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Various media reports 2
Various media reports 2
stated on June 18, 2015 church shooting aftermath
Only five states, including Georgia, do not have a hate crimes law.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • July 1, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech in Houston
"If you want to vote in" Texas, "you can use a concealed-weapon permit as a valid form of identification, but a valid student ID isn’t good enough."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2015
Athens Banner-Herald
Athens Banner-Herald
stated on May 10, 2015 a news report
Between 1980 and 2010, water usage in Georgia dropped even as the state’s population grew.
True
By April Hunt • June 24, 2015
Aziz Ansari
Aziz Ansari
stated on June 16, 2015 comments on "The Daily Show"
"46 percent of women between the age of 16 to 24 despise sexual contact" in Japan.
True
By Katie Sanders • June 23, 2015
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on June 15, 2015 a website post
"More than half of women under 30 who give birth do so outside of marriage..."  
True
By Sean Gorman • June 22, 2015
Jean Casarez
Jean Casarez
stated on June 21, 2015 comments on CNN
The Confederate battle flag at the South Carolina statehouse "must fly at a height of 30 feet. Any changes -- taken down, or even at half-staff, if that can be done -- must be passed by a supermajority of the General Assembly."
True
By Linda Qiu • June 21, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on May 18, 2015 U.S. Senate
"This March, for the first time in human history, the monthly average carbon dioxide in our atmosphere exceeded 400 parts per million. The range had been 170-300 parts per million for hundreds of thousands of years."  
True
By Mark Reynolds • June 21, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2015 a campaign rally speech
"The top 25 hedge fund managers (are) making more than all of America's kindergarten teachers combined."
True
By Lauren Carroll • June 15, 2015
Austin Scott
Austin Scott
stated on June 5, 2015 press conference
Ninety-seven percent of Americans do not receive subsidies for health care under the Affordable Care Act.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • June 15, 2015
State Farm Insurance
State Farm Insurance
stated on June 5, 2015 televised story
Georgia residents file the most insurance claims for lightning strikes in the country.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • June 10, 2015
Hunter Schwarz
Hunter Schwarz
stated on June 8, 2015 a "Washington Post" article
47 percent of Americans "can’t pay for an unexpected $400 expense through savings or credit cards, without selling something or borrowing money."
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 9, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's Economic Growth Summit in Orlando
"We reduced the government workforce by 13,000, 11 percent, during my eight years."
True
By Joshua Gillin • June 9, 2015
Lee May
Lee May
stated on June 2, 2015 a press release
"Our reserves are now in much better shape than they were just a few years ago."
True
By April Hunt • June 9, 2015
Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
stated on June 2, 2015 an interview on "CNN Tonight"
"Fox News barely covered (the Duggar family) scandal until Megyn Kelly was able to secure this interview."
True
By Katie Sanders • June 5, 2015
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on June 3, 2015 press conference
"Since 2010, eight children in Georgia have died due to vehicular heatstroke."
True
By Nancy Badertscher • June 5, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 remarks at an economic summit in Orlando
"You can fill out your tax return in Estonia online in five minutes."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 16, 2015 a speech in Iowa
"One out of five of our children live in a family that’s on food stamps."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 3, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech in Orlando, Fla.
"For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses dying than we do starting."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2015
George Will
George Will
stated on May 31, 2015 a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday"
"We spend more money on lobbying than we do on campaigns."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 1, 2015
Timothy Sheehy
Timothy Sheehy
stated on April 10, 2015 an interview
A 50-50 public-private split for paying for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena would "be much better -- in terms of the portion of the public financing -- than most of the other arena projects done around the country."  
True
May 29, 2015
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