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Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on July 25, 2017 a mayoral debate:
"The number of complaints against police officers has decreased from an average when Mr. (Rick) Baker was mayor from 78 to 14."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • August 2, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 29, 2017 a speech:
Says Dontre Hamilton "was shot 14 times by police for resting on a park bench in Milwaukee."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • August 1, 2017
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 23, 2017 an interview on Fox News:
In economic growth, "Obama's best year was slower than Bill Clinton's worst year."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 27, 2017
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on July 13, 2017 a press conference:
"Of all the money we spend on education, less than 32 percent goes to teachers."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2017
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on July 23, 2017 posts on Twitter and Facebook:
There were 2,761 auto thefts in 2006 under Rick Baker and 1,095 auto thefts in 2016.
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By Allison Graves • July 27, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on July 17, 2017 a TV interview:
Republicans have " won a thousand seats since Obamacare."
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By D.L. Davis • July 27, 2017
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban
stated on June 30, 2017 a tweet:
"Twitter reaches only 15 percent of the population."
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By W. Gardner Selby • July 26, 2017
Ted Lieu
Ted Lieu
stated on July 26, 2017 comments on CNN:
"You've got thousands of people serving in the military who are transgender."
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By Joshua Gillin • July 26, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2017 a speech at the Boy Scout Jamboree:
"We had the best jobs report in 16 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on July 13, 2017 an interview with the "Tampa Bay Times" editorial board:
"We went from zero A elementary schools when I took office to 16 when I left, and our total A and B schools went up by 260 percent."
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By Allison Graves • July 21, 2017
Randy Bryce
Randy Bryce
stated on July 9, 2017 a TV interview:
Says Paul Ryan "has not had a public town hall within the district for over 600 days."
Mostly True
By Alan Hovorka • July 21, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on June 4, 2017 a television interview:
"In the ‘40s, 68 cents of every health care dollar was actually paid for by the patient, today it’s only 11 cents."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • July 19, 2017
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on July 13, 2017 a video:
"One in three people who’s receiving treatment for (opioid) drug problems gets some help from Medicaid to pay for that."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • July 18, 2017
Paul Workman
Paul Workman
stated on June 15, 2017 an oped commentary in the Austin American-Statesman:
Says it’s documented that City of Austin fees for building an apartment complex are nearly 10 times what Dallas levies.
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By Shonda Novak, W. Gardner Selby • July 13, 2017
Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on June 22, 2017 a campaign video:
California taxes are "among the highest in the nation."
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By Chris Nichols • July 11, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on June 8, 2017 a radio interview:
Says Scott Walker recently said "he got his bald spot from hitting his head on a cabinet, and it's not a joke, he actually said that his bald spot came because he hit his head on a cabinet."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • July 3, 2017
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 27, 2017 a White House briefing:
France "wouldn’t buy Texas beef for some reason, yet 76 percent of their energy comes from nuclear power."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 30, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on June 26, 2017 an op-ed in the New York Times:
"We are $20 trillion in debt. The Congressional Budget Office projects an additional $129 trillion of accumulated deficits over the next 30 years."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 30, 2017
Shawn Thierry
Shawn Thierry
stated on June 7, 2017 a press release:
"Texas mothers are dying during childbirth at the highest rates in the nation."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 29, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 25, 2017 an interview on "Meet the Press":
"When you throw 23 million people off of health insurance -- people with cancer, people with heart disease, people with diabetes -- thousands of people will die. … This is study after study making this point."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2017
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