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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 30, 2023 in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union”:
"We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country."
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By Michelle Andrews • May 18, 2023
MAGA Inc
MAGA Inc
stated on May 12, 2023 in a TV ad:
“In Congress Ron DeSantis pushed a 23% national sales tax.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 16, 2023
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on May 4, 2023 in a video posted to Twitter:
Four North Carolina Republicans made “campaign promises” to protect reproductive rights
Half-True
By Paul Specht • May 12, 2023
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on March 28, 2023 in a Senate floor speech:
Sen. Tommy Tuberville is preventing military promotions “because he objects to women within the military getting access to reproductive care.”
Half-True
By Mary McNaughton • May 4, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on April 10, 2023 in a town hall in Salix, Iowa:
There is “$500 billion of unspent COVID money” that can be rescinded.
Half-True
By Matthew Crowley • May 1, 2023
Paul Tonko
Paul Tonko
stated on March 20, 2023 in a press release:
“Individuals released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.”
Half-True
By Conor Amendola • April 26, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on April 14, 2023 in a speech to the National Rifle Association:
"In the 1960s, liberals emptied our psych wards."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2023
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on April 3, 2023 in a tweet:
“The 5 states with the highest gun homicide rates in the nation all have loose gun laws” while “the 5 states with the lowest rates have some of the toughest laws.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 30, 2023 in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer:
“In the next two years, we'll spend more on interest on our national debt than we do on the national defense.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2023
Jared Moskowitz
Jared Moskowitz
stated on March 26, 2023 in an interview on CNN:
Former President Donald Trump “instructed all the governors to shut down” because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2023
Brandon Creighton
Brandon Creighton
stated on March 19, 2023 in Interview with WFAA:
When discussing education savings accounts, "We would be 31st in the nation to have these policies going forward on behalf of kids.”
Half-True
By Aarón Torres • March 30, 2023
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 24, 2023 in an interview with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo:
“We have a national debt the size of our nation’s economy for the first time since World War II.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 30, 2023
Janet Protasiewicz
Janet Protasiewicz
stated on March 9, 2023 in TV ad:
As a sitting Supreme Court justice, Daniel Kelly recused himself from a case, then “he pocketed $20,000 in contributions” from the plaintiff and family members and “unrecused himself so he could judge the case.”
Half-True
By Laura Schulte • March 24, 2023
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 16, 2023 in the State of the State speech:
"Businesses large and small have led Texas to be ranked the number one state for business every year that I’ve been governor."
Half-True
By Aarón Torres • March 20, 2023
Darrin Madison
Darrin Madison
stated on February 8, 2023 in News release:
Under a GOP bill on cash bail, "a large quantity of people who are accused of crimes, including anyone who even witnesses certain crimes, could now be detained and subject to bail."
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • March 17, 2023
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on March 3, 2023 in a speech at CPAC:
Democrats "want to ban gas powered cars and gas stoves.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2023
Chain email
Chain email
stated on March 7, 2023 in a chain email:
Because of daylight saving time, “NO alarm set for the 2:00 a.m. hour will go off” on March 12.
Half-True
March 9, 2023
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Canada has only “had 11 school shooting deaths … in history.”
Half-True
February 23, 2023
DeSantis Watch
DeSantis Watch
stated on February 8, 2023 in a Facebook post:
"Ron DeSantis voted to cut $473 billion from Medicare."
Half-True
By Yacob Reyes • February 22, 2023
Sawyer Hackett
Sawyer Hackett
stated on January 16, 2023 in a tweet:
Gov. Abbott “signed a bill last year eliminating the requirements for Texas schools to teach MLK’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.”
Half-True
By Nusaiba Mizan • February 14, 2023
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