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Erick Erickson
Erick Erickson
stated on January 27, 2023 in a video:
“Right now, driving 100 miles in an electric vehicle is more expensive than driving an internal combustion engine car.”
Half-True
By Andy Nguyen • February 14, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on February 3, 2023 in a speech in Philadelphia:
“We created more new jobs in two years than any president did in their entire term.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2023
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on December 27, 2022 in Twitter:
"During my time in office, we've increased per pupil aid by more than $300 per student. Now, our schools have returned to the top 10 in the country after falling to 17 under the previous administration.”
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • February 7, 2023
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on January 30, 2023 in a tweet:
"(Ron) DeSantis' bill would remove: background checks, instruction, training and oversight."
Half-True
By Yacob Reyes • February 6, 2023
X posts
X posts
stated on January 25, 2023 in a tweet:
“Female student-athletes in Florida need to provide their schools with detailed information about their periods.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • February 3, 2023
Chip Roy
Chip Roy
stated on January 23, 2023 in a tweet:
"Under Biden, we have seen over 4.6 million encounters at our southern border. Most have been released into the interior and will stay here indefinitely."
Half-True
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 3, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 25, 2023 in a tweet:
“Two years ago this week, 18 million people were out of work needing unemployment benefits. Today, that number is under 1.6 million, the lowest in decades.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 20, 2023 in a speech at the White House:
“One quarter” of today’s $31.4 trillion federal debt “was accumulated in the four years of my predecessor,” Donald Trump.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2023
Brian Fitzpatrick
Brian Fitzpatrick
stated on January 22, 2023 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:
“Classified documents can never be taken out of a (sensitive compartmented information facility), ever.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2023
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on January 10, 2023 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:
“When the Republicans were in power the last time for eight years, do you know how much discretionary spending increased in those eight years? Zero.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2023
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 12, 2023 in remarks at the White House:
“Take-home pay for workers is going up.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2023
Lindsay Cross
Lindsay Cross
stated on January 3, 2023 in a press release:
"Florida's water is dirtier and sicker than when Gov. DeSantis first took office."
Half-True
By Yacob Reyes • January 13, 2023
Kari Lake
Kari Lake
stated on December 10, 2022 in a tweet:
Luana Stoltenberg “originally LOST her race for Iowa State House when Machines declared the Democrat the Winner.”
Half-True
By Liam Halawith • December 20, 2022
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 11, 2022 in an interview on CNN:
“We have 85 million Americans who have no health insurance.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • December 13, 2022
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on November 27, 2022 in an interview on CNN:
“60% of counties in this country are refusing to implement the nation's gun laws.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Yacob Reyes • December 2, 2022
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on November 28, 2022 in a statement on a website:
Herschel Walker “is heavily funded by the oil and gas industry, raking in more than $140,000 in donations from Big Oil and other energy interests."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • December 1, 2022
Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
stated on November 16, 2022 in an ad:
“(Raphael) Warnock’s camp was shut down for failing to report five findings of child abuse and neglect."
Half-True
November 29, 2022
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on October 24, 2022 in a political ad:
“Ted Budd voted to cut Medicare and Social Security and voted to raise the retirement age, too.”
Half-True
By Paul Specht • November 8, 2022
Yesli Vega
Yesli Vega
stated on October 20, 2022 in an interview.:
They were “never my comments” that a woman can’t get pregnant from rape.
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • November 4, 2022
Kris Mayes
Kris Mayes
stated on September 25, 2022 in a tweet:
Abraham Hamadeh says he will “lock up doctors, nurses, pharmacists” and “punish women for abortion.”
Half-True
By Alexis Waiss • November 2, 2022
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