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John Pagliarini
John Pagliarini
stated on April 11, 2016 a speech
"You’re in more trouble if you leave your pet in the car than if you leave your child in the car."  
Half-True
By Jacqueline Tempera • April 17, 2016
Our City, Our Safety, Our Choice
Our City, Our Safety, Our Choice
stated on April 8, 2016 a fund-raising letter from female supporters
Austin’s Stop Abuse for Everyone has seen in its offices "sexual assault survivors that report being attacked by their ridesharing drivers, at a rate of one per month."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 29, 2016 a forum
About "1 percent of all the gun sellers are responsible for more than half of the guns that are used in crimes."
Half-True
April 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 14, 2016 a Democratic debate in New York
"We have tougher standards holding toy gun manufacturers and sellers to account than we do for real guns."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • April 15, 2016
Paul
Paul "Skip" Stam
stated on April 11, 2016 a newspaper interview
"There are 31 other states and 10,000 other cities that have the same type of policies that we just passed," referring to North Carolina’s House Bill 2.
Half-True
By Will Doran • April 13, 2016
Joe DeFelice
Joe DeFelice
stated on April 10, 2016 As part of a Philadelphia Inquirer editorial
If the mayor were really serious about supporting Philly's schoolchildren and handling our city's looming fiscal crisis, he could begin by slashing the size of his own administration, which is already 45 percent larger than his predecessor's and 40 percent more costly.
Half-True
By Mark Dent • April 13, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on April 5, 2016 a Tampa Bay Times interview
In every ethics case that has resulted in a formal sanction, "there's been an investigative subcommittee that's been established first."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 13, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 11, 2016 an event in Port Washington, N.Y.
"The state that has the highest per capita number of … guns that end up committing crimes in New York come from Vermont."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 12, 2016
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on March 28, 2016 a post on Medium
Says the Congressional Budget Office "is expecting a protracted economic malaise for at least the next decade under current policies."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2016
Frank Luntz
Frank Luntz
stated on April 6, 2016 a tweet
"Team Trump has accused Ted Cruz of fraud" in Iowa, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas, Maine, Utah and Wisconsin."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 11, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 10, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says Hillary Clinton voted "for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions of jobs."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • April 10, 2016
Jorge Ramos
Jorge Ramos
stated on March 9, 2016 an interview on NPR
Says 80 journalists have been killed in Mexico in the last decade.
Half-True
By Eleanor Dearman • April 8, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 6, 2016 a CNN interview
Says Bernie Sanders "wants higher standards for toy guns than real guns."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • April 8, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 5, 2016 a plan on his campaign website
Mexico receives "approximately $24 billion a year in remittances from Mexican nationals working in the United States. The majority of that amount comes from illegal aliens."
Half-True
By Anthony Cave • April 8, 2016
Tom Price
Tom Price
stated on March 28, 2016 a Medium post
A study "from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, and Dartmouth concluded that Medicaid’s value to its beneficiaries is significantly lower than the actual cost of the program."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 8, 2016
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on March 31, 2016 a Facebook post
"Attorney General Roy Cooper refuses to do his job" by not defending House Bill 2 in a lawsuit.
Half-True
By Will Doran • April 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 21, 2016 a rally at a Phoenix high school
"The economy always does better when there’s a Democrat in the White House."
Half-True
By Anthony Cave • April 6, 2016
Rick Scott's Starbucks heckler
Rick Scott's Starbucks heckler
stated on April 5, 2016 a confrontation with Rick Scott at Starbucks
Says Rick Scott "stripped women of access to public health care."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 6, 2016
Rick Scott's Starbucks heckler
Rick Scott's Starbucks heckler
stated on April 5, 2016 a confrontation with Rick Scott at Starbucks
Says Rick Scott "cut Medicaid" so people can't "get Obamacare."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 6, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 23, 2016 a Medium post
The "rate of uninsured Americans (is) 8.8 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2016
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