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The Other 98%
The Other 98%
stated on March 31, 2016 a Facebook image
"Last year (the U.S. women’s soccer team) generated $20 million more than the men’s team and were paid almost four times less."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • April 6, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 6, 2016 a speech to the AFL-CIO Convention
When mentioning Villanova’s buzzer-beating win in the national championships, Hillary Clinton said: "I love those come-from-behind victories."
Mostly False
By Anna Orso, Dan Levy • April 6, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 30, 2016 a CNN interview
Says his free public university tuition program "is paid for … by a tax on Wall Street's speculation."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • April 4, 2016
LGBT Progress
LGBT Progress
stated on March 23, 2016 a tweet
North Carolina spent "almost as much as it spends on government rape crisis programs in a year" to convene a special session for HB2.
Mostly False
By Will Doran • April 1, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 21, 2016 a campaign speech
Says Donald Trump "wants us to pull out of NATO."
Mostly False
April 1, 2016
Viral media reports
Viral media reports
stated on March 22, 2016 Newspaper, television and social media
Emory University students were provided counseling after someone wrote "Trump 2016" in chalk on campus.
Mostly False
By Jim Tharpe • March 31, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on March 26, 2016 a Tampa Bay Times interview
"Florida is investing record amounts of funding for HIV/AIDS prevention."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • March 31, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 30, 2016 a CNN town hall in Milwaukee
"The EPA has tried to define a puddle or a drainage ditch on your farm to be navigable waters and thus subject to massive environmental regulations."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 31, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 26, 2016 an interview with the New York Times
"There’s a tremendous tax that we pay when we (American businesses) go into China, whereas when China sells to us there’s no tax."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 30, 2016
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on March 17, 2016 a campaign press release
Congressman Jeff Denham "has agreed all illegal immigrants should be detained, arrested and deported."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • March 28, 2016
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on March 24, 2016 an interview with ABC17 News
"We have less Americans working now than in the ’70s."
Mostly False
By Conner Smith • March 26, 2016
Wisconsin Alliance for Reform
Wisconsin Alliance for Reform
stated on March 8, 2016 a TV ad
Says Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg agreed to use a technicality to give a convicted sex offender a new hearing because "he didn’t understand the charge."
Mostly False
March 23, 2016
Danny Tarkanian
Danny Tarkanian
stated on February 9, 2016 an interview on Ralston Live
Nevada Republicans "didn’t do one single thing to cut spending" in 2015.
Mostly False
By Riley Snyder • March 22, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 15, 2016 a victory speech after the March 15 primaries
"Our campaign depends on small donations for the majority of our support."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2016
Mark Herring
Mark Herring
stated on March 10, 2016 a letter
"Every (U.S. Supreme Court) nominee since 1875 has received a nomination hearing."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • March 20, 2016
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on January 15, 2016 a news release
"The [Obama] administration’s regulatory assault on coal-fired energy has put thousands of Americans out of work"
Mostly False
By Mike Jenner • March 17, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 21, 2015 a TV ad that ran mostly in Iowa
Says Donald Trump and Marco Rubio opposed Cruz’s "efforts to defund Planned Parenthood."
Mostly False
By Emma Hinchliffe • March 16, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 7, 2016 a campaign ad
"As a legislator, (Marco Rubio) flipped on a key vote after making a quick $200,000 from selling the house to the mother of the bill's lobbyist."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman, Joshua Gillin • March 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 9, 2016 a Univision/Washington Post Democratic debate
Regarding her State Department email practices, "my predecessors did the same thing."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • March 10, 2016
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