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Martin O'Malley

Martin O'Malley

Martin O'Malley is the former governor of Maryland who is running for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016. He has also served as the mayor of Baltimore.

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Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on January 14, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com
"Fifty years ago, the average GM employee could pay for a year of a son or daughter’s college tuition on just two weeks wages."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2016
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on December 19, 2015 the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate
"Secretary Clinton changes her position on (gun issues) every election year, it seems, having one position in 2000 and then campaigning against President Obama and saying we don't need federal standards."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • December 20, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on November 12, 2015 an interview with the Texas Tribune's Evan Smith
"If we pass immigration reform, it will make wages go up on average $250 for the average household."  
Mostly False
By Emma Hinchliffe • November 20, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on November 14, 2015 a Democratic debate in Des Moines
"Net immigration from Mexico last year was zero. Fact-check me."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg, Lauren Carroll • November 15, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on November 6, 2015 the First in the South Democratic Presidential forum.
"When President Obama was running for re-election … Senator Sanders was trying to find someone to primary him."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • November 10, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on October 19, 2015 comments on the Daily Show
Says Hillary Clinton "couldn't bring herself to say we need to separate commercial banking and speculative banking, namely reinstating Glass-Steagall."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • October 22, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on September 10, 2015 interview with Democracy Now!
Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS.
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • September 23, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on July 26, 2015 a New Hampshire interview
"97 percent of the work that Planned Parenthood does is about mammograms and preventative health."
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By Lauren Carroll • August 3, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on May 30, 2015 his presidential announcement speech
"The CEO of Goldman Sachs let his employees know that he’d be just fine with either Bush or Clinton."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • June 2, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on May 30, 2015 his presidential announcement speech
"Today in America, 70 percent of us are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago, and this is the first time that that has happened this side of World War II."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on April 20, 2015 an interview with NPR
"We're not allowed to read it (the Trans-Pacific Partnership) before representatives vote on it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on March 29, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
In the United States, we’ve had "12 years in a row of wages declining."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 31, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on September 4, 2012 remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.
Says Mitt Romney has put forward a plan "that would cut taxes for millionaires while raising them for the middle class."
Half-True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 5, 2012
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on May 27, 2012 an appearance on Meet the Press
"When it comes to what little bit of job creation was happening in Massachusetts (when Mitt Romney was governor), it was happening in the public sector at six times the rate that it was happening in the private sector."
Half-True
By Molly Moorhead • May 31, 2012
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on February 5, 2012 a TV interview.
Maryland is "creating jobs at 2 ½ times the rate that Virginia is."
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By Nancy Madsen • February 13, 2012
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on October 2, 2011 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
Chris Christie has not been "effective at creating jobs … (or have) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... New Jersey (has) one of the higher unemployment rates in the country at 9.4 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 3, 2011
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on October 2, 2011 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
"When it comes to being effective at creating jobs … (Chris Christie has not had) a record of governing for effectiveness. ... Last year, New Jersey created no net new jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 3, 2011
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on June 15, 2011 a press release
Says Rick Perry of Texas was "the governor who relied most on stimulus funds to close his state’s budget deficit in 2010."
Half-True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • June 25, 2011
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Newt Gingrich
stated on September 18, 2013 a discussion on CNN's "Crossfire"
Since 2007, "Texas has gained 440,000 people" while "Maryland has lost 20,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2013
Chris Devaney
Chris Devaney
stated on September 4, 2012 Tennessee Republican Party web site posting
President Obama campaign surrogate Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley "acknowledged that we are not better off than we were four years ago."
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By Michael Collins • September 21, 2012
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