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Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 8, 2024 in a Facebook post:
“Support for Roe is higher today in America than it has ever been."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • April 10, 2024
Jonathan Becker
Jonathan Becker
stated on February 16, 2024 in a letter to college presidents:
After a 2022 law, “the vast majority of colleges in New York State do not have on-campus poll sites.”
Mostly True
By David Scibilia • April 8, 2024
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on March 24, 2024 in remarks on ABC's "This Week":
The current Congress is “the least productive in our lifetime.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Matthew Crowley • April 3, 2024
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 3, 2024 in TV interview:
“We just had 100% increase in layoffs.”
Mostly True
By Ricardo Torres • March 29, 2024
Carl Weisbrod
Carl Weisbrod
stated on March 3, 2024 in an op-ed:
“The average commute time for people who drive to work in (New York City) is 43 minutes, the longest in the nation.”
Mostly True
By Mary McNaughton, Delainey Muscato • March 25, 2024
Brad Holyman-Sigal
Brad Holyman-Sigal
stated on February 26, 2024 in a press release:
“Nearly a quarter million birds in New York City, and more than one billion across the country, die each year from collisions with buildings.”
Mostly True
By Jefrey Canova, Ciaran Conneely • March 24, 2024
Simon Rosenberg
Simon Rosenberg
stated on March 8, 2024 in a post on X:
“Since 1989 and a new age of globalization began, 51 million jobs have been created in America. 49 million, 96%, have been created under Democratic presidents.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2024
Cavalier Johnson
Cavalier Johnson
stated on February 25, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
In Milwaukee, we “never defunded the police.”
Mostly True
By Ricardo Torres • March 15, 2024
Instagram posts
Instagram posts
stated on March 3, 2024 in an Instagram post:
A new Missouri bill “would put teachers on the sex offense registry if they ‘contribute to social transition’” of transgender students, including by using gender-affirming pronouns.
Mostly True
By Grace Abels • March 11, 2024
Alejandro Mayorkas
Alejandro Mayorkas
stated on March 3, 2024 in a CNN interview:
“Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015.”
Mostly True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 8, 2024
Katie Britt
Katie Britt
stated on March 7, 2024 in the Republican response to the State of the Union address:
President Joe Biden “bans TikTok for government employees but creates an account for his own campaign.”
Mostly True
By Loreben Tuquero • March 8, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 22, 2024 in in a campaign reception:
If you went “anywhere in the world,” you could get a prescription filled for 40% to 60% less than it costs in the U.S.
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • March 4, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 1, 2024 in Facebook post:
“Big drug companies charge as little as $7 for an inhaler overseas and nearly $500 for the exact same one here in the US.”
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • February 23, 2024
Linda Rosenthal
Linda Rosenthal
stated on February 6, 2024 in a quote in a news article:
“Each year, more than $1 billion is stolen from” workers in New York state through wage theft.
Mostly True
By Jefrey Canova, Ciaran Conneely • February 21, 2024
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on January 29, 2024 in a press release:
“TSA found with metal detectors nearly 7,000 firearms at airports last year — an all-time high.”
Mostly True
By David Scibilia • February 21, 2024
Donna Brazile
Donna Brazile
stated on February 4, 2024 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week":
Under President Joe Biden, “Black unemployment is the lowest in American history.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2024
Cindi Duchow
Cindi Duchow
stated on November 9, 2023 in Wisconsin Assembly:
"Unfortunately during COVID, the clerks in Madison and Milwaukee told their constituents that they were actually indefinitely confined and did not have to come and vote, which was incorrect."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • January 26, 2024
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 18, 2024 in a CNN town hall in Henniker, N.H.:
“Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.”
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 23, 2024
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on September 15, 2023 in News release:
Gov. Tony Evers and Democrats "rejected our (Iowa model redistricting) proposal to enact the very plan they originally endorsed."
Mostly True
By Vanessa Swales • December 22, 2023
Julian Bradley
Julian Bradley
stated on December 8, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter:
"Wisconsin Republicans have passed multiple billion dollar middle-class tax cuts this year, but each time we have, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the relief."
Mostly True
By Hope Karnopp • December 19, 2023
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