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Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on December 2, 2014 a speech:
Says Barack Obama has "the worst record of any president when it comes to putting America deeper in debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 4, 2014
Marc Morial
Marc Morial
stated on November 30, 2014 an appearance on 'Fox News Sunday':
"The number of killings of citizens by police is at a two-decade high."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • December 3, 2014
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on November 30, 2014 an interview:
"We’re borrowing 20% of (the federal) budget."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • December 3, 2014
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on November 19, 2014 an announcement.:
The poorest counties in the U.S. are in Appalachia and "happen to be more than 90 percent white."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • December 1, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 20, 2014 a speech:
Citing his efforts to secure the border, Obama said, "Overall, the number of people trying to cross our border illegally is the lowest it has been since the 1970s."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • November 25, 2014
Benjamin Crump
Benjamin Crump
stated on November 23, 2014 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
Says "99 percent of the time police officers aren't charged when they kill young people of color."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 25, 2014
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on November 23, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"There are more people living in this country who were not born here than at anytime in the history of the country."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 23, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 20, 2014 a speech announcing new immigration actions:
"The actions I’m taking" are "the kinds of actions taken by every single Republican president and every single Democratic president for the past half-century."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2014
Brad Rockwell
Brad Rockwell
stated on November 12, 2014 a press conference including mayoral candidate Mike Martinez:
Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler opposed an injunction to stop a "company from dumping petrochemicals directly into the Barton Springs aquifer."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 21, 2014
Joy Pullmann
Joy Pullmann
stated on November 11, 2014 an opinion piece:
Scott Walker "couldn’t get his own party" to back more than a 500-student increase in Milwaukee’s school choice program, but in Indiana, "Mitch Daniels’ voucher program is approaching 30,000 students two years after opening."
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • November 21, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 16, 2014 a press conference after the G20 summit:
"Over the last few years, we’ve put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2014
Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace
stated on November 16, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"The Democratic leader in the Senate, Harry Reid, has blocked any vote on the Keystone pipeline for years."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 16, 2014
Friends of India Point Park
Friends of India Point Park
stated on October 31, 2014 a web site:
"Proximity to high-voltage power lines lowers property values by as much as 30 percent."
Half-True
By Alex Kuffner • November 16, 2014
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on November 21, 2014 press release:
Georgia has the country’s second highest number of fraudulent tax refund claims.  
Half-True
By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • November 14, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 10, 2014 a Facebook post:
Says Obama's net neutrality proposal "puts the government in charge of determining Internet pricing, terms of service and what types of products and services can be delivered."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 13, 2014
Jose Diaz-Balart
Jose Diaz-Balart
stated on November 9, 2014 a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press":
"Every single day in this country, 1,000 people are deported and the vast majority of those people that are deported aren't criminals."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 9, 2014 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"We've created more jobs in the United States than every other advanced economy combined since I came into office."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 9, 2014
Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Leonard Pitts, Jr.
stated on November 1, 2014 a column in the "Miami Herald":
"America’s least-trusted news sources are also its most popular."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 6, 2014
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on November 3, 2014 a segment on "Morning Joe":
2014 midterm election spending by "the left and the right are both equal."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • November 6, 2014
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on October 7, 2014 a U.S. Senate debate:
Says U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn was "handpicked" by President Barack Obama
Half-True
By April Hunt • November 1, 2014
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