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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 19, 2019 in a Democratic primary debate in Los Angeles:
"You have to have congressional authority" to close Guantanamo Bay prison.  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 20, 2019
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on December 20, 2019 in a Democratic presidential primary debate:
"They banned face masks in Hong Kong. Why? Because they have AI technology that now is using facial recognition to identify protesters if they so much as do anything on the street, so they can follow up with them and detain them later."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • December 20, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on December 20, 2019 in the sixth Democratic presidential debate:
Says Pete Buttigieg ran statewide in Indiana and "lost by 20 points."
True
By Aaron Sharockman • December 20, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 19, 2019 in the Democratic debate in Los Angeles:
Real wages "went up last year 1.1%."
True
By Jon Greenberg • December 20, 2019
Doug Collins
Doug Collins
stated on December 18, 2019 in an opening statement to the House of Representatives:
"In November 2019, Speaker Pelosi said it would be ‘dangerous’ to leave it to voters to determine whether President Trump stays in office."
False
By Daniel Funke • December 19, 2019
Barry Loudermilk
Barry Loudermilk
stated on December 18, 2019 in remarks on the House floor:
"When Jesus was falsely accused of treason, Pontius Pilate gave Jesus the opportunity to face his accusers. During that sham trial, Pontius Pilate afforded more rights to Jesus than the Democrats have afforded this president in this process."
False
By Tom Kertscher • December 19, 2019
Jim Himes
Jim Himes
stated on December 18, 2019 in in an impeachment debate:
Says President Donald Trump "has not given this Congress a single email, phone record or document."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • December 19, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 13, 2019 in a rally in San Antonio, Texas.:
"I (found) the Republican votes for the Recovery Act, Obamacare, help us from falling into a Great Depression."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 8, 2019 in an interview with Axios:
Delaware has the "eighth-largest black population in the country"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 16, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on December 1, 2019 in an interview:
The U.S. spends "57 cents on the dollar on defense."
False
By Tom Kertscher • December 13, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on December 10, 2019 in a policy white paper:
"Roughly one in four fish eaten in the United States was caught here and sent to Asia for processing before being re-imported for American consumers."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 13, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on December 9, 2019 in an interview published by The Root:
Says that in South Bend, Ind., the "black poverty fell by more than half on my watch."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • December 12, 2019
William Barr
William Barr
stated on December 9, 2019 in a statement:
"The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • December 11, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 3, 2019 in a press conference:
Says House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff "made up the conversation. He lied. If he didn't do that in the halls of Congress, he'd be thrown in jail. He did it in the halls of Congress, he's given immunity."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 5, 2019
John Kennedy
John Kennedy
stated on December 1, 2019 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:
Says former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko "actively worked for Secretary Clinton."
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 4, 2019
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on November 17, 2019 in a speech:
"No other city in America did what (New York) did. We reduced murders by 50%, reduced police shootings to historic lows, reduced the number of people incarcerated by nearly 40%."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • December 2, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says ABC 7 reported the Santa Clarita high school shooting "3 weeks in advance."
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • November 26, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on November 20, 2019 in a debate:
"Today in America — a new study came out — 20 years out, whites who borrowed money, 94% of them have paid off their student loan debt; 5% of African Americans have paid it off."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on November 20, 2019 in Democratic primary debate in Atlanta:
"The president had to confess in writing, in court to illegally diverting charitable contributions that were supposed to go to veterans."
False
By Miriam Valverde • November 21, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on November 13, 2019 in a Facebook ad:
"In America, there is a father who is holding down two jobs and paying more taxes than the richest 400 families in America."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2019
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