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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland:
"Household incomes are down more than $4,000 since the year 2000."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention:
"We in Indiana have . . . the highest credit rating in the nation."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 21, 2016
Scott Peters
Scott Peters
stated on July 12, 2016 in a media conference call.:
Donald Trump "rooted for the housing crisis, because he knew he could make money off of it."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • July 20, 2016
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:
"We have the lowest percentage of Americans actually holding a job in 40 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2016
Morten Jerven
Morten Jerven
stated on June 29, 2016 in an article:
For 21 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, "we simply do not have data to say anything about trends in poverty."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 7, 2016
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on June 19, 2016 in a radio interview.:
"The average time someone used to hold a share of stock back in the ’60s was eight years. Now, the average time is four months." 
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • July 6, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 27, 2016 in remarks in Cincinnati, Ohio:
After Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, "within 24 hours, Americans lost $100 billion from our 401(k)s."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • June 28, 2016
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on May 17, 2016 in a forum.:
"More people today are leaving Virginia than moving in."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • May 31, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 24, 2016 in an advertisement:
"In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 16, 2016 in remarks at a Kentucky rally:
"We just had the best year for the auto industry in America in history."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • May 20, 2016
Penny Pritzker
Penny Pritzker
stated on May 13, 2016 in a Medium post:
Since 2009, "after-tax incomes are up nearly 14 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2016
Jack Lew
Jack Lew
stated on May 3, 2016 in an interview with Bloomberg News:
"Almost 100,000 people left Puerto Rico last year."
Mostly True
By Marta Cerava • May 17, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 4, 2016 in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper:
"The market is making this decision. The market has driven down the cost of coal, so you have companies going bankrupt."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • May 10, 2016
William Barber
William Barber
stated on April 22, 2016 in a speech announcing the Moral Monday march:
"80 percent of North Carolinians are for the living wage"
Mostly True
By Will Doran • April 28, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 15, 2016 in a Democratic debate in New York:
"When this campaign began, I said that we’ve got to end the starvation minimum wage of $7.25, raise it to $15. Secretary Clinton said let's raise it to $12."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • April 15, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 5, 2016 in a confrontation with a customer at a Gainesville, Fla., Starbucks:
"We got a million jobs."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on April 3, 2016 in a campaign speech:
"A college loan is the only loan in the United States that you cannot refinance when interest rates go down."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • April 6, 2016
Peter Kinder
Peter Kinder
stated on March 17, 2016 in a gubernatorial debate:
"Youth unemployment in minority communities is about 40 to 45 percent."
Mostly True
By Katie Moeller • April 1, 2016
Gayle Smith
Gayle Smith
stated on March 9, 2016 in a speech on Capitol Hill:
(Since 1990) "every continent has seen substantial gains, with individual incomes growing by more than a third in every region of the developing world."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 24, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 9, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Miami:
"If you look at Latino kids between 17 and 20 who graduated high school, 36 percent of them are unemployed or underemployed. … African-American kids are unemployed or underemployed to the tune of 51 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2016
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