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Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on March 6, 2019 a news release
"College debt has increased 170 percent since 2006 and now exceeds $1.5 trillion dollars, which is second only to mortgage debt and surpasses even credit card debt."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • March 21, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 18, 2019 a Facebook post
Says the Looney Tunes cartoon character Yosemite Sam was banned from television for being too violent.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 21, 2019
Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
stated on March 19, 2019 in an interview
"We have flown a Boeing 737 across the Atlantic Ocean on biofuels. We have flown F-18s."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • March 21, 2019
X posts
X posts
stated on March 18, 2019 a tweet
Says Beto O'Rourke "gave the remaining $4.5+ mill from his Senate race to (the Texas Democratic Party) a few months ago, & the Party sent the money back to him on the day of his announcement."
Pants on Fire!
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 20, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on March 12, 2019 a tweet
Says President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2020 budget "slashes investments in health care to pay for tax cuts to billionaires."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 20, 2019
Matthew Birmingham
Matthew Birmingham
stated on March 16, 2019 a press release
"Now there is a new threat that we’re seeing up close: the risk of exposure to powerful drugs that can kill in even tiny amounts."
False
By Colin Meyn • March 20, 2019
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on March 14, 2019 a vote
Position on Trump’s national emergency declaration for border wall funding
Full Flop
By Paul Specht • March 20, 2019
David Crowley
David Crowley
stated on February 24, 2019 a TV interview
''Over 40 percent of African-American men in (Milwaukee County) have been going to prison for low-level drug offenses, and I think a hundred times that in the city of Madison."
False
By D.L. Davis • March 19, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 14, 2019 a campaign stop in Iowa
"Nearly half of public school teachers in Texas are working a second or a third job, not for kicks, not for extra spending cash, but just to make ends meet."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 19, 2019
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on March 6, 2019
On tax increases.
Half Flip
By Warren Fiske • March 19, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 13, 2019 a Facebook post
Florida drivers who have their cell phones "in hand" can be ticketed $250 and sent to "driving school." 
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 18, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on March 10, 2019 a town hall
"We pay far more for health care than any other country in the world, yet we have far worse outcomes than any other country in the world."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 18, 2019
Toni Preckwinkle
Toni Preckwinkle
stated on March 12, 2019 a debate
Says that "despite the tremendous amounts of money that have gone into it, only 400 family (housing) units have been created" in the last 12 years through Chicago’s Affordable Requirements Ordinance.
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 17, 2019
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on February 1, 2019 a claim on Facebook and Twitter
Says the University of Missouri "has been cleared of involvement" in academic fraud involving student athletes.
Half-True
By Laura Murgatroyd • March 16, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 10, 2019 speech at a rally in Concord, New Hampshire
I received "more votes from young people — black, white, Latino, Asian American and Native American — than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton combined."
Mostly True
By Kit Norton • March 16, 2019
Joe Cunningham
Joe Cunningham
stated on March 7, 2019 a U.S. House hearing
"Seismic airgun blasting (used for energy exploration) is ... 16,000 times louder than" a conventional airhorn.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 15, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on March 14, 2019 a Facebook post
A photograph shows Beto O’Rourke nearly nude with the words "feminist," "atheist" and "slut" on his body.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 15, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 6, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Prince invested in Nike in 1971, recruited Michael Jordan to the company in 1983 and designed the first Air Jordans.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 15, 2019
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on March 12, 2019 an email
"Democrats have forced a special election"
False
By Paul Specht • March 15, 2019
Denny Hoskins
Denny Hoskins
stated on February 5, 2019 an interview and multiple media reports
The sports betting bill would create "$12.5 million to $30.9 million in additional revenue for the state"
Half-True
By Zara McDowell-Barker • March 15, 2019
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