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Christy Harrison
Christy Harrison
stated on August 26, 2019 a recent New York Times column:
"We have a host of issues associated with high B.M.I.s. But correlation doesn’t prove causation, and there’s a significant body of research showing that weight stigma and weight cycling can explain most if not all of the associations we see between higher weights and poor health outcomes."
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By Julie Appleby • September 17, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 12, 2019 comments during the Democratic presidential primary debate in Houston:
"Was it 150 million people on private insurance? 50 million of those people lose their private insurance every year when they quit their jobs, or they go unemployed, or their employer changes their insurance policy."
Mostly False
By Emmarie Huetteman • September 13, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate:
"The difference between what I support and what you support, Vice President Biden, is that you require them to opt in (to a Medicare public option), and I would not require them to opt in. … They would automatically be enrolled. That’s a big difference. … Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?"
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By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 12, 2019 the Democratic debate in Houston:
"Over 90% of the American people think we have to get assault weapons off the street  — period."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 12, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says aquatic life near Alaska, Canada and Australia have been found with cancer and mutations as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
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By Daniel Funke • September 11, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 9, 2019 a rally in Fayetteville, N.C.:
China has "had now the worst year in 57 years."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • September 10, 2019
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on August 30, 2019 an interview:
"We’ve got 600-plus police and fire pensions Downstate that are on the cusp of insolvency because they don’t have the revenues that they need to be able to keep those pensions going."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 8, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2019 an event in Hanover, N.H.:
Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.
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By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 16, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says the U.S. gives Israel "$3 billion annually" in aid and zero to Detroit.   
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By Samantha Putterman • September 3, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 27, 2019 a tweet:
Says Dan McCready "believes in open borders and sanctuary cities."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 30, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2019 a press conference in Biarritz, France:
Crimea "was sort of taken away from President Obama. … And he wanted Russia to be out of what was called the G-8. And that was his determination."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2019 a post-G7 news conference:
"We made a ridiculous deal (with Iran). We gave them $150 billion. We gave them $1.8 billion, and we got nothing."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 27, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 20, 2019 a speech:
Says President Donald Trump hasn’t condemned David Duke and Richard Spencer.
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By Amy Sherman • August 27, 2019
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban
stated on August 15, 2019 a tweet:
Says "wealthy people in Canada donate to hospitals" to get better health care treatment.
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By Bill McCarthy • August 19, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 10, 2019 an interview on Fox News:
In Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. You know who did what Australia did? Venezuela."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 19, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2019 a speech in Monaca, Pa.:
"We were losing all our cases in the World Trade Organization. ... And then I came along. Now we’re winning a lot of cases because they know that they’re not on very solid ground."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2019
Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger
stated on August 9, 2019 a TV interview:
"97% of murders occur with handguns."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 15, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 9, 2019 a Facebook post:
A photograph shows Joe Biden with a Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • August 15, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2019 a speech at a chemical plant in Pennsylvania:
Says the large trade deficit with Japan stems from them sending "millions of cars," while "we send them wheat," but the deficit is "changing rapidly."  
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By Jon Greenberg • August 15, 2019
Drunk History
Drunk History
stated on July 2, 2019 an episode:
Says the late Lady Bird Johnson sicced the CIA on actress and singer Eartha Kitt after Kitt spoke out against the Vietnam War during a White House luncheon in January 1968.
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By Kelsey Bradshaw • August 15, 2019
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