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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 6, 2018 a rally in Billings, Mont.
"When Abraham Lincoln made the Gettysburg Address speech, the great speech, do you know he was ridiculed? He was ridiculed."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2018
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on September 7, 2018 a tweet
"Thanks to President Trump and Republicans over the past year through July, U.S. manufacturing added 327,000 jobs, the most of any 12-month period since April 1995, when the figure added a healthy 345,000 positions."
Mostly True
By Adrianne Uphold • September 6, 2018
JD Wooten
JD Wooten
stated on August 24, 2018
"My opponent, Rick Gunn, blocked the expansion of Medicaid — costing half a million people health insurance, including at least 23,000 veterans."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • September 5, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on August 29, 2018 an MSNBC interview
Says he was sued by the NRA and the gun lobby "all because in my city we refused to repeal an ordinance which said you couldn’t shoot guns in city parks."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • September 5, 2018
Mike McCabe
Mike McCabe
stated on July 6, 2018 a TV interview
Says Minnesota is "imprisoning half as many people as Wisconsin, and yet our states have virtually identical crime rates."
Mostly True
By Samantha West • September 5, 2018
Nate McMurray
Nate McMurray
stated on August 18, 2018 a statement on his campaign website
"Evidence is mounting that marijuana legalization reduces opioid addiction numbers."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 31, 2018
Tim Moore
Tim Moore
stated on August 24, 2018 the legislature
North Carolina is one of "very few states" that give the governor sole discretion to pick judges.
Mostly True
By Rashaan Ayesh • August 29, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 28, 2018 an online video ad
Says Beto O’Rourke "voted against" Hurricane Harvey "tax relief."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2018
M.J. Hegar
M.J. Hegar
stated on August 21, 2018 an interview on Spectrum Cable's "Capital Tonight"
Says U.S. Rep. John Carter "hasn’t held a town hall in five years."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2018
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on August 15, 2018 a speech
"Half of everyone that’s here illegally (in the U.S.) came here legally on a visa and have overstayed their visa."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • August 24, 2018
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 1, 2018 a tweet
"Thanks to President Trump and Republican leadership, the number of people collecting food stamps has declined by more than two million."
Mostly True
By Patrick Orsagos • August 23, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 26, 2018 an ad in the Houston Defender
Says "black Americans have 10 times less wealth than white Americans."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 23, 2018
Joe Donnelly
Joe Donnelly
stated on August 13, 2018 Twitter video
Says Mike Braun has supported two proposals and a lawsuit to end coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • August 20, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 26, 2018 a public forum
"President Trump continues to disrespect patriotic transgender Americans who want to serve their country."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • August 20, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 16, 2018 remarks on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
"Texas is one of the most gerrymandered states in the union."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2018
Donna Howard
Donna Howard
stated on July 18, 2018 a tweet
Says Texas charter schools "get 100% state $/pupil funding while district schools (95% students) get about 1/3 funding from state w/ rest coming from local prop taxes (which is why those taxes are so high). Districts getting less b/c scarce $ going to charters."    
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 15, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on August 5, 2018 a tweet
Says Rick Scott "cut $700 million from water management."
Mostly True
By Lucia Geng • August 14, 2018
Joe Donnelly
Joe Donnelly
stated on August 8, 2018 a press release
Says "43 of Joe’s legislative proposals have become law, including 21 since President Trump took office."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • August 13, 2018
Sonny Perdue
Sonny Perdue
stated on July 26, 2018 a press release
"America’s hard-working agricultural producers … have taken a disproportionate hit when it comes to illegal retaliatory tariffs."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • August 9, 2018
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on July 29, 2018 a TV interview
"There is a big correlation between third grade reading level and whether you go to college or whether you go to prison. And in Florida right now only 56 percent of kids are coming out of third grade at third grade reading level."
Mostly True
By Lucia Geng, Katie Akin • August 7, 2018
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