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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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
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