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Latest Fact-Checks In LGBTQ

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Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 12, 2019 in a podcast:
29 states still don’t have “comprehensive protections” for people in the LGBTQ community.
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By Mica Soellner • March 28, 2019
Dan Forest
stated on March 6, 2017 in a press conference in Texas:
Says HB2 has hurt North Carolina’s economy by “one-tenth of 1 percent of our annual GDP.”
True
By Will Doran • March 7, 2017
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 2, 2016 in a campaign speech:
Says Donald Trump “wants to undo marriage equality.”
True
By Joshua Gillin • November 3, 2016
AlternativePAC
stated on September 25, 2016 in an online ad:
Says Dick Cheney “supported gay marriage sooner” than Hillary Clinton.
True
By Alan Gathright • September 8, 2016
Sean Patrick Maloney
stated on July 28, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention:
Donald Trump is “against marriage equality. He wants to go back.”
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By Dan Clark • August 15, 2016
Loretta Lynch
stated on June 19, 2016 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
“The LGBT community is more often the victims of hate crimes than any other recognized group.”
True
By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2016
Jennifer Granholm
stated on January 24, 2016 in an appearance on ABC's 'This Week':
When a Gallup poll asked about presidential candidate characteristics, “When they get to the question on, ‘Would you vote for a socialist,’ it is even less popular than voting for atheists.”
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 29, 2016
Chuck Todd
stated on September 27, 2015 in a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says “Bernie Sanders was there when it came to (same-sex) marriage 20 years ago. … He was there when it wasn’t popular.”  
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 29, 2015
Georgia Voice
stated on September 17, 2015 in a news story:
No openly gay man has ever been elected to the Georgia Legislature.
True
By April Hunt • September 28, 2015
Jason Rae
stated on April 21, 2015 in an interview:
Wisconsin’s non-discrimination law “doesn’t protect members of the trans-gender community.”  
True
By Tom Kertscher • May 8, 2015
Jeff Graham
stated on January 7, 2015 in an interview with WABE radio:
The religious liberty bill proposed in the Georgia House of Representatives does not specifically exclude corporations, which means they can legally claim a religious exemption.
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By April Hunt • January 21, 2015
Ted Olson
stated on January 18, 2015 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
“Supreme Court 15 times over the last 120 years has said marriage is a fundamental right” and never said “it had to be between a man and a woman.”
True
By Lauren Carroll • January 18, 2015
Facebook posts
stated on November 12, 2014 in a Facebook post:
“Fox News uses photo of a married couple promoting ‘traditional marriage’ and the photo is actually of a same-sex couple.”
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By Jon Greenberg • November 21, 2014
Neera Tanden
stated on December 29, 2013 in a panel discussion on CNN:
“Forty percent of the country is going to be in states that are tolerant of gay marriage or at least civil unions.”
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By Steve Contorno • January 5, 2014
Progress Ohio
stated on March 26, 2013 in a fundraising email:
“It is legal in Ohio to fire an employee or evict a tenant just for being gay.”
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By Tom Feran • April 2, 2013
Mark Hinkle
stated on September 23, 2010 in a press release.:
“Exit polls indicate that Democrats get over 70 percent of LGBT votes in federal elections.”
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 4, 2010
John Barrasso
stated on May 10, 2010 in an interview on Fox News:
On military recruiters at Harvard, Elena Kagan “took a position and the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that she was wrong.”
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • May 10, 2010
Carl Levin
stated on October 11, 2009 in an appearance on 'Meet the Press':
Other Western countries have ended their “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policies.
True
By Catharine Richert • October 12, 2009
Miss California USA
stated on May 12, 2009 in a news conference.:
“The president of the United States … agrees with me” that marriage should be between a man and a woman.
True
By Robert Farley • May 12, 2009
Mitt Romney
stated on September 14, 2007 in an interview on MSNBC:
“I don’t think that Rudy or Fred or John McCain support the marriage amendment.”
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By Miranda Blue • October 5, 2007