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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 15, 2018 a speech
"In 2016, an officer was assaulted in America on an average of every 10 minutes."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • May 15, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on May 9, 2018 an interview with Hoppy Kercheval
"By 2022, just the interest payment on our debt will be greater than the defense of our country."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2018
Kevin Nicholson
Kevin Nicholson
stated on May 4, 2018 an interview
"Tammy Baldwin cosponsored legislation that wanted to establish the Department of Peace and Nonviolence."  
Mostly True
May 9, 2018
Jim Renacci
Jim Renacci
stated on April 25, 2018 a radio interview
"President Trump is still supported by almost 85 percent of the Republican Party in the state of Ohio, and that's from recent polling, and still has a 58 percent approval rating in Ohio."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 4, 2018
Lupe Valdez
Lupe Valdez
stated on April 11, 2018 an interview with Austin American-Statesman commentator Ken Herman
"I come from the poorest ZIP code in San Antonio."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 3, 2018
Ja'Mal Green
Ja'Mal Green
stated on April 24, 2018 a radio interview
Under Rahm Emanuel, "We’ve got tree trimmers making six figures."
Mostly True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 1, 2018
Sue Bell Cobb
Sue Bell Cobb
stated on April 24, 2018 Democratic debate for governor
"Alabama is operating government on the lowest amount of tax revenue of any state in the nation."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • May 1, 2018
Diamond and Silk
Diamond and Silk
stated on April 26, 2018 in a hearing
"We have never been paid by the Trump campaign."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • April 27, 2018
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on April 25, 2018 a tweet
Says Austin is the "safest big city in Texas with an unemployment rate under 3% that has been named the best place to live in the entire United States two years running."    
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 26, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2018 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
"Kanye (West) looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees Hispanic unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees (women’s unemployment) the lowest it’s been in now almost 19 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018
Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on April 23, 2018 a U.S. Senate debate
"I’ve cut a half a billion (dollars) out of the EPA just in the last two years. We’ve cut 3,000 jobs out of the EPA."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018
Randy Bryce
Randy Bryce
stated on March 14, 2018 an interview
"Our campaign staff was the first to unionize in the history of politics."
Mostly True
April 25, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 19, 2018 a speech at Duke University
"We’ve spent more money on the military than the next 12 nations combined."
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • April 24, 2018
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 9, 2018 a speech to the City Club of Cleveland
"Right now in Ohio 200,000 people are getting opioid treatment because they have insurance under the Affordable Care Act."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 20, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on April 17, 2018 a tweet
"X marks the spot at every HCA location where (Gov. Rick Scott) probably defrauded taxpayers."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • April 19, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on April 2, 2018 a campaign website
"Since 1999, firearm deaths in Ohio have risen 58 percent."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 12, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 9, 2018 in a tweet
"When a car is sent to the United States from China, there is a Tariff to be paid of 2 1/2%. When a car is sent to China from the United States, there is a Tariff to be paid of 25%."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • April 9, 2018
Paul Mango
Paul Mango
stated on May 7, 2017 a campaign video
"Today, we (in Pennsylvania) have higher unemployment and lower job growth than most."
Mostly True
By Colin Deppen • April 9, 2018
Snapple
Snapple
stated on April 5, 2018 a bottle cap
"There are only 18 minutes of total action in an average baseball game."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2018
Ruben Gallego
Ruben Gallego
stated on April 3, 2018 a tweet
"For what it would cost the (National) Guard to make just two arrests at the border, we could give a homeless veteran permanent housing for an entire year."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • April 5, 2018
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