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Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on April 1, 2019 a podcast interview
"Since 1973, the income of the bottom 90 percent, so pretty much all of us, didn’t budge, or even retreated a little bit."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on March 27, 2019 a policy paper posted on Medium
Mergers and integration in agribusiness "squeeze" family farms, and "the result is that farmers are getting a record-low amount of every dollar Americans spend on food."  
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By Jon Greenberg • April 4, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on March 26, 2019 a tweet
Says Donald Trump’s health care policies have "left millions more Americans uninsured since he took office."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 28, 2019
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on February 6, 2019 a tweet
"We have more women in the workforce than ever before."
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By Samantha Patrick • March 27, 2019
Bob Hall
Bob Hall
stated on March 25, 2019 the Texas Senate
"We now have several hundred teachers that are over 100 years old and what I've read recently is that a baby born today, their age expectancy is 110, at least."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 26, 2019
John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper
stated on March 20, 2019 a CNN town hall
After legalizing marijuana in Colorado, "we haven't seen a spike in consumption."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 25, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 12, 2019 a speech
There’s been a "20 percent increase in young people coming back to Buffalo after a decade where we lost 10 percent of our young people."  
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By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 23, 2019
John Carter
John Carter
stated on February 18, 2019 a speech
"I was the first elected Republican in Williamson County history."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • March 22, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on March 12, 2019 a tweet
Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget "slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 20, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 14, 2019 a campaign stop in Iowa
"Nearly half of public school teachers in Texas are working a second or a third job, not for kicks, not for extra spending cash, but just to make ends meet."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 19, 2019
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on February 1, 2019 a claim on Facebook and Twitter
Says the University of Missouri "has been cleared of involvement" in academic fraud involving student athletes.
Half-True
By Laura Murgatroyd • March 16, 2019
Denny Hoskins
Denny Hoskins
stated on February 5, 2019 an interview and multiple media reports
The sports betting bill would create "$12.5 million to $30.9 million in additional revenue for the state"
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By Zara McDowell-Barker • March 15, 2019
Hannah Kelly
Hannah Kelly
stated on January 29, 2019 an education budget hearing at the Missouri state capitol
"The schools in my district don't have a kitchen."
Half-True
By Gaëlle Fournier • March 14, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad
Says Beto O’Rourke did his father-in-law’s "bidding on the El Paso City Council, pushing a downtown redevelopment scheme to bulldoze a poor Hispanic neighborhood while enriching developers like his father-in-law."
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By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on March 8, 2019 a tweet
"Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2019
Turning Point USA
Turning Point USA
stated on March 11, 2019 a post on Facebook
Says Michelle Obama "had a staff of 23" while Melania Trump "has a staff of 4."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2019
America First
America First
stated on March 1, 2019 a tweet
Says Beto O’Rourke and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand "have both said they would tear down the wall if elected president."
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By Miriam Valverde • March 7, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 25, 2019 a CNN town hall event
Says President Donald Trump "came forth with a budget — a trillion dollar cut in Medicaid, $500 billion to Medicare, and $72 billion for the Social Security Disability Fund."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 6, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 1, 2019 a Facebook post
Says author J.K. Rowling was the first billionaire to fall off Forbes billionaire list because of charitable giving.
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By Samantha Putterman • March 6, 2019
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on February 18, 2019 an interview
With the Trump tax law, "70 percent of the benefits went to the wealthiest 1 percent."  
Half-True
March 5, 2019
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