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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2019 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on June 2, 2019 in a Fox News town hall:
"Remember after the shooting in Las Vegas, (President Donald Trump) said, ‘Yeah, yeah, we’re going to ban the bump stocks.’ Did he ban the bump stocks? No."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2019
Michael Bennet
Michael Bennet
stated on May 30, 2019 in a CNN town hall:
"The vast majority of Americans believe that climate change is real and we need to do something about it."
Mostly True
By Sophie Austin • June 6, 2019
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
stated on June 1, 2019 in an Instagram post:
"The majority of Americans across ALL parties favor these nondiscrimination policies for LGBTQ people (liberals at 81%, moderates at 76% and conservatives at 55%)."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • June 5, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 4, 2019 in remarks at a business roundtable in London:
The United Kingdom is "our largest (trading) partner."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 5, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2019 in remarks at the White House:
"There has never been, ever before, an administration that’s been so open and transparent."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2019
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 30, 2019 in an on stage interview in Brazil:
"Anybody can buy any weapon, any time without much, if any, regulation. They buy it over the internet. They can buy machine guns."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 4, 2019
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on May 19, 2019 in an interview on Fox News:
Says U.S. Rep. Justin Amash "votes more with Nancy Pelosi than he ever does with me."
False
By Stefanie Pousoulides • June 3, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 14, 2019 in a campaign event:
The 1994 crime bill "did not generate mass incarceration."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg, John Kruzel • May 30, 2019
John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper
stated on May 19, 2019 in an interview:
"We beat the NRA with tough, tough gun laws" in Colorado.  
True
By Tom Kertscher • May 30, 2019
Justin Amash
Justin Amash
stated on May 20, 2019 in a tweet:
"In fact, ‘high Crimes and Misdemeanors’ is not defined in the Constitution and does not require corresponding statutory charges. The context implies conduct that violates the public trust—and that view is echoed by the Framers of the Constitution and early American scholars."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2019
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