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Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on September 8, 2015 press release:
"Eighty-three law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty this year. Twenty-four of them were shot and killed in cold blood."
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By Nancy Badertscher • September 22, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN Republican debate:
"The marijuana that kids are smoking today is not the same as the marijuana that Jeb Bush smoked 40 years ago."    
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2015
Richard Woods
Richard Woods
stated on September 2, 2015 press release:
Georgia’s CRCT "set some of the lowest expectations for student proficiency in the nation."
True
By Nancy Badertscher • September 15, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 13, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"I'm the only governor in America ... who signed a law that says there needs to be an independent investigation any time there's a death of someone in police custody."
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By Jon Greenberg • September 13, 2015
Joe Pojman
Joe Pojman
stated on July 28, 2015 addressing a rally outside the Texas Capitol:
"The State of Texas is funding … women’s health services at historically high levels; they just increased their level another $50 million for the next two years."
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 21, 2015 a fundraising email:
"Trump proposed enacting the largest tax increase in American history."  
True
By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2015
Melissa Johnson
Melissa Johnson
stated on August 6, 2015 a report:
Georgia has the 9th highest rate of adults, ages 18 to 64, without a high school diploma or GED.
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By Nancy Badertscher • September 2, 2015
Dan Gecker
Dan Gecker
stated on August 18, 2015 a candidates' forum.:
"Of the 25 wealthiest nations, we're the only one that doesn't provide basic health coverage."  
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By Sean Gorman • September 1, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 30, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"Saudi Arabia has the third-largest military budget in the entire world."
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By Will Cabaniss • August 30, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 17, 2015 a radio interview:
"By the end of this budget I'm in right now, taxes will have been cut $4.7 billion in my state." 
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By Lucas Daprile • August 28, 2015
Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof
stated on August 27, 2015 his column in the New York Times:
"More Americans have died from guns in the United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in American history."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2015
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on August 18, 2015 a speech:
Says Ron Johnson "opposes entirely a federal minimum wage," except perhaps for "guest workers."
True
By Tom Kertscher • August 27, 2015
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on August 16, 2015 a meme posted on his Facebook page:
"To vote in Mexico every eligible Mexican citizen has to have a tamper-proof photo-ID card with a thumbprint and an embossed hologram."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2015
Glen Sturtevant
Glen Sturtevant
stated on August 18, 2015 a candidates' forum.:
"Last year, we had zero percent growth in GDP in Virginia ...The only states that did worse than us were Alaska and Mississippi."
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By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • August 25, 2015
S.E. Cupp
S.E. Cupp
stated on August 23, 2015 an interview on "State of the Union":
"There are actually only 30 countries that practice birthright citizenship."
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By Will Cabaniss • August 23, 2015
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on July 27, 2015 his year-in-review speech:
"Less than half of the poorest American households have a home Internet subscription."
True
By Bradley Saacks • August 20, 2015
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on August 9, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week.":
"You’re more likely to get struck by lightning in Texas" than find in-person voter fraud.
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By Christian Belanger • August 18, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on August 6, 2015 the first Republican presidential debate:
Says Donald Trump has "changed his mind" on abortion.
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By Jon Greenberg • August 11, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 31, 2015 a speech to the National Urban League in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.:
"African-American children are 500 percent more likely to die from asthma than white kids."
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By Christian Belanger • August 11, 2015
Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee
stated on August 9, 2015 a panel discussion on "Meet the Press":
"The Republican presidential nominee hasn’t won women since 1988."
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By Linda Qiu • August 9, 2015
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