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Jeb Bush
stated on April 14, 2015 an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:

"We are in the sixth year of recovery, and median income is below what it was at the start of the recovery."

True

By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on April 10, 2015 a speech to the NRA:

Says Howard Zinn, "an anti-American Marxist," wrote "the most popular textbook that's taught in our high schools in America."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 31, 2015 a town hall in Austin, Texas:

"In this last election in November, ... 63 percent of the American people chose not to vote, ... 80 percent of young people, (and) 75 percent of low-income workers chose not to vote."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2015

Occupy Democrats
stated on March 31, 2015 a meme on social media:

Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2015

Martin O'Malley
stated on March 29, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week":

In the United States, we’ve had "12 years in a row of wages declining."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on March 25, 2015 a speech:

The Affordable Care Act is "a major reason why we’ve seen 50,000 fewer preventable patient deaths in hospitals."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2015

Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2015 posts on social media:

Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care.

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2015

Allen West
stated on March 19, 2015 a post on his website:

"EPA wants to regulate … the family BBQ."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2015

David Simas
stated on March 18, 2015 an interview on CNN's "New Day":

Job growth in the United States is now at the "fastest pace in this country's history."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2015

SeaWorld
stated on March 24, 2015 an ad:

"Whales live as long at SeaWorld" as they do in the wild.

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2015

Glenn Beck
stated on March 19, 2015 a Facebook post:

"A few weeks ago Obama took Hamas and Iran OFF the terror list."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2015

Jim Webb
stated on March 15, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"The stock market has almost tripled since April of 2009."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2015

Mitch McConnell
stated on March 15, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015

Tom Cotton
stated on March 9, 2015 an interview on Fox News:

Says that "Susan Rice, the president's national security adviser, has already conceded that Iran will have a robust uranium enrichment capability."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015

Joe Biden
stated on March 9, 2015 a statement released to the media:

"The vast majority of our international commitments take effect without congressional approval."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2015

Tom Cotton
stated on March 9, 2015 a letter to Iranian leaders:

If President Barack Obama strikes a nuclear deal with Iran, "the next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen and future Congresses could modify the terms of the agreement at any time."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2015

Henry Sanders
stated on March 8, 2015 a video clip aired on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Today in Selma, Ala., "the poverty rate is roughly nine times that of whites."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2015

Phil Robertson
stated on February 27, 2015 a speech at the CPAC conference:

According to the CDC, "110 million Americans now have a sexually transmitted illness."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 24, 2015 a conference in Silicon Valley:

"You had more women getting computer sciences degrees in the '80s by a factor of 2-plus than you do now."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2015

Jonah Goldberg
stated on February 13, 2015 a column in "National Review":

Homeopathy, acupuncture and aromatherapy "have been given elevated legitimacy under the Affordable Care Act."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2015

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