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Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on April 27, 2017 a press release:
Donald Trump’s "golf course on the island defaulted, like so many of his other failed business schemes. The failure left Puerto Rican taxpayers with a nearly $33 million bill."
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By Amy Sherman • May 4, 2017
Bob Cortes
Bob Cortes
stated on April 18, 2017 a discussion on HB 7101:
"All charter schools are not-for-profit."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • April 27, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on April 23, 2017 an interview on ABC's This Week:
Treasury Department's inspector general found "there's $4 billion a year in excess payments" going to people that shouldn’t get them. "These are mostly Mexicans."  
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • April 27, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 25, 2017 a White House web page:
Says he created "over 500,000 new jobs -- with a surge in female employment last month."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2017 a tweet:
The Ninth Circuit has an overturned record "close to 80%."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Miriam Valverde • April 26, 2017
John Chiang
John Chiang
stated on March 23, 2017 a speech:
"In the first two years and a couple months (as California treasurer), I have saved taxpayers and ratepayers over $5.2 billion."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • April 26, 2017
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on April 23, 2017 a segment on "Fox News Sunday":
"They voted for (a border wall) in 2006. Then-Senator Obama voted for it. Sen. Schumer voted for it. Sen. Clinton voted for it."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • April 23, 2017
Dan Hegeman
Dan Hegeman
stated on March 8, 2017 a meeting with University of Missouri System Curator nominees:
"We don’t give bonuses in the state of Missouri on any level of government."
Half-True
By Allison Colburn • April 21, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 17, 2017 an interview with Fox News:
With North Korea, "nobody has ever seen such a positive response on our behalf from China."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 19, 2017
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on March 12, 2017 an interview:
In America, "more people die from" prescription narcotic painkillers "than from heroin and cocaine combined."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 19, 2017
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Center for American Progress Action Fund
stated on April 16, 2017 the website IsTrumpAtMarALago.org:
"A trip to Mar-a-Lago costs taxpayers approximately $3.6 million, according to a Government Accountability Office report."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • April 18, 2017
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 31, 2017 a U.S. Senate campaign speech:
El Paso is the "safest city in the state of Texas, safest city in the United States."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 14, 2017
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on March 21, 2017 an interview:
"As chairman of the Fulton board of commissioners, I turned a $100 million deficit into a balanced budget."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 14, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 23, 2017 a radio address:
"Wisconsin’s economy is in the best shape it’s been since 2000."  
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By Andrew Mollica, Tom Kertscher • April 13, 2017
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on March 30, 2017 a press release:
"In 2014, Mexico alone received over $24 billion in remittances sent from the U.S., while other South and Central American countries received over 15 percent of their (gross domestic product) in the form of remittances."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • April 11, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on April 3, 2017 an op-ed:
Says small businesses "make up 98.9 percent of all businesses in the state and employ nearly half of the state's private sector workforce" and "almost never receive a penny of government money."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • April 11, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 7, 2017 weekly address:
"Last month, we saw a 64 percent reduction in illegal immigration on our southern border."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • April 10, 2017
Ben Cardin
Ben Cardin
stated on April 9, 2017 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"We’ve seen more filibusters on judicial nominees by the Republicans under President Obama than we saw in the whole history of the United States Senate." 
Half-True
By Allison Graves • April 9, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 a town hall with CEOs:
"I've won awards on environmental protection."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on February 8, 2017 a television interview:
"Over the past 25 years, job growth in right-to-work states has been twice as high as in non-right-to-work states. ... The facts are just so clear that this is going to lead to more jobs and higher pay for the people of Missouri."
Half-True
By Allison Colburn • April 6, 2017
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