Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in National Michael Bennet stated on May 30, 2019 in a CNN town hall: "The vast majority of Americans believe that climate change is real and we need to do something about it." Taylor Swift stated on June 1, 2019 in an Instagram post: "The majority of Americans across ALL parties favor these nondiscrimination policies for LGBTQ people (liberals at 81%, moderates at 76% and conservatives at 55%)." Donald Trump stated on May 16, 2019 in an immigration speech: "Only 12% of legal immigrants are selected based on skill or based on merit. In countries like Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and others, that number is closer to 60, and even 70 and 75% in some cases." Steve Bullock stated on May 19, 2019 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "You look at today, only half the 30-year-olds are doing better than their parents were at age 30. When I was being raised, it was 90%." Cory Booker stated on May 12, 2019 in an interview on ABC This Week: "When Connecticut did licensing, their shootings dropped, their murders dropped 40%. Suicides dropped 15%." Bernie Sanders stated on April 30, 2019 in an interview on CNN: "One out of five Americans cannot afford the cost of prescription drugs." Tim Ryan stated on April 11, 2019 in a town hall in New Hampshire: "Half the country today has either diabetes or prediabetes." John Delaney stated on April 13, 2019 in a Tweet: "Most of home care is paid by government programs." Tim Ryan stated on April 11, 2019 in a town hall: "There is $50 billion a year wasted in the Medicare program." Joe Biden stated on April 11, 2019 in a panel at the University of Pennsylvania: "People show up in the emergency room with a sprained ankle, 25 percent get an opioid prescription." John Hickenlooper stated on March 31, 2019 in in an interview on MSNBC: "We got to almost universal coverage in health care in Colorado." Pete Buttigieg stated on April 7, 2019 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We cut unemployment by more than half" in South Bend, Ind. Andrew Yang stated on March 22, 2019 in an interview: "America’s life expectancy has declined for the last three years in a row, the first time in a hundred years, because of surges in suicides and drug overdoses." Jay Inslee stated on March 19, 2019 in in an interview: "We have flown a Boeing 737 across the Atlantic Ocean on biofuels. We have flown F-18s." Tulsi Gabbard stated on March 10, 2019 in a town hall: "We pay far more for health care than any other country in the world, yet we have far worse outcomes than any other country in the world." Joe Cunningham stated on March 7, 2019 in a U.S. House hearing: "Seismic airgun blasting (used for energy exploration) is ... 16,000 times louder than" a conventional airhorn. Jay Inslee stated on March 10, 2019 in in an interview: "We have developed a wind industry (in Washington state) from zero to $6 billion in 12 years." Elizabeth Warren stated on March 7, 2019 in a tweet: "Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort, commits bank and tax fraud and gets 47 months. A homeless man, Fate Winslow, helped sell $20 of pot and got life in prison." Jay Inslee stated on February 20, 2019 in an interview: "The forest fires were so grotesque last year that we had the worst air in the world in Washington." Ilhan Omar stated on February 27, 2019 in a tweet: "#MichaelCohen: Convicted of lying to Congress re: Russia investigation … #ElliottAbrams: Convicted of lying to Congress re: arming Contra death squads" Henry Cuellar stated on February 22, 2019 in a press conference: Says President Donald Trump "put out a $297 million contract to a vendor to show him how to hire Border Patrol. So, the first payment they made was $14.8 million. You know how many Border Patrol they hired with $14.8 million? Two." Amy Klobuchar stated on February 18, 2019 in a town hall: Prescription drugs "are nearly 20 percent of our health care costs now when you include hospital prescription drugs." Jerrold Nadler stated on February 6, 2019 in a committee hearing: "In 2011, for example, the United Kingdom had 146 deaths due to gun violence; Denmark, 71; Portugal, 142; and Japan, 30. But last year, in the United States, almost 40,000." Elizabeth Warren stated on January 29, 2019 in a tweet: "The top 0.1 percent ... own about the same wealth as 90 percent of America." Howard Schultz stated on January 27, 2019 in an interview on CBS: "Over 40 percent of the American people don't have $400 in the bank." Amy Klobuchar stated on December 3, 2018 in a tweet: "After a decade of progress, the rate of uninsured children is now rising." Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated on November 27, 2018 in a press briefing: "Tear gas was used on average once a month during the Obama administration for very similar circumstances." Environmental Defense Fund Action stated on October 29, 2018 in a mailer to Texas homes: Says Texas U.S. Rep. John Culberson "was caught using campaign cash on collectibles, including Civil War memorabilia and fossils." Heidi Heitkamp stated on October 28, 2018 in an op-ed in the Bismarck Tribune: "President Donald Trump even referred to one of (Kevin) Cramer’s health care repeal bills as 'mean' because the bill gutted protections for North Dakotans with preexisting conditions." Joe Donnelly stated on October 8, 2018 in Indiana Senate debate: "At (Mike Braun’s) company, the deductible on his health care is $10,000."
Michael Bennet stated on May 30, 2019 in a CNN town hall: "The vast majority of Americans believe that climate change is real and we need to do something about it." Taylor Swift stated on June 1, 2019 in an Instagram post: "The majority of Americans across ALL parties favor these nondiscrimination policies for LGBTQ people (liberals at 81%, moderates at 76% and conservatives at 55%)." Donald Trump stated on May 16, 2019 in an immigration speech: "Only 12% of legal immigrants are selected based on skill or based on merit. In countries like Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and others, that number is closer to 60, and even 70 and 75% in some cases." Steve Bullock stated on May 19, 2019 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "You look at today, only half the 30-year-olds are doing better than their parents were at age 30. When I was being raised, it was 90%." Cory Booker stated on May 12, 2019 in an interview on ABC This Week: "When Connecticut did licensing, their shootings dropped, their murders dropped 40%. Suicides dropped 15%." Bernie Sanders stated on April 30, 2019 in an interview on CNN: "One out of five Americans cannot afford the cost of prescription drugs." Tim Ryan stated on April 11, 2019 in a town hall in New Hampshire: "Half the country today has either diabetes or prediabetes." John Delaney stated on April 13, 2019 in a Tweet: "Most of home care is paid by government programs." Tim Ryan stated on April 11, 2019 in a town hall: "There is $50 billion a year wasted in the Medicare program." Joe Biden stated on April 11, 2019 in a panel at the University of Pennsylvania: "People show up in the emergency room with a sprained ankle, 25 percent get an opioid prescription." John Hickenlooper stated on March 31, 2019 in in an interview on MSNBC: "We got to almost universal coverage in health care in Colorado." Pete Buttigieg stated on April 7, 2019 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We cut unemployment by more than half" in South Bend, Ind. Andrew Yang stated on March 22, 2019 in an interview: "America’s life expectancy has declined for the last three years in a row, the first time in a hundred years, because of surges in suicides and drug overdoses." Jay Inslee stated on March 19, 2019 in in an interview: "We have flown a Boeing 737 across the Atlantic Ocean on biofuels. We have flown F-18s." Tulsi Gabbard stated on March 10, 2019 in a town hall: "We pay far more for health care than any other country in the world, yet we have far worse outcomes than any other country in the world." Joe Cunningham stated on March 7, 2019 in a U.S. House hearing: "Seismic airgun blasting (used for energy exploration) is ... 16,000 times louder than" a conventional airhorn. Jay Inslee stated on March 10, 2019 in in an interview: "We have developed a wind industry (in Washington state) from zero to $6 billion in 12 years." Elizabeth Warren stated on March 7, 2019 in a tweet: "Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort, commits bank and tax fraud and gets 47 months. A homeless man, Fate Winslow, helped sell $20 of pot and got life in prison." Jay Inslee stated on February 20, 2019 in an interview: "The forest fires were so grotesque last year that we had the worst air in the world in Washington." Ilhan Omar stated on February 27, 2019 in a tweet: "#MichaelCohen: Convicted of lying to Congress re: Russia investigation … #ElliottAbrams: Convicted of lying to Congress re: arming Contra death squads" Henry Cuellar stated on February 22, 2019 in a press conference: Says President Donald Trump "put out a $297 million contract to a vendor to show him how to hire Border Patrol. So, the first payment they made was $14.8 million. You know how many Border Patrol they hired with $14.8 million? Two." Amy Klobuchar stated on February 18, 2019 in a town hall: Prescription drugs "are nearly 20 percent of our health care costs now when you include hospital prescription drugs." Jerrold Nadler stated on February 6, 2019 in a committee hearing: "In 2011, for example, the United Kingdom had 146 deaths due to gun violence; Denmark, 71; Portugal, 142; and Japan, 30. But last year, in the United States, almost 40,000." Elizabeth Warren stated on January 29, 2019 in a tweet: "The top 0.1 percent ... own about the same wealth as 90 percent of America." Howard Schultz stated on January 27, 2019 in an interview on CBS: "Over 40 percent of the American people don't have $400 in the bank." Amy Klobuchar stated on December 3, 2018 in a tweet: "After a decade of progress, the rate of uninsured children is now rising." Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated on November 27, 2018 in a press briefing: "Tear gas was used on average once a month during the Obama administration for very similar circumstances." Environmental Defense Fund Action stated on October 29, 2018 in a mailer to Texas homes: Says Texas U.S. Rep. John Culberson "was caught using campaign cash on collectibles, including Civil War memorabilia and fossils." Heidi Heitkamp stated on October 28, 2018 in an op-ed in the Bismarck Tribune: "President Donald Trump even referred to one of (Kevin) Cramer’s health care repeal bills as 'mean' because the bill gutted protections for North Dakotans with preexisting conditions." Joe Donnelly stated on October 8, 2018 in Indiana Senate debate: "At (Mike Braun’s) company, the deductible on his health care is $10,000."
Michael Bennet stated on May 30, 2019 in a CNN town hall: "The vast majority of Americans believe that climate change is real and we need to do something about it."
Taylor Swift stated on June 1, 2019 in an Instagram post: "The majority of Americans across ALL parties favor these nondiscrimination policies for LGBTQ people (liberals at 81%, moderates at 76% and conservatives at 55%)."
Donald Trump stated on May 16, 2019 in an immigration speech: "Only 12% of legal immigrants are selected based on skill or based on merit. In countries like Canada, Australia and New Zealand, and others, that number is closer to 60, and even 70 and 75% in some cases."
Steve Bullock stated on May 19, 2019 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "You look at today, only half the 30-year-olds are doing better than their parents were at age 30. When I was being raised, it was 90%."
Cory Booker stated on May 12, 2019 in an interview on ABC This Week: "When Connecticut did licensing, their shootings dropped, their murders dropped 40%. Suicides dropped 15%."
Bernie Sanders stated on April 30, 2019 in an interview on CNN: "One out of five Americans cannot afford the cost of prescription drugs."
Tim Ryan stated on April 11, 2019 in a town hall in New Hampshire: "Half the country today has either diabetes or prediabetes."
John Delaney stated on April 13, 2019 in a Tweet: "Most of home care is paid by government programs."
Tim Ryan stated on April 11, 2019 in a town hall: "There is $50 billion a year wasted in the Medicare program."
Joe Biden stated on April 11, 2019 in a panel at the University of Pennsylvania: "People show up in the emergency room with a sprained ankle, 25 percent get an opioid prescription."
John Hickenlooper stated on March 31, 2019 in in an interview on MSNBC: "We got to almost universal coverage in health care in Colorado."
Pete Buttigieg stated on April 7, 2019 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "We cut unemployment by more than half" in South Bend, Ind.
Andrew Yang stated on March 22, 2019 in an interview: "America’s life expectancy has declined for the last three years in a row, the first time in a hundred years, because of surges in suicides and drug overdoses."
Jay Inslee stated on March 19, 2019 in in an interview: "We have flown a Boeing 737 across the Atlantic Ocean on biofuels. We have flown F-18s."
Tulsi Gabbard stated on March 10, 2019 in a town hall: "We pay far more for health care than any other country in the world, yet we have far worse outcomes than any other country in the world."
Joe Cunningham stated on March 7, 2019 in a U.S. House hearing: "Seismic airgun blasting (used for energy exploration) is ... 16,000 times louder than" a conventional airhorn.
Jay Inslee stated on March 10, 2019 in in an interview: "We have developed a wind industry (in Washington state) from zero to $6 billion in 12 years."
Elizabeth Warren stated on March 7, 2019 in a tweet: "Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort, commits bank and tax fraud and gets 47 months. A homeless man, Fate Winslow, helped sell $20 of pot and got life in prison."
Jay Inslee stated on February 20, 2019 in an interview: "The forest fires were so grotesque last year that we had the worst air in the world in Washington."
Ilhan Omar stated on February 27, 2019 in a tweet: "#MichaelCohen: Convicted of lying to Congress re: Russia investigation … #ElliottAbrams: Convicted of lying to Congress re: arming Contra death squads"
Henry Cuellar stated on February 22, 2019 in a press conference: Says President Donald Trump "put out a $297 million contract to a vendor to show him how to hire Border Patrol. So, the first payment they made was $14.8 million. You know how many Border Patrol they hired with $14.8 million? Two."
Amy Klobuchar stated on February 18, 2019 in a town hall: Prescription drugs "are nearly 20 percent of our health care costs now when you include hospital prescription drugs."
Jerrold Nadler stated on February 6, 2019 in a committee hearing: "In 2011, for example, the United Kingdom had 146 deaths due to gun violence; Denmark, 71; Portugal, 142; and Japan, 30. But last year, in the United States, almost 40,000."
Elizabeth Warren stated on January 29, 2019 in a tweet: "The top 0.1 percent ... own about the same wealth as 90 percent of America."
Howard Schultz stated on January 27, 2019 in an interview on CBS: "Over 40 percent of the American people don't have $400 in the bank."
Amy Klobuchar stated on December 3, 2018 in a tweet: "After a decade of progress, the rate of uninsured children is now rising."
Sarah Huckabee Sanders stated on November 27, 2018 in a press briefing: "Tear gas was used on average once a month during the Obama administration for very similar circumstances."
Environmental Defense Fund Action stated on October 29, 2018 in a mailer to Texas homes: Says Texas U.S. Rep. John Culberson "was caught using campaign cash on collectibles, including Civil War memorabilia and fossils."
Heidi Heitkamp stated on October 28, 2018 in an op-ed in the Bismarck Tribune: "President Donald Trump even referred to one of (Kevin) Cramer’s health care repeal bills as 'mean' because the bill gutted protections for North Dakotans with preexisting conditions."
Joe Donnelly stated on October 8, 2018 in Indiana Senate debate: "At (Mike Braun’s) company, the deductible on his health care is $10,000."