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Caryn Baird is a news researcher for PolitiFact. She previously was senior news researcher for the Tampa Bay Times, formerly the St. Petersburg Times. She has a M.S.–L.I.S. from Simmons College and a B.A. from Wellesley College.

Featured Statements

Donald Trump
stated on March 18, 2018 in a tweet:

Robert Mueller’s investigative team has "13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans."

By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2018
Rick Kriseman
stated on June 15, 2017 in during a Q&A with reporters inside City Hall:

"We are seeing poverty being reduced in south St. Pete at a number larger than the national average, the state average, county or Tampa and Jacksonville."

By Allison Graves • June 27, 2017
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 8, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC's "All In With Chis Hayes":

The GOP health care plan gives "$275 billion in tax breaks for the top 2 percent, people earning $250,000 a year or more."

By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2017
Bloggers
stated on October 9, 2015 in social media posts, blogs:

Latina who enthusiastically supported Donald Trump on stage in Las Vegas in October 2015 has been deported.

By Miriam Valverde • December 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 20, 2016 in a speech at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner:

In 1928 "school boards sent home letters with children saying that if Al Smith is elected president, you will not be allowed to have or read a Bible."

By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2016
Donald Trump
stated on September 6, 2016 in a speech in North Carolina:

Says "Hillary Clinton set aside environmental and labor rules to help a South Korean company with a record of violating workers’ rights set up what amounts to a sweatshop in Haiti."

By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2016
John Oliver
stated on April 24, 2016 in a broadcast of HBO's "Last Week Tonight":

"We knew Strom Thurmond had proposed" the amendment that blocked Puerto Rico’s use of Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.

By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2016
Ezekiel Emanuel
stated on November 3, 2015 in a discussion on MSNBC's "Up with Steve Kornacki":

Obamacare insurance cooperative failures "should be expected" because they're like any business, and "when you start businesses in America, at the fifth year, half of the businesses have closed."

By Jon Greenberg • November 10, 2015
Ruth's List Florida
stated on September 22, 2015 in an email to voters:

"Twenty-six men named William have been elected to statewide office and only seven women have had the honor."

By Joshua Gillin • September 28, 2015
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN Republican debate:

The government "made accommodation to the Fort Hood shooter to let him grow a beard" for religious reasons.

By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2015