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Christine Jones
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The conservative super PAC Club for Growth asserts that Christine Jones, a GOP candidate in the primary race for Arizona's fifth district, thinks Hillary Clinton is an effective leader. PolitiFact rules that this claim is "Half True." In the past, Jones has said supportive things about Clinton, but in recent years has walked back on such assertions.

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Conservative group attacks Arizona GOP candidate for calling Hillary Clinton ‘effective’
August 24, 2016

Club for Growth said, "Jones called Hillary Clinton ‘a capable and respected leader,’ and an ‘effective’ secretary of state ... Hillary Clinton effective? Christine Jones thinks so."

In three separate blog posts dating back to January 2012, Jones does characterize Clinton as capable, respected and effective.

What the ad does not mention is how Jones started walking back her remarks in 2014. By saying "Christine Jones thinks so," in present tense, Club for Growth neglects to account for her more recent perspective.

We rate the ad’s claim Half True.

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