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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 4, 2015 a post on Twitter:
"The gap between the very rich and everyone else in America is wider today than at any time since the 1920s."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Miles Adair • June 18, 2015
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on May 29, 2015 a Facebook post:
"In just 17 years, spending for Social Security, federal health care and interest on the debt will exceed ALL tax revenue!"
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • June 16, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 11, 2015 an interview on PBS:
"A black male baby born today, if we do not change the system, stands a one-in-three chance (of) ending up in jail."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2015
George Will
George Will
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
Says Jeb Bush "happens to be where a majority" of Republican voters are on giving legal status to illegal immigrants.
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By Jon Greenberg • June 14, 2015
Motion Picture Association of America
Motion Picture Association of America
stated on June 8, 2015 a press release:
The film and TV industry supports more than 24,000 direct jobs and pays local workers more than $1.68 billion in wages in Georgia.
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By April Hunt • June 12, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 6, 2015 social media posts:
"U.S. Embassy Celebrates America’s Independence on June 4th in Order to Accommodate Muslims."
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By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech:
Says Scott Walker "cut back early voting and signed legislation that would make it harder for college students to vote."
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By Tom Kertscher • June 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 in a speech at Texas Southern University:
"In Florida, when Jeb Bush was governor, state authorities conducted a deeply flawed purge of voters before the presidential election in 2000" and "in 2004 a plan to purge even more voters was headed off."
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By Amy Sherman • June 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech:
"Former Gov. Rick Perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters."
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By Keely Herring, Linda Qiu • June 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech:
"In New Jersey, Gov. Christie vetoed legislation to extend early voting."
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By Keely Herring, Linda Qiu • June 9, 2015
Anonymous Activist
Anonymous Activist
stated on May 19, 2015 yard signs posted anonymously opposing a proposed office park redevelopment in Northwest Austin:
"500 percent more traffic here?"
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 9, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 4, 2015 his speech declaring his candidacy for president:
"In the last seven years of my tenure, Texas created 1.5 million new jobs. As a matter of fact, without Texas, America would have lost 400,000 jobs."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2015
Patricia Morgan
Patricia Morgan
stated on May 27, 2015 a news conference:
The Convention Center "was sold as a building that would never cost taxpayers a dime."  
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By Mark Reynolds • June 7, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando:
"Sixty million Americans depend on Social Security, and one-third of all the seniors in America depend on Social Security for 90 percent of their income."
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By Linda Qiu • June 4, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando:
Says that during his eight years as Florida governor, "we created 1.3 million net new jobs -- more jobs created than Texas."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 3, 2015
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on April 15, 2015 a press release:
Says Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget contained 110 pages of errors -- an unusually high number -- "and millions of dollars’ worth of mistakes" that were corrected with a follow-up document.
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By James B. Nelson • June 1, 2015
The Commonwealth Institute
The Commonwealth Institute
stated on April 30, 2015 a blog post.:
Says "roughly two-thirds of (state) corporations didn’t pay any income tax in Virginia."
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By Sean Gorman • May 27, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 9, 2015 a speech:
"For our next two years in my state, we will end with a structural surplus of $499 million."
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By Dave Umhoefer • May 26, 2015
Jay Roberts
Jay Roberts
stated on March 31, 2015 a House floor debate:
About 85 percent of hotel guests who will pay the new $5 hotel/motel fee will be from outside Georgia.
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By April Hunt • May 25, 2015
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on May 5, 2015 a tweet:
"There are more members of the U.S. Senate than the number of WI families who would benefit from GOP estate tax break."
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By Sarah Hauer • May 20, 2015
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