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Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on September 15, 2015 a TV ad in Iowa:
Says Donald Trump supports the Wall Street bailout.  
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By Amy Sherman • September 15, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 13, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation":
"The top man at Yale Law School came out ... with just a raging report" about former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, saying she is "one of the worst executives in his memory in history running the company."
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By Linda Qiu • September 13, 2015
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on September 3, 2015 remarks in San Antonio:
As many as six federal department budget bills have been delayed because of opposition to amendments that would ban Confederate battle flag sales at federal building gift shops.
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 11, 2015
Reader
Reader
stated on September 3, 2015 an email from a reader:
Atlanta has issued an increasing number of citations - and collected an increasing amount of revenue - since Mayor Kasim Reed took office in 2010.
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By April Hunt • September 11, 2015
Ron Bergeron
Ron Bergeron
stated on September 2, 2015 a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting:
"There has never been a panther attack in the history of Florida."
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By Joshua Gillin • September 8, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 1, 2015 an op-ed in the New Hampshire Union-Leader:
"Twenty-three million Americans suffer from addiction, but only 1 in 10 get treatment."
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By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 21, 2015 speaking to reporters in Iowa:
"It has been the law since the beginning of the country that the children of American citizens born ... abroad are American citizens by birth."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 4, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 26, 2015 an Internet graphic:
Bernie Sanders opposes the death penalty, and Hillary Clinton supports it.
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By Will Cabaniss • September 2, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 26, 2015 a viral Internet chart:
Bernie Sanders opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and Hillary Clinton supports it.
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By Will Cabaniss • September 2, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 18, 2015 a speech:
Says he "turned down a Medicaid expansion under Obamacare," but because of actions he took, for the first time in Wisconsin's history "everyone living in poverty is covered under Medicaid."
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By Tom Kertscher • September 2, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 12, 2015 web site:
"African Americans are twice as likely to be arrested and almost four times as likely to experience the use of force during encounters with the police."  
Mostly True
By Mark Reynolds • August 30, 2015
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 11, 2015 TV ad:
Gov. Maggie Hassan’s budget proposal "raises taxes on small businesses and increases taxes and fees by $100 million."   
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By Clay Wirestone • August 27, 2015
Steve Cannon
Steve Cannon
stated on August 24, 2015 press release:
Buying the naming rights to the new Falcons stadium is the largest marketing deal in Mercedes-Benz history.
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By Nancy Badertscher • August 27, 2015
Bruce Elfant
Bruce Elfant
stated on August 5, 2015 an interview with Dick Ellis, KOKE FM, Austin:
"The United States is about 100th in voter turnout among the industrialized nations, and Texas is near the bottom in terms of voter registration and voter turnout."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 21, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 6, 2015 a debate:
"The rate in which people are working (in Wisconsin) is almost five points higher than it is nationally."
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By James B. Nelson • August 21, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 18, 2015 a speech at the Iowa State Fair:
"We have an Army that just cut 40,000 spots."  
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By Amy Sherman • August 20, 2015
Matt Wuerker
Matt Wuerker
stated on August 4, 2015 a political cartoon on Politico:
"The U.S. has now spent more on reconstructing Afghanistan than was spent on the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe."
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By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on August 11, 2015 an interview with Inc. magazine:
"There's not a single, solitary example that" signing the bill to end Glass-Steagall "had anything to do with the financial crash."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • August 19, 2015
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 6, 2015 a tweet:
A "majority in every state favors path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants."
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By Dave Umhoefer • August 19, 2015
Kasim Reed
Kasim Reed
stated on August 11, 2015 a speech at the Commerce Club:
"Peachtree and Pine is one of the leading sites for tuberculosis in the nation."
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By Nancy Badertscher • August 19, 2015
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