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Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on June 22, 2017 in a meeting with small business owners:
Says of Georgia, "for four years in a row, we are the No. 1 state to do business in."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 6, 2017 in a press conference in Poland:
Says Barack Obama found out about Russia "in August. Now, the election was in November. That's a lot of time. He did nothing about it."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • July 10, 2017
Marc Short
Marc Short
stated on July 2, 2017 in an episode of "Fox News Sunday":
7 million people the Congressional Budget Office says won't have health insurance coverage under the Senate health care bill "don't exist."  
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 5, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on June 13, 2017 in a congressional hearing:
"It's a longstanding policy of the Department of Justice not to comment on conversations that the attorney general has had with the president of the United States."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 14, 2017
Kimberley Strassel
Kimberley Strassel
stated on May 28, 2017 in "Meet the Press" on NBC:
In 2008, "candidate Obama, he's not even president-elect, sends William Miller over to Iran to establish a back channel and let the Iranians know that should he win the election, they will have friendlier terms."
False
By Lauren Carroll • June 2, 2017
Uspoln Website
Uspoln Website
stated on May 23, 2017 in an online article:
"Rubio: ‘Rape victims should be in custody if there is suspicion that they’re planning abortion.’ "
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • June 1, 2017
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 21, 2017 in an episode of "Fox and Friends":
Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich "apparently was assassinated at 4 in the morning, having given WikiLeaks something like 53,000 emails and 17,000 attachments. ... It turns out, it wasn’t the Russians."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • May 23, 2017
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 17, 2017 in an episode of the "Rush Limbaugh Show":
"What Trump is alleged to have done is actually no different than what Barack Obama did in April last year when he made it known that he didn’t want Hillary prosecuted."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • May 18, 2017
Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthal
stated on May 9, 2017 in a press conference:
"What does Trumpcare do? Yank tax credits away from veterans unlike any other American."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • May 15, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 4, 2017 in blog headlines:
Under the House Republican health plan, sexual assault is a pre-existing condition.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • May 5, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on May 2, 2017 in her book "Women Who Work":
"40 percent of American households have female primary breadwinners."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • May 3, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 30, 2017 in an interview on CBS:
"General Flynn got his clearance from the Obama administration."
True
By Lauren Carroll • May 2, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 28, 2017 in the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting:
"For the first time in the modern political era, we have confirmed a new justice in the first 100 days."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • April 28, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on April 25, 2017 in the daily White House press briefing:
Trump has "worked with Congress to pass more legislation in his first 100 days than any president since Truman."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • April 27, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2017 in a tweet:
The Ninth Circuit has an overturned record "close to 80%."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Miriam Valverde • April 26, 2017
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on April 20, 2017 in a tweet:
"Hate speech is not protected by the first amendment."
False
By Lauren Carroll • April 21, 2017
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Center for American Progress Action Fund
stated on April 16, 2017 in the website IsTrumpAtMarALago.org:
"A trip to Mar-a-Lago costs taxpayers approximately $3.6 million, according to a Government Accountability Office report."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • April 18, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 12, 2017 in a press conference:
On whether NATO is "obsolete."
Full Flop
By Lauren Carroll • April 12, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 9, 2017 in an interview on ABC "This Week":
The Obama administration’s 2013 Syria proposal "had no clear objective," while Trump’s Syria strike "had a clear strategic objective."
False
By Lauren Carroll • April 12, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on April 4, 2017 in an interview on CNN:
"It is unusual" for a White House official like former National Security Adviser Susan Rice to make unmasking requests.
False
By Lauren Carroll • April 6, 2017
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