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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."  
Half-True
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
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."
Half-True
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."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • May 1, 2016
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on March 8, 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign news release
"Bernie Sanders voted with Republicans to protect the Minutemen, a hate group that used military tactics against our community."
Half-True
By Filipa Ioannou • April 30, 2016
Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer
stated on April 28, 2016 an episode of "Inside Amy Schumer"
"You can absolutely get a gun if you have several felonies as long as you buy it on the Internet or at a gun show."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • April 29, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2016 a foreign policy speech in Washington
"When President Obama landed in Cuba on Air Force One, no leader was there, nobody, to greet him -- perhaps an incident without precedent in the long and prestigious history of Air Force One."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2016
New Day for America
New Day for America
stated on April 25, 2016 a robocall
Says "Hillary Clinton has promised to raise taxes by $1 trillion dollars."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 27, 2016
Occupational Knowledge International
Occupational Knowledge International
stated on April 20, 2016 a petition on Change.org
Says Sherwin-Williams is "making lead paint and poisoning people around the world."  
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • April 26, 2016
Bob Graham
Bob Graham
stated on April 24, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We know that Saudi Arabia started al-Qaida."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 24, 2016
Great America PAC
Great America PAC
stated on March 31, 2016 a TV ad
Says Ted Cruz "wanted to let in more Syrian refugees and give amnesty to illegal immigrants."  
Half-True
April 22, 2016
Danny Tarkanian
Danny Tarkanian
stated on April 18, 2016 a television ad
Says Nevada state Sen. Michael Roberson "forced Common Core for Nevada schools."
Half-True
By Riley Snyder • April 22, 2016
Lee Camp
Lee Camp
stated on April 17, 2016 an episode of "Redacted Tonight"
"In 2009 … Hillary Clinton was at the State Department working with U.S. corporations to pressure Haiti not to raise the minimum wage to 61 cents an hour from 24 cents."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • April 21, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 14, 2016 the Democratic debate in Brooklyn, N.Y.
"We spend about 75 percent of the entire cost of the military aspect of NATO."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 19, 2016
Doug Ducey
Doug Ducey
stated on April 13, 2016 a press conference on fire season
"90 percent of fires in Arizona are human-caused."
Half-True
By Anthony Cave • April 19, 2016
ActionAid UK
ActionAid UK
stated on April 7, 2016 a website post
"Tax dodging costs developing countries $200 billion every year."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 19, 2016
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