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Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 in a post on Medium:

Says Hillary Clinton tripled the number of people with AIDS whose "lives are being saved .. and it did not cost you any more money."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2016

Rebuilding America Now
stated on August 7, 2016 in an ad played on "Meet the Press":

Through the Clinton Foundation, "the Clintons are now worth in excess of $100 million."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on August 3, 2016 in an op-ed:

After initially agreeing with Republicans on an amount for Zika funding, "Democrats derailed it."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • August 4, 2016

Doctors Without Borders
stated on July 21, 2016 in a press release:

Trade deals threaten "India’s role as the pharmacy of the developing world" for new HIV medicines.

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 29, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:

"More than 90 percent of the gains have gone to the top 1 percent."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg, Linda Qiu • July 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:

After the shootings of Dallas policemen, "nearly 500 people applied in just 12 days."

True

By Jon Greenberg • July 29, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:

"We have the most productive workers in the world."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 28, 2016

Amy Klobuchar
stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:

"Human trafficking is the third-biggest criminal enterprise in the world."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 27, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 25, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:

Says Donald Trump "believes that states should actually have the right to lower the minimum wage below $7.25."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 26, 2016

Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on July 25, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:

"We are the only industrialized nation that doesn't guarantee workers paid family leave."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 26, 2016

UN's UNICEF
stated on July 6, 2016 in an article on Medium:

In South Sudan, "more teenage girls die in childbirth than finish high school."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 25, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:

"America has lost nearly one third of its manufacturing jobs since 1997, following the enactment of disastrous trade deals supported by Bill and Hillary Clinton."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • July 22, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:

"Just 9 percent of Muslims in Pakistan view ISIS favorably. Unfortunately, that 9 percent is 16 million people. And that’s just one country."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2016

Mitch McConnell
stated on July 19, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:

In 2010, Clinton "said Iran could enrich uranium. In 2014 she said she’s always argued against it."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • July 20, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 18, 2016 in an interview on Fox News with Bill O'Reilly:

Says as GOP was picking a convention city, "I recommended Ohio."

False

By Jon Greenberg • July 19, 2016

Charles Ramsey
stated on July 10, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

"There are approximately 18,000 (police) departments in the United States."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 10, 2016

Morten Jerven
stated on June 29, 2016 in an article:

For 21 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, "we simply do not have data to say anything about trends in poverty."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 7, 2016

Tom Cotton
stated on July 3, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says Hillary Clinton "was literally present when we pressed the reset button with Russia just a few months after Russia had invaded Georgia."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 3, 2016

Bill Nelson
stated on June 23, 2016 in an email statement:

The House Zika bill "limits access to birth control services needed to help curb the spread of the virus" in Puerto Rico.

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • June 28, 2016

David Miliband
stated on June 26, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press":

"The major immigration issue was about Poles, and Bulgarians, and Romanians," and that they weren’t contributing economically. "The unemployment rate among Poles in Britain is lower than the unemployment rate among Brits."

True

By Jon Greenberg • June 26, 2016

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