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Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on May 5, 2018 a Republican candidate forum:
"Welders are coming out of their tech schools at $28 an hour" and "pipefitters are making six figures."  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • May 10, 2018
Steve McCraw
Steve McCraw
stated on April 18, 2018 testimony to a Texas House panel:
Says the term "illegal alien" is "a legal term, it’s in statute, it’s a federal term."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2018
Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright
stated on April 10, 2018 her book, "Fascism: A Warning":
Says Benito Mussolini "initiated a campaign to 'drenare la palude' ('drain the swamp') by firing more than 35,000 civil servants."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on May 2, 2018 during an interview:
Says Adam Putnam "opposed bringing troops, putting troops on our southern border using the National Guard."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • May 7, 2018
Chele Farley
Chele Farley
stated on April 23, 2018 an interview on Capital Tonight:
"Kirsten Gillibrand has put forward 331 bills since she's been in Congress. Do you know how many of them have been passed into law? Zero!"
Half-True
By Dan Clark • May 4, 2018
Mike Braun
Mike Braun
stated on April 30, 2018 GOP debate:
Says Luke Messer and Todd Rokita "voted to fast-track Obama’s trade deals."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • May 4, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on May 1, 2018 a debate:
"You (Evan Jenkins) said your philosophy was ‘progressive mainstream’ back in 2003."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2018
Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on May 1, 2018 a debate:
"All the things Patrick (Morrisey) is saying — (that I supported) Hillary Clinton, cap and trade, Planned Parenthood — PolitiFact went through each and every allegation and said, ‘False, False, False, False.’ "
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2018
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on April 2, 2018 a campaign fundraising letter:
Says George Soros has "unloaded a whopping $1 million to install his liberal puppets in positions of power" in Texas this fall.
Half-True
By Jasper Scherer, W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2018
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 17, 2018 a news conference:
Says that on the tax reform law, Democratic leaders "are promising to take it all away."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • May 2, 2018
Michelle Wolf
Michelle Wolf
stated on April 29, 2018 a speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner:
"Flint still doesn’t have clean water."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 1, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 28, 2018 a speech in Washington, Mich.:
"We have spent $7 trillion, trillion with a T, $7 trillion in the Middle East."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2018
Todd Rokita
Todd Rokita
stated on April 23, 2018 a debate:
"I am the only one onstage who has never voted to raise your taxes. These two, each, a billion dollars worth of votes to raise your taxes."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • April 30, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2018 an interview on "Fox & Friends":
The nuclear deal gave Iran "$150 billion, giving $1.8 billion in cash — in actual cash carried out in barrels and in boxes from airplanes."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2018
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on April 19, 2018 a radio interview:
Says of disclosing his $20,000 speech about Syria, "there was no hiding. I released it."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 26, 2018
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on April 18, 2018 a debate:
Says the 2015 vote on the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act "was not a vote to deny access to the U.S."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • April 24, 2018
Bill Hightower
Bill Hightower
stated on April 18, 2018 a debate:
"In Mobile, it’s something like, 1,700 families generate 80 percent of the crime. We know who those families are."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • April 23, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 11, 2018 a commentary on the Fox News website:
Says Facebook shut down a "Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 23, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2018 a press conference:
"The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 4, 2018 a tweet:
"Our bold reforms have Wisconsin’s unemployment rate down to an all-time LOW of 2.9 percent, and the number of people working at an all-time HIGH!"  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 18, 2018
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