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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"
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
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.
Half-True
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
By Tom Kertscher • March 5, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 26, 2019 a tweet:
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 25, 2019 a CNN town hall event:
"We have a president who wanted to throw 32 million people off of the health care they had."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 28, 2019
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on February 25, 2019 a news conference:
"Most people in my home state of Texas disagree with the president building a wall across our border."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 26, 2019
Morgan Griffith
Morgan Griffith
stated on February 11, 2019 a newsletter.:
"Our country has succeeded in reducing greenhouse emissions in previous years."  
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • February 26, 2019
Ed Emery
Ed Emery
stated on January 28, 2019 legislative testimony:
"80 percent of impeachments in Missouri have been against judges."
Half-True
By Yue Yu • February 25, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on February 19, 2019 a policy announcement on Medium:
"The high cost of child care is the No. 1 reason people give for having fewer children than they’d like."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 25, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 20, 2019 a tweet:
"We have just built this powerful Wall in New Mexico. Completed on January 30, 2019 — 47 days ahead of schedule!"
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • February 25, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 15, 2019 a tweet:
"Since the passage of (the Violence Against Women Act), annual rates of domestic violence have dropped by 63 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2019
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