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Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic debate in Houston:
"54 senators said, let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 13, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate:
"The difference between what I support and what you support, Vice President Biden, is that you require them to opt in (to a Medicare public option), and I would not require them to opt in. … They would automatically be enrolled. That’s a big difference. … Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 12, 2019 the Democratic debate in Houston:
"Over 90% of the American people think we have to get assault weapons off the street  — period."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 12, 2019
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on September 6, 2019 an op-ed:
"One unnamed donor gave $17 million to the Leo-affiliated Judicial Crisis Network to block the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland and to support Gorsuch; then a donor — perhaps the same one — gave another $17 million to prop up Kavanaugh."
True
By John Kruzel • September 11, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 9, 2019 a rally in Fayetteville, N.C.:
China has "had now the worst year in 57 years."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • September 10, 2019
Arlen Parsa
Arlen Parsa
stated on September 1, 2019 a tweet:
Thirty-four of the 47 men depicted in the famous "Declaration of Independence" painting were slaveholders.  
True
By Tom Kertscher • September 10, 2019
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on September 4, 2019 a town hall:
The Green New Deal "would do away with commercial air travel."
False
By John Kruzel • September 6, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 4, 2019 a CNN town hall on climate change:
"70% of the pollution of the carbon that we're throwing into the air comes from three industries."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 6, 2019
John Delaney
John Delaney
stated on August 27, 2019 an interview:
The Amazon rainforest fires are "directly related to trade" tensions between the United States and China. 
False
By John Kruzel • September 6, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 4, 2019 a tweet:
Originally "almost all models predicted" Dorian would hit Alabama.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 5, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 3, 2019 an NPR interview:
Referring to the Iraq War, "immediately, the moment it started, I came out against the war at that moment."
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 5, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2019 an event in Hanover, N.H.:
Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 28, 2019 a tweet:
Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on August 27, 2019 an op-ed in the Washington Post:
"We lag behind many other developed nations in connectivity and speed, while also paying more for that service."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 29, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2019 a press conference in Biarritz, France:
Crimea "was sort of taken away from President Obama. … And he wanted Russia to be out of what was called the G-8. And that was his determination."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2019 a post-G7 news conference:
"We made a ridiculous deal (with Iran). We gave them $150 billion. We gave them $1.8 billion, and we got nothing."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 27, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 26, 2019 an Instagram post:
 "Last year, South Carolina spent $21,756 per prison inmate and $11,552 per student."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • August 27, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 20, 2019 a speech:
Says President Donald Trump hasn’t condemned David Duke and Richard Spencer.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 27, 2019
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on August 22, 2019 a panel discussion:
A federal pilot program to DNA test illegal immigrants showed "something like 30% (of test subjects) are fake families."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • August 26, 2019
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on August 20, 2019 a tweet:
"Since the passage of Tax Cuts, real disposable personal income per household has increased $5,205."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2019
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