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Jackie Speier
Jackie Speier
stated on February 10, 2018 in a tweet:
"3 American women are murdered every day by their husband or boyfriend."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • February 19, 2018
Joy Reid
Joy Reid
stated on February 14, 2018 in a tweet:
"One-third of Floridians own guns. One-third."  
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By Allison Graves, Amy Sherman • February 15, 2018
Corey Lewandowski
Corey Lewandowski
stated on February 11, 2018 in a rally in Sarasota:
"Fifty seats have already changed hands from the Republicans to the Democrats since Donald Trump was elected."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • February 15, 2018
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on February 8, 2018 in a tweet:
"There are more immigrants in our country right now than any other time."
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By Miriam Valverde • February 13, 2018
Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on February 7, 2018 in a headline:
"Food stamp enrollment drops by four million in one month."
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By Amy Sherman • February 12, 2018
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 8, 2018 in a Senate floor speech:
"George W. Bush doubled the debt from $5 trillion to $10 trillion. President Obama doubled the debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion. Now we're on course to exceed $30 trillion in the next seven years or so."
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By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2018
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill
stated on November 3, 2017 in meeting:
The UNC athletic director’s $705,000 salary was "not at market. Not even close."
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By Paul Specht • February 8, 2018
Stacey Evans
Stacey Evans
stated on January 26, 2018 in campaign website:
Georgia "has the lowest minimum wage in the country."
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By Miriam Valverde • February 5, 2018
Kionne McGhee
Kionne McGhee
stated on January 25, 2018 in a speech on the House floor:
"There were slaves in 1845 who helped construct and build the Old Capitol."
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By Allison Graves • February 1, 2018
Joe Kennedy
Joe Kennedy
stated on January 30, 2018 in response to State of the Union address:
"Top CEOs (are) making 300 times the average worker."
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By John Kruzel • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address:
Says one year later, "the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory just recently held by these killers in Iraq and Syria."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 in the State of the Union speech:
"Since we passed tax cuts, over 3 million workers have gotten tax cut bonuses — many of them thousands and thousands of dollars."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on December 14, 2017 in a speech:
On taxes, "if you go back and look 50 years ago, individuals paid about 7 percent of the total and corporations paid 5 percent. Fast forward 50 years: individuals still 7 percent, corporations (are) down to 2 percent."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2018
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on January 24, 2018 in a tweet:
"No state generates as much solar power as California, or has as many people whose jobs depend on it."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2018
Andrew White
Andrew White
stated on December 7, 2017 in his campaign kickoff speech in Houston:
Says Texas schools are ranked "43rd in the nation."
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By W. Gardner Selby • January 25, 2018
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on January 13, 2018 in a town hall :
California is 41st in the nation in per pupil K-12 spending, but "No. 1 in per prisoner" spending.
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • January 17, 2018
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on January 9, 2018 in a radio interview:
"Of all the 62 counties in New York state, all of them, unemployment is going up except for the five counties of New York City."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018
Martha Laning
Martha Laning
stated on January 5, 2018 in an interview:
Conservative groups have spent $5 million "against" Tammy Baldwin -- five times more than against all other Democratic U.S. Senate incumbents up for election in 2018 combined.  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • January 17, 2018
Keisha Lance Bottoms
Keisha Lance Bottoms
stated on January 2, 2018 in her inaugural speech:
"Atlanta is on its strongest financial footing in 40 years."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • January 12, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on December 11, 2017 in a candidates forum:
In 2011 under Scott Walker, Wisconsin for the first time spent "more on our prison system than we did" on the University of Wisconsin System.  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • January 12, 2018
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