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Kirsten Powers
Kirsten Powers
stated on April 12, 2015 a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
Says Rand Paul denied that he "put forward a bill ... to zero out foreign aid and specifically spoke about Israel."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 14, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on April 6, 2015 a speech:
"The same federal government that offers some money for a program is walking away from another health care program."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 14, 2015
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 14, 2015 State of State:
This year’s state budget and my spending proposal for Fiscal Year 2016 represent an infusion of more than $1 billion in additional money for K-12 education.  
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • April 14, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 1, 2015 an interview:
Says Bill Clinton signed a law "very similar to," and Barack Obama voted for a law "something like," Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act.    
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 13, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 12, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Hillary Clinton "completely ignored" "dozens and dozens of requests for more security" for the Benghazi consulate.    
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • April 12, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 7, 2015 a speech announcing his presidential campaign:
"Debt doubled" under Bush "and now it’s tripling under Barack Obama’s watch."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • April 9, 2015
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on April 2, 2015 an email blast:
"Just two weeks ago, Congressman Hurd quit his post on the House Committee on Small Business saying that he was unable to find the time to serve."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 7, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 31, 2015 a town hall in Austin, Texas:
"In this last election in November, ... 63 percent of the American people chose not to vote, ... 80 percent of young people, (and) 75 percent of low-income workers chose not to vote."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2015
Janet Adkins
Janet Adkins
stated on March 26, 2015 a discussion about school uniforms:
A school uniform policy helps with "school safety, helps with truancy."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 2, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on March 31, 2015 a meme on social media:
Despite raising taxes on the wealthy and hiking the minimum wage, Minnesota "is creating jobs at a record pace, unemployment is at a historic low, median income is skyrocketing, and (the) state has a billion-dollar surplus."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 1, 2015
Rick McAllister
Rick McAllister
stated on March 27, 2015 a news report:
People buy more items during Georgia’s sales-tax holidays, boosting economic activity.
Half-True
By April Hunt • April 1, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 30, 2015 an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
"Florida has a law like (Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act)."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • March 31, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on March 29, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
In the United States, we’ve had "12 years in a row of wages declining."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2015
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 29, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":
Says Barack Obama voted for the "very same language" of Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act when he was in the Illinois state Senate. Sexual orientation "doesn't have anything to do with this law."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • March 29, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 23, 2015 a Tweet:
"From 2013-2015, the richest 14 Americans increased their net wealth by more than $157 billion, yet the Republican budget would not require these Americans to contribute one penny to deficit reduction."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • March 27, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 17, 2015 his State of the State address:
Dallas "African-American and Hispanic students pass AP exams at a higher rate than any other place in America."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 26, 2015
SeaWorld
SeaWorld
stated on March 24, 2015 an ad:
"Whales live as long at SeaWorld" as they do in the wild.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2015
Tyrone Brooks
Tyrone Brooks
stated on January 20, 2015 a statement:
State lawmakers are spending taxpayer money for parking that billionaire Arthur Blank could build while paying some state employees so little they are on food stamps.  
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • March 23, 2015
Donna Nesselbush
Donna Nesselbush
stated on March 6, 2015 a commentary:
"In an average grocery store, roughly 75 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Mark Reynolds • March 22, 2015
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 9, 2015 a statement released to the media:
"The vast majority of our international commitments take effect without congressional approval."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2015
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