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Bob Hall
Bob Hall
stated on March 25, 2019 the Texas Senate
"We now have several hundred teachers that are over 100 years old and what I've read recently is that a baby born today, their age expectancy is 110, at least."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 26, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 12, 2019 a speech to the International Association of Fire Fighters
The Trump budget "cuts $845 billion, almost a trillion dollar cut in Medicare."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 26, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2019 posts online
ATM users in distress can enter their PIN backwards to secretly call the police.
False
By Julianna Rennie • March 26, 2019
Tommie Pierson Jr.
Tommie Pierson Jr.
stated on February 18, 2019 a Missouri Legislative Black Caucus press conference
Says "zero" African Americans have presented to the House Budget Committee in 2019.
True
By Sidney Steele • March 26, 2019
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
stated on March 7, 2019 an ad video
"HR 1 is going to take your hard-earned tax dollars and millions more and send them to (a political candidate’s) campaign so (they) can put ads on TV."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • March 26, 2019
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on January 24, 2019 a speech.
During his governorship, Virginia made "the largest investment ever in K-12 education."  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • March 26, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 18, 2019 a Facebook post
Shows a photo of two similar Wall Street Journal newspapers with different headlines about President Donald Trump, and describes the editions as, "Same paper, same dates, different markets. What did you just learn? Feeling manipulated yet?"
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 26, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 17, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photograph of Harriet Tubman shows she was a "gun-toting, Democrat-shooting, 2nd Amendment-supporting Republican."
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 25, 2019
John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper
stated on March 20, 2019 a CNN town hall
After legalizing marijuana in Colorado, "we haven't seen a spike in consumption."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 25, 2019
Toni Preckwinkle
Toni Preckwinkle
stated on March 19, 2019 a debate
"Nationally, they predict prison populations on the basis of third-grade achievement."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 24, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 12, 2019 a speech
There’s been a "20 percent increase in young people coming back to Buffalo after a decade where we lost 10 percent of our young people."  
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • March 23, 2019
John Carter
John Carter
stated on February 18, 2019 a speech
"I was the first elected Republican in Williamson County history."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 22, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2019 a Facebook post
"We could build 30 walls with the $150 billion Obama gave to Iran."
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 22, 2019
Children at Risk
Children at Risk
stated on March 19, 2019 a press conference
"Right now, only 11 percent of the 15,000 child care providers in Texas are certified as meeting quality standards."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 22, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 19, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes Albert Einstein as saying "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots."
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 22, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on March 17, 2019 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
During her tenure as county attorney in Minnesota, "there was a 65 percent decrease in incarceration of African-Americans."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2019
Mike Parson
Mike Parson
stated on January 24, 2019 an interview on KCUR
"We are always going to need architects, doctors, we’re going to need professionals with four-year degrees. But 65 to 70 percent of the people in Missouri don’t have degrees."
True
By Magdaline Duncan • March 22, 2019
John Nygren
John Nygren
stated on February 12, 2019 a tweet
"Over the last eight years, we’ve shown that even though we’ve cut taxes by $8 billion, revenues continue to grow."
True
By Eric Litke • March 21, 2019
Katie Pavlich
Katie Pavlich
stated on March 19, 2019 in a panel discussion
"America came along as the first country to end (slavery) within 150 years."
False
By John Kruzel • March 21, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on March 18, 2019 an interview on MSNBC
"Farmer suicide rates are as high as they have been since the Great Depression."
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2019
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