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Bernie Sanders
stated on February 7, 2016 in a video:

"The richest 80 people in the world own more wealth than the bottom half of the global population."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • February 17, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 11, 2016 in comments during the PBS Democratic debate:

The United States has "the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on Earth."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2016

Bob Donovan
stated on January 29, 2016 in a Facebook post:

"This is the true picture of ‘Milwaukee's Renaissance’ after 12 years of Mayor Tom Barrett's leadership."

Pants on Fire!

By Tom Kertscher • February 2, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 24, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press.":

Says his views on reparations for slavery are the same as Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's.

Mostly True

By Linda Qiu • January 26, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on January 9, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com:

"Today, if you were raised poor, you’re just as likely to stay poor as you were 50 years ago."

True

By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2016

Common Sense Kids Action
stated on September 21, 2015 in a press release:

"California has more kids in poverty ... than virtually any other state."

Mostly True

By Chris Nichols • December 4, 2015

Vicky Hartzler
stated on October 9, 2015 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"Twenty-five percent of our kids in foster care are there because their parents are involved in drugs."

True

By Sean Nelson • November 30, 2015

Roy Blunt
stated on September 4, 2015 in at the Missouri State Fair:

"The world food demand is going to double sometime between now and 2070."

True

By Sean Nelson • November 30, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on November 1, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"We have record numbers of people living in poverty."

Half-True

By Linda Qiu • November 1, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on October 14, 2015 in a town hall meeting in Concord, N.H.:

"If you're born poor, you're more likely to stay poor than any time in American history."

Half-True

By Nick Reid • October 30, 2015

Bee Moorhead
stated on September 29, 2015 in an oped article in the Austin American-Statesman:

Texas has "outstripped the national poverty rate" since "at least 1959."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • October 12, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on August 18, 2015 in a speech:

Says he "turned down a Medicaid expansion under Obamacare," but because of actions he took, for the first time in Wisconsin's history "everyone living in poverty is covered under Medicaid."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • September 2, 2015

Julián Castro
stated on July 27, 2015 in his year-in-review speech:

"Less than half of the poorest American households have a home Internet subscription."

True

By Bradley Saacks • August 20, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on August 13, 2015 in a meme on social media:

Says 57 percent of federal spending goes to the military and just 1 percent goes to food and agriculture, including food stamps.

False

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 5, 2015 in an interview on CNN:

"We have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on Earth."

Mostly False

By Christian Belanger • July 8, 2015

Maria Shriver
stated on May 10, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"Two-thirds of American families rely on the mother's income to stay above the poverty level."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on May 1, 2015 in an interview with reporters at the North Carolina GOP headquarters:

"There are more poor people today as a percentage of our population than the 1970s."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • May 7, 2015

Elizabeth Roberts
stated on March 2, 2015 in a presentation to the Reinventing Medicaid Working Group:

"More than 30 cents of every state tax dollar goes to Medicaid."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 19, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 31, 2015 in a talk in Austin:

"Half of all Americans have less than $10,000 in their savings account."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • April 9, 2015

Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 in a television interview:

"Rhode Island has the second highest per enrollee (Medicaid) cost of any state in the country, which is 60 percent higher than the national average."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 29, 2015

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