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Virginia First Foundation
Virginia First Foundation
stated on September 27, 2016 a web video.
"The Virginia population increased by just 8 percent from 2005 to 2015, but the per capita spending in the budget increased by a whopping 38 percent."  
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • October 3, 2016
Chris Koster
Chris Koster
stated on August 9, 2016 an Instagram post
"A rural hospital in Missouri closes every 8 months. The legislature’s failure to expand Medicaid has brought crisis to many of Missouri’s rural health care providers."
Half-True
By Anna Maples • October 3, 2016
No on 67
No on 67
stated on August 15, 2016 in official ballot argument.
"Not one penny of (California’s Prop 67) bag ban tax goes to the environment."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 3, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 28, 2016 a CNN town hall
"Since I came into office … we have increased the VA budget by 85 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2016
Vote No On 2
Vote No On 2
stated on September 22, 2016 a mailer
"Amendment 2 will bring kid-friendly pot candy to Florida."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • September 30, 2016
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on September 16, 2016 a White House press conference
"If you look at any real analysis," the Trans-Pacific Partnership is "going to generate better-paying jobs that are more stable."
Half-True
September 30, 2016
Chelsea Clinton
Chelsea Clinton
stated on September 28, 2016 an interview with Cosmo
Says "Gary Johnson and the Libertarian Party want to get rid of the public school system."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 29, 2016
Tom DeLay
Tom DeLay
stated on September 1, 2016 an interview on MSNBC
Says most illegal immigrants draw "welfare benefits, they’re sending their kids to school, they’re using the public services."
Half-True
By Dylan Baddour • September 28, 2016
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 13, 2016 a television ad
Says "Catherine Cortez Masto failed Nevada rape victims. While attorney general, thousands of rape kits were never sent for DNA analysis."
Half-True
By Riley Snyder • September 28, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate
Says Donald Trump "publicly invited Putin to hack into Americans’ (emails)."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to shut down shale, and shut down natural gas."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 26, 2016
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on September 15, 2016 a speech
"During her first four years in Washington Sen. Ayotte voted with the Koch brothers nearly 90 percent of the time."
Half-True
By Allie Morris • September 24, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 19, 2016 an interview on Fox News
Says Israel profiles based on ethnicity and "does it very successfully."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • September 23, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on September 19, 2016 in a Facebook post and video
Hillary Clinton said, "with a straight face, that the terrorist attacks this weekend were caused by Donald J. Trump"
Half-True
By Jim Tharpe • September 23, 2016
Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson
stated on September 1, 2016 a TV ad
Says Mike Gallagher’s plan "would cut Social Security benefits for two-thirds of seniors."  
Half-True
September 23, 2016
Leslie Geissler Munger
Leslie Geissler Munger
stated on September 15, 2016 a Chicago Sun-Times editorial board debate
"My opponent… was on both the city of Chicago payroll and the state of Illinois payroll simultaneously, taking full salary, funding her full pension benefits both as a city worker and as a state worker for 10 years."
Half-True
By Kevin Hoffman • September 22, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 9, 2016 a television ad
Says New START, passed while Clinton was secretary of state, is a "treaty cutting Russia’s nuclear arms."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • September 21, 2016
John McCain
John McCain
stated on September 6, 2016 a political advertisement
Says Ann Kirkpatrick walked out "on constituents when questioned" on the Affordable Care Act.
Half-True
By Anthony Cave • September 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 15, 2016 a speech at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
Says comprehensive immigration reform "will add $700 billion to our economy."  
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 21, 2016
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on September 19, 2016 a debate
Says Charlie Crist "stood there, over 3 African-American prisoners in chains, on their knees, on the side of the road. Saying that it was a great sight. Saying we needed to bring it to Florida. And you did this — whether you know or not — on the eve of Juneteenth, the day the African-American community celebrates the end of slavery."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • September 20, 2016
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