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Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on August 13, 2023 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“In three short years, we achieved energy independence.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • August 16, 2023
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 29, 2023 a rally:
The Trump administration “built nearly 500 miles of border wall.”
Half-True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • August 9, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on July 28, 2023 a speech in Maine:
"Wages are up after being adjusted for inflation."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2023
Nicole Malliotakis
Nicole Malliotakis
stated on July 14, 2023 a radio interview:
“You can work at some McDonald’s in this country for more money than … signing up for the military.”
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 28, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 9, 2023 an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo:
Federal “agencies and government have grown 50% since 2019.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson, Sevana Wenn • July 13, 2023
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy
stated on June 18, 2023 an interview with "Fox News Sunday":
“Young Americans across this country are no longer proud to be American.”
Half-True
By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa • June 28, 2023
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on June 21, 2023 a Fox News town hall:
“Median income in this country is … $35,000 a year. Because of Joe Biden's inflation, the average monthly expenses have increased by $500, almost.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 15, 2023 a speech:
"Twenty-six out of every 100 students” in K-12 speak Spanish.
Half-True
By Maria Briceño, Marta Campabadal Graus • June 21, 2023
Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
stated on June 12, 2023 a social media posts:
“The White House Gift Shop is putting out a commemorative coin for Donald Trump's indictment.”
Half-True
By Loreben Tuquero • June 13, 2023
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 7, 2023 a roundtable discussion.:
“A place like California, they give (immigrants in the country illegally) benefits. They give unemployment checks.”
Half-True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 9, 2023
Alex Epstein
Alex Epstein
stated on May 5, 2023 a post:
A chart on Arctic sea ice provides evidence that Al Gore was wrong when he said in 2009 that the north polar ice cap would lose all of its ice “within the next five to seven years.”
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen • May 31, 2023
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on May 22, 2023 his presidential announcement speech:
“The share of working-age men choosing to work is the lowest it has ever been.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2023
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 30, 2023 an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”:
"We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country."
Half-True
By Michelle Andrews • May 18, 2023
MAGA Inc
MAGA Inc
stated on May 12, 2023 a TV ad:
“In Congress Ron DeSantis pushed a 23% national sales tax.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 16, 2023
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on May 4, 2023 a video posted to Twitter:
Four North Carolina Republicans made “campaign promises” to protect reproductive rights
Half-True
By Paul Specht • May 12, 2023
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on March 28, 2023 a Senate floor speech:
Sen. Tommy Tuberville is preventing military promotions “because he objects to women within the military getting access to reproductive care.”
Half-True
By Mary McNaughton • May 4, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on April 10, 2023 a town hall in Salix, Iowa:
There is “$500 billion of unspent COVID money” that can be rescinded.
Half-True
By Matthew Crowley • May 1, 2023
Paul Tonko
Paul Tonko
stated on March 20, 2023 a press release:
“Individuals released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.”
Half-True
By Conor Amendola • April 26, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on April 14, 2023 a speech to the National Rifle Association:
"In the 1960s, liberals emptied our psych wards."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2023
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on April 3, 2023 a tweet:
“The 5 states with the highest gun homicide rates in the nation all have loose gun laws” while “the 5 states with the lowest rates have some of the toughest laws.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2023
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