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Hillary Clinton
stated on July 29, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention

"More than 90 percent of the gains have gone to the top 1 percent."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg, Linda Qiu • July 29, 2016

John Shimkus
stated on June 7, 2016 a tweet

"When LBJ started #WarOnPoverty, 14% of Americans lived in poverty. 50 yrs later, 14% still do. There's a #BetterWay."

Mostly False

By Marc Filippino • July 28, 2016

Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 a video at the DNC

"We moved 100 times as many people out of poverty as moved out when President (Ronald) Reagan was in office, with 40 percent more jobs."

Half-True

By Miriam Valverde • July 28, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 25, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention

Says Donald Trump "believes that states should actually have the right to lower the minimum wage below $7.25."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 26, 2016

UN's UNICEF
stated on July 6, 2016 an article on Medium

In South Sudan, "more teenage girls die in childbirth than finish high school."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 25, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland

"Two million more Latinos are in poverty today than when President Obama took his oath of office less than eight years ago."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • July 22, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 5, 2016 a speech in Charlotte, N.C.

Says Donald Trump "wants to get rid of the federal minimum wage."

True

By Will Doran • July 8, 2016

Americans For Prosperity, North Carolina chapter
stated on June 1, 2016 an official statement

There are "500 failing schools in North Carolina"

Half-True

By Will Doran • June 16, 2016

National Federation of Independent Business-Virginia
stated on May 17, 2016 a website post.

"The vast majority of minimum wage workers get a raise within a year."

Half-True

By Sean Gorman • June 2, 2016

Kiki Curls
stated on April 4, 2016 following a Missouri Senate Budget Committee hearing

Missouri "is the state with the lowest paid workers."

Half-True

By Conner Smith • May 2, 2016

William Barber
stated on April 22, 2016 a speech announcing the Moral Monday march

"80 percent of North Carolinians are for the living wage"

Mostly True

By Will Doran • April 28, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 24, 2016 a speech

Says an array of statistics show that conditions in some parts of Baltimore rival that of "the West Bank in Palestine," "North Korea," and "distressed cities in Nigeria, India, China and South Africa."

Mostly True

By Linda Qiu • April 28, 2016

Jerome Buting
stated on April 11, 2016 an interview

Wisconsin pays criminal defense lawyers who represent the indigent $40 per hour, "the lowest in the country."

Mostly True

April 20, 2016

Patrick Murphy
stated on April 6, 2016 a conference call with reporters

Florida’s regulations on the payday lending industry are "stronger than almost any other state."

False

By Amy Sherman • April 12, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 19, 2016 a TV ad

Says Bernie Sanders "fundamentally changed the lives" of Immokalee farm workers in Florida for the better.

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2016

Tim Canova
stated on March 24, 2016 campaign website

"After taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street banks, (Debbie Wasserman Schultz) has voted to prevent the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from regulating payday loans and addressing racial discrimination in car loans."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • March 30, 2016

Gayle Smith
stated on March 9, 2016 a speech on Capitol Hill

"Over the last 30 years, extreme poverty has been cut in half."

Mostly True

By Linda Qiu • March 23, 2016

Club for Growth
stated on March 17, 2016 a political ad

Says Donald Trump promised "to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the government's going to pay for it."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 21, 2016

Katie McGinty
stated on March 8, 2016

"Here in Pennsylvania, the annual cost for infant childcare is over $10,000 per child, which is more than most families pay in rent and almost the same cost as in-state college tuition."

Mostly True

By Cassie Owens • March 18, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.

"When you're white ... you don't know what it's like to be poor."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2016

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