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Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on March 6, 2019 in a speech:
"At $93 trillion, the Green New Deal would cost more than the entire recorded spending of the U.S. since the Constitution went into effect in 1789."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 12, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on March 7, 2019 in a tweet:
"Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort, commits bank and tax fraud and gets 47 months. A homeless man, Fate Winslow, helped sell $20 of pot and got life in prison."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 11, 2019
Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
stated on February 20, 2019 in an interview:
"The forest fires were so grotesque last year that we had the worst air in the world in Washington."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 8, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 5, 2019 in remarks at the White House:
When Congress sought documents from President Barack Obama, the White House "didn’t do anything. They didn’t give one letter of the request. Many requests were made. They didn’t give a letter."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2019
America First
America First
stated on March 1, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Beto O’Rourke and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand "have both said they would tear down the wall if elected president."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 7, 2019
James Lankford
James Lankford
stated on March 6, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"Tax revenue went up, actually, $14 billion last year after the tax cut actually occurred. We had greater revenue."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 25, 2019 in a CNN town hall event:
Says President Donald Trump "came forth with a budget — a trillion dollar cut in Medicaid, $500 billion to Medicare, and $72 billion for the Social Security Disability Fund."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 6, 2019
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on February 18, 2019 in an interview:
With the Trump tax law, "70 percent of the benefits went to the wealthiest 1 percent."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 5, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 26, 2019 in a tweet:
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 "would give more than 40 million low-wage workers a raise, more than 25 percent of the U.S. workforce."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on February 27, 2019 in a tweet:
"#MichaelCohen: Convicted of lying to Congress re: Russia investigation … #ElliottAbrams: Convicted of lying to Congress re: arming Contra death squads"
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2019
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
stated on February 22, 2019 in a press conference:
Says President Donald Trump "put out a $297 million contract to a vendor to show him how to hire Border Patrol. So, the first payment they made was $14.8 million. You know how many Border Patrol they hired with $14.8 million? Two."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • March 1, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 25, 2019 in a tweet:
"The Democrat(ic) position on abortion is now so extreme that they don’t mind executing babies AFTER birth."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 28, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 25, 2019 in a CNN town hall event:
"We have a president who wanted to throw 32 million people off of the health care they had."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 28, 2019
American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union
stated on December 22, 2018 in a Facebook post:
"Half the states in the U.S. have laws that criminalize criticism."
Mostly False
By Yanqi Xu • February 27, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on February 19, 2019 in a tweet:
Farmers are declaring bankruptcy "in record numbers" and "the median income for U.S. farm households was -$1,548 in 2018."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • February 27, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on February 19, 2019 in a policy announcement on Medium:
"The high cost of child care is the No. 1 reason people give for having fewer children than they’d like."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 25, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 25, 2019 in a tweet:
Says former Sen. Harry Reid "got thrown out."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 25, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 20, 2019 in a tweet:
"We have just built this powerful Wall in New Mexico. Completed on January 30, 2019 — 47 days ahead of schedule!"
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • February 25, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 18, 2019 in a town hall:
Prescription drugs "are nearly 20 percent of our health care costs now when you include hospital prescription drugs."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 22, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 15, 2019 in a tweet:
"Since the passage of (the Violence Against Women Act), annual rates of domestic violence have dropped by 63 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2019
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