jones
stated on August 20, 2019 TV ad.
Says he "led the fight to expand Medicaid."
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • September 10, 2019
Tom Reed
Tom Reed
stated on August 20, 2019 a Tweet
After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, "the typical American worker’s pay growing at more than 3 percent a year, record low unemployment."
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 6, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 4, 2019 a CNN town hall on climate change
"70% of the pollution of the carbon that we're throwing into the air comes from three industries."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 6, 2019
Dan McCready
Dan McCready
stated on August 28, 2019 a debate on WBTV
Says Dan Bishop "took the only vote from either party — the only vote — against pharmacists being able to tell people about lower-cost drugs."
Half-True
By Julianna Rennie • September 3, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 28, 2019 a tweet
Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 22, 2019 a campaign speech
 "Some 200,000 people are in jail for the crime of being poor and not being able to afford bail."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • August 29, 2019
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on August 14, 2019 a speech
"The U.S. now leads the world in producing both oil and natural gas, and at the same time reducing energy-related emissions."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • August 27, 2019
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on August 22, 2019 a panel discussion
A federal pilot program to DNA test illegal immigrants showed "something like 30% (of test subjects) are fake families."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • August 26, 2019
Dan McCready
Dan McCready
stated on August 8, 2019 a tweet
Says "Dan Bishop doubles down on removing coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. Under his sham ‘association health plans,’ insurance companies don't have to pay for medications for pre-existing conditions."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • August 23, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 15, 2019 an interview with Cardi B
"We have something like one out of four young black men in this country end up in the criminal justice system. They may end up in jail, they may end up on parole, they may end up on probation."
Half-True
By Daniel Funke • August 22, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on August 12, 2019 an interview
The "boyfriend loophole" means that "if you commit a serious crime of domestic abuse against your wife, you can't get a gun, but if you do it against your girlfriend, you can."  
Half-True
August 22, 2019
Rob Schmitt
Rob Schmitt
stated on August 14, 2019 a "Fox & Friends First" discussion
Says the Trump administration’s new policy for legal immigrants on welfare "has been around for a while. This is not a new thing that the president is trying to implement here, that the United States has been this way."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • August 15, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 5, 2019 a Facebook meme
"In 2016, counties hosting a Trump rally saw a 226% spike in hate crimes."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on July 19, 2019 a radio interview
Property taxes have "nothing to do with the state."
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 10, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 5, 2019 a Medium post
"The Trump Administration cut funding allocated to the Department of Homeland Security to combat white nationalism."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2019
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