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Statements we say are Half-True

Half-True

Double digits exist, but not the whole story

Paul Ryan

Paul Ryan

The Affordable Care Act is "making families pay double-digit premium increases."

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Not as dramatic as he makes it out to be

Martin O'Malley

Martin O'Malley

"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."

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Some streamlining, but no new legal powers

Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Regarding the USA Freedom Act, "There is nothing we are allowed to do under this bill that we could not do before."

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Gay marriage not 1st time SCOTUS intervened

Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

"The states have always defined marriage."

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Simplified a controversial theory

Antonin Scalia

Antonin Scalia

"Most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the University of Texas. They come from lesser schools."

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Reading the signs can get tricky

Jeb Bush

Jeb Bush

Says there are "ample means" to "tell when someone is a Christian in the Middle East ... by name, by where they’re born, their birth certificates."  

Half-True

Amid tough circumstances, elections had some difficulties

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

"The Libyan people have voted twice in free and fair elections for the kind of leadership they want."

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One controversial program shuttered

Donald Trump

Donald Trump

The New York Police Department used to have "surveillance going on in and around mosques in New York City. ... Our mayor totally cut that out."

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No data for last month

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

"Since we last debated in Las Vegas, nearly 3,000 people have been killed by guns."

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In some places, coverage is nearly universal but not a right

Bernie Sanders

Bernie Sanders

The United States is "the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege."

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They have risen -- but only a tiny amount

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

"Wages adjusted for inflation haven’t risen since the turn of the last century."

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Unusually little, but not none

Carly Fiorina

Carly Fiorina

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has "no congressional oversight."

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An awfully high estimate

Donald Trump

Donald Trump

Says President Dwight Eisenhower "moved 1.5 million illegal immigrants out of this country."

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It doesn't mean much

Rand Paul

Rand Paul

 Income inequality "seems to be worst in cities run by Democrats."

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By one report, not by another

Bobby Jindal

Bobby Jindal

"There’s only one of us who’s actually cut government spending -- not two, there’s one and you’re looking at him."

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Worst for GDP, second worst for jobs

Chris Christie

Chris Christie

Says the United States is in "the worst recovery from an economic recession since World War II."

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He liked the idea

Martin O'Malley

Martin O'Malley

"When President Obama was running for re-election … Senator Sanders was trying to find someone to primary him."

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Small sample size

Donald Trump

Donald Trump

Says that in polls about 2016 candidate leadership skills, he comes out "two and three and four times higher than anybody else."

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Measured one way, not another

Marco Rubio

Marco Rubio

Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan."

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Difference between raw numbers and rate

Carly Fiorina

Carly Fiorina

"We have record numbers of people living in poverty."

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