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National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on June 17, 2019 a Facebook post:
Says "Joe Biden calls for gun ban."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 9, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on June 28, 2019 an interview:
"There’s a hacking conference that’s held every year in Las Vegas, where I think a 14- or 15-year old-girl from Florida hacked into a replica of Florida’s election system in less than 15 minutes."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 3, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 26, 2019 an opinion article:
"The wealthiest three families now own more wealth than the bottom half of the country."
True
By Tom Kertscher • July 3, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 26, 2019 a tweet from the Trump campaign:
Says Cory Booker has accepted over $400,000 from the pharmaceutical industry during his political career.  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 2, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 30, 2019 a press conference in South Korea:
"The Obama administration was begging for a meeting" with Kim Jong Un.  
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 1, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on June 21, 2019 a policy proposal to ban private prisons:
"Prison phone companies charge as much as $25 for a 15-minute call."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 1, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 27, 2019 a democratic debate in Miami:
"I did not oppose busing in America. What I opposed is busing ordered by the Department of Education."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 28, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 18, 2019 remarks to reporters on the White House South Lawn.:
Says the Central Park Five "admitted their guilt."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 24, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 20, 2019 a Telemundo interview:
"When I became president, President Obama had a separation policy. I didn’t have it. He had it."
False
By Miriam Valverde • June 21, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on June 17, 2019 a tweet:
Says Amazon is "paying full-time employees so little that they require gov food assistance."
Half-True
By Bill McCarthy • June 21, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2019 an ABC News interview:
"Well, I got 52% (of women voters). And I will tell you — in my opinion I might have won women. ... Hey, Hillary Clinton focused on women, and I did phenomenally well."
Mostly False
By Stefanie Pousoulides • June 20, 2019
Seth Moulton
Seth Moulton
stated on June 7, 2019 a tweet:
Says Joe Biden hasn’t admitted he was wrong on the Iraq War, as he did with the Hyde Amendment.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 11, 2019 a speech in Iowa:
"Why should you get a break for racehorses and not get a break for child care?"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 19, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 11, 2019 a campaign speech:
"In the Obama-Biden administration, we got China to cut cyber-theft -- it's gotten significantly worse under this administration."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • June 14, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on June 7, 2019 a tweet:
"Millions of Americans need mental health care. Yet in Iowa, there are just 64 public mental health care beds. And you see similar numbers across the country."
Mostly True
By Sophie Austin • June 13, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on June 5, 2019 a tweet:
"Every day on average 500 people die from gun violence."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 12, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 6, 2019 a tweet:
"I have consistently voted against the Hyde Amendment."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2019
Seth Moulton
Seth Moulton
stated on June 2, 2019 a CNN town hall:
"The VA negotiates prescription drug prices. Medicare doesn't do that."  
True
By Stefanie Pousoulides • June 7, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on June 1, 2019 a veterans event in California:
Says immigrant military service members applying for U.S. citizenship "are getting rejected at higher numbers than those who are not veterans."
True
By Miriam Valverde • June 7, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 4, 2019 a press conference in London:
"I’ve had tremendous Republican support. I have a 90% — 94% approval rating, as of this morning, in the Republican Party. That’s an all-time record."    
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 6, 2019
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