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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 7, 2016 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
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 11, 2016 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
Bob Donovan
stated on January 29, 2016 a Facebook post
"This is the true picture of ‘Milwaukee's Renaissance’ after 12 years of Mayor Tom Barrett's leadership."  
Pants on Fire!
February 2, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 24, 2016 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
Paul Ryan
stated on January 9, 2016 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
Common Sense Kids Action
stated on September 21, 2015 a press release
"California has more kids in poverty ... than virtually any other state."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • December 4, 2015
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on October 9, 2015 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
Roy Blunt
stated on September 4, 2015 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
Carly Fiorina
stated on November 1, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"We have record numbers of people living in poverty."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • November 1, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 14, 2015 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
Bee Moorhead
stated on September 29, 2015 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
Scott Walker
stated on August 18, 2015 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
September 2, 2015
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on July 27, 2015 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
Facebook posts
stated on August 13, 2015 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
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 5, 2015 an interview on CNN
"We have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on Earth."
Mostly False
July 8, 2015
Maria Shriver
Maria Shriver
stated on May 10, 2015 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
Jeb Bush
stated on May 1, 2015 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
Elizabeth Roberts
stated on March 2, 2015 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
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 31, 2015 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
Gina Raimondo
stated on March 13, 2015 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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