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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 8, 2017 a rally in Pensacola, Fla.:
"Black homeownership just hit the highest level it has ever been in the history of our country."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 8, 2017 a blog post:
"Gloria Allred Accuser **ADMITS** She Tampered With Roy Moore’s Yearbook 'Signature.' "
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • December 8, 2017
Brendan Boyle
Brendan Boyle
stated on December 5, 2017 a tweet:
Says the concealed carry bill would allow residents of certain states to "travel to your community and walk right into a school zone with a loaded weapon, no matter what local laws say."
False
By John Kruzel • December 7, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 a cabinet meeting:
"We’re … getting into the pool of the 100 million people that are not working. That pool is now coming back."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2017
Doug Jones
Doug Jones
stated on November 30, 2017 a campaign ad:
"In a 2014 case involving a man convicted of abusing two underage girls, Judge Roy Moore disagreed and wrote the dissenting opinion."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 remarks at the White House:
The Jerusalem Embassy Act "passed Congress by an overwhelming bipartisan majority and was reaffirmed by a unanimous vote of the Senate only six months ago."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 4, 2017 remarks to reporters:
"Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI."
False
By Miriam Valverde • December 5, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on November 14, 2017 public testimony before Congress:
"The violent crime rate has risen, and the homicide rate has risen by more than 20 percent in just two years, really after 30 years of decline in violent crime."
Mostly True
By Sophie Kaplan • December 4, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 29, 2017 a speech in St. Charles, Mo.:
Says the tax bill "is going to cost me a fortune, this thing -- believe me. Believe me, this is not good for me."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 29, 2017 a speech in St. Charles, Mo.:
"For years, they have not been able to get tax cuts -- many, many years, since Reagan."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on November 26, 2017 an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo:
In the House Republican bill, "70 percent of the tax relief goes to those families making less than 200,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on November 26, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"If you don't pay income taxes ... you'll have more money" under the Republican tax plan.
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 29, 2017 a post on Twitter:
Says Joe Scarborough is party to an "unsolved mystery" from his time as a congressman in Florida.
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • November 29, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 26, 2017 a tweet:
Says Alabama Senate candidate Doug Jones "wants to raise taxes."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • November 28, 2017
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on November 20, 2017 an interview with Sinclair Broadcast Group:
Under the Republican tax bill, President Donald Trump "and his family would walk off with more than a billion dollars personally."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 27, 2017
John Larson
John Larson
stated on November 10, 2017 a House Ways and Means Committee markup:
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee weren’t "even entitled to bring an expert witness on any aspect of the tax code that affects 100 percent of our economy."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 22, 2017
Kayla Moore
Kayla Moore
stated on November 17, 2017 a women for Moore rally:
Says Doug Jones "is for full-term abortion."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 21, 2017
Steve Mnuchin
Steve Mnuchin
stated on November 19, 2017 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"On the personal tax side, middle-income people are getting cuts and rich people are getting very little cuts or, in certain cases, increases" under the Republican tax bills.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2017
John Thune
John Thune
stated on November 15, 2017 an interview on Fox News:
"80 percent of the (individual mandate) tax falls on those who make $50,000 a year or less."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 17, 2017
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on November 9, 2017 a Fox News post:
"When Phoenix dropped its sanctuary city policy in 2008, its murder rate fell 27 percent the following year."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • November 17, 2017
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