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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 16, 2016 a town hall in San Juan:
"Puerto Rico’s $70 billion debt is unsustainable and it is unpayable. And the reason why it is unsustainable has everything to do with the greed of Wall Street vulture funds."
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By Linda Qiu • May 19, 2016
Vicki Saporta
Vicki Saporta
stated on May 9, 2016 an episode of "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee":
"There are more than twice as many (crisis pregnancy centers) as there are legitimate abortion providers in the United States."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 17, 2016
Minka Kelly
Minka Kelly
stated on May 10, 2016 a post on Instagram:
"By the time you drink your coffee, an elephant is killed for its ivory tusks."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • May 17, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on April 27, 2016 Pennsylvania:
Says Katie McGinty "actually agrees with Hillary Clinton and the most liberal wing of the Democrats on everything."
Half-True
By Cassie Owens, Dávid Tvrdoň, Loghan Thain • May 16, 2016
Tim Moore
Tim Moore
stated on May 5, 2016 a conversation with reporters:
Says 80 percent of North Carolinians support "the concept that men should not be in women’s restrooms, changing rooms, bathrooms, etc."
Half-True
By Will Doran • May 14, 2016
Solar Energy Fairness
Solar Energy Fairness
stated on April 13, 2016 a television ad:
"Big rooftop solar's plan forces Nevada families who don’t have solar panels to pay higher power bills to subsidize rooftop solar."
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By Riley Snyder • May 13, 2016
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on April 27, 2016 a congressional hearing:
Water rates in Manila, Philippines, "were raised up to 845 percent" when a subsidiary of the World Bank became a partial owner.  
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By Jon Greenberg • May 12, 2016
Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia Daily News
stated on April 14, 2016 In an editorial:
If you don't buy cigarettes at your local supermarket, your grocery bill won't go up a dime. The same is true of the sugary drink tax. If passed, you can avoid paying the tax by not buying sugary drinks.
Half-True
By Mark Dent • May 11, 2016
Loretta Sanchez
Loretta Sanchez
stated on May 11, 2016 a debate:
"The Brady Campaign has given me a 100 percent, not 99, 100 percent rating."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2016
Tom Marino
Tom Marino
stated on May 5, 2016 an interview on MSNBC.:
Twenty million Americans are "out of work."
Half-True
By Anna Orso, Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 2, 2016 a TV ad:
Says Donald Trump "brings in hundreds of foreign workers to replace Americans."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • May 6, 2016
Center for Individual Freedom
Center for Individual Freedom
stated on April 13, 2016 a TV ad:
Says Paul Ryan backs a proposal that would be a "bailout" of Puerto Rico.  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • May 6, 2016
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on April 26, 2016 a statement :
"California has added twice as many jobs as Florida" over the past year.  
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By Chris Nichols • May 6, 2016
George Clooney
George Clooney
stated on April 16, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"The overwhelming amount of the money that we're raising is not going to Hillary (Clinton) to run for president. ... It's going to the congressmen and senators to try to take back Congress."  
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 5, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on April 29, 2016:
Says he "started" the Pacur plastics manufacturing company he owns.  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • May 4, 2016
Michael Roberson
Michael Roberson
stated on April 13, 2016 a Web ad:
Says Danny Tarkanian is "NRA ‘F’ Rated."
Half-True
By Riley Snyder • May 3, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate:
"There's only three countries in the entire world where there's no paid vacation by law, we happen to be one of them."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • May 3, 2016
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on April 21, 2016 a radio interview.:
China is "going to have twice the number of submarines we have in just over a decade."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • May 2, 2016
Kiki Curls
Kiki Curls
stated on April 4, 2016 following a Missouri Senate Budget Committee hearing:
Missouri "is the state with the lowest paid workers."
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By Conner Smith • May 2, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 1, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says Donald Trump’s "only economic agenda is imposing massive taxes on the American people with a 40 percent tax hike of a giant tariff."
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By Linda Qiu • May 1, 2016
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