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Lupe Valdez
Lupe Valdez
stated on April 11, 2018 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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."    
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By W. Gardner Selby • April 26, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2018 in 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 in 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 in an interview:
"Our campaign staff was the first to unionize in the history of politics."
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By Tom Kertscher • April 25, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 19, 2018 in a speech at Duke University:
"We’ve spent more money on the military than the next 12 nations combined."
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By Paul Specht • April 24, 2018
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 9, 2018 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
Alex Mooney
Alex Mooney
stated on March 25, 2018 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed:
"From 2000-10, U.S. manufacturing employment shrank by a third after holding steady for 30 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2018
Jose Carrillo
Jose Carrillo
stated on March 28, 2018 in a Texas Capitol press conference:
"Just in the Austin MSA alone, 150 people move here every day."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 3, 2018
Ronna McDaniel
Ronna McDaniel
stated on March 28, 2018 in a radio interview:
The census "for years and years and years, decades, has asked, ‘Are you a citizen of the United States of America?’"
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By D.L. Davis • April 3, 2018
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on March 26, 2018 in an interview on Capital Tonight on Spectrum News:
"1 in 100 people are sociopaths."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2018
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