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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 14, 2015 a speech.
"The top 1/10th of 1 percent today in America owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • September 21, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN debate
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker turned a $1 billion surplus into a $2.2 billion budget deficit.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 8, 2015 a tweet
"Jeb's policies in Florida helped lead to its almost total collapse."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • September 15, 2015
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on September 15, 2015 a TV ad in Iowa
Says Donald Trump supports the Wall Street bailout.  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 15, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on September 8, 2015 a campaign video
"Florida led the nation in job creation" while Bush was governor.
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • September 10, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 28, 2015 an interview with Sarah Palin
"We have 93 million people out of work. They look for jobs, they give up, and all of a sudden, statistically, they're considered employed."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2015
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on August 18, 2015 a speech
Says Ron Johnson "opposes entirely a federal minimum wage," except perhaps for "guest workers."
True
August 27, 2015
Glen Sturtevant
Glen Sturtevant
stated on August 18, 2015 a candidates' forum.
"Last year, we had zero percent growth in GDP in Virginia ...The only states that did worse than us were Alaska and Mississippi."
True
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • August 25, 2015
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on July 13, 2015 a television show
Under Scott Walker, "the Wisconsin middle class is shrinking at a faster rate than any other state in the country."
False
By Kevin Crowe • August 24, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on August 11, 2015 an interview with Inc. magazine
"There's not a single, solitary example that" signing the bill to end Glass-Steagall "had anything to do with the financial crash."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • August 19, 2015
Georgia Department of Economic Development
Georgia Department of Economic Development
stated on July 9, 2015 a press release
Film and television productions generated a $6 billion economic impact for Georgia’s economy in the most recent fiscal year.  
Half-True
By April Hunt • August 7, 2015
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 6, 2015 comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland
"I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole … to a $2 billion surplus."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2015 a town hall in Nashua, N.H.
"The stock market does better when you have a Democratic president in the White House."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2015
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on July 9, 2015 a written statement.
"In 1960, we spent more than 3 percent of our GDP on infrastructure projects like the Interstate Highway. Today we spend less than 1 percent of our GDP on these vital investments."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • August 3, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 2, 2015 an interview on ABC "This Week"
Under President Barack Obama, income levels and unemployment numbers "are worse now than just about ever" for African-Americans.
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 1, 2015 a speech
"The top one-tenth of 1 percent" of Americans "own almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."
Mostly True
July 29, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 21, 2015 an interview with Jon Stewart of "The Daily Show"
"The economy, by every metric, is better than when I came into office."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 21, 2015 a tweet
Says under his leadership "Wisconsin median household income" is up 2.7%, while it is down 1.3% nationally under President Obama.
Mostly False
By Sarah Hauer • July 27, 2015
Jeff Atwater
Jeff Atwater
stated on July 13, 2015 an open letter to Floridians
"Although we have twice the population of Greece, the state of Florida employs three times fewer government employees."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • July 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 13, 2015 remarks in Manhattan
Says she "called for addressing risks of derivatives, cracking down on subprime mortgages and improving financial oversight" early on in the financial crisis.
True
By Lauren Carroll • July 15, 2015
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