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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 10, 2017 a fake news website
Says Tampa Bay Lightning hockey player J.T. Brown was "fired after raising fist during national anthem."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on October 12, 2017 a tweet
The state and local tax deduction is a major benefit for moderate-income households because "50% of households that claim State & Local Tax deduction make under $100K."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2017
John Kelly
John Kelly
stated on October 19, 2017 a White House briefing
At a 2015 dedication of an FBI building in Florida, Rep. Frederica Wilson "stood up there ... and talked about how she was instrumental in getting the funding for that building, and how she took care of her constituents because she got the money, and she just called up President Obama, and on that phone call he gave the money -- the $20 million -- to build the building. And she sat down."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2017
Roy Moore
Roy Moore
stated on October 16, 2017 in an interview
NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem is "against the law."
False
By John Kruzel • October 19, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on October 12, 2017 a speech
In the U.S. asylum system, "claims of 'fear to return' have skyrocketed, and the percentage of claims that are genuinely meritorious are down."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 19, 2017
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on October 15, 2017 comments on ABC
"And I think that his engagement with Congress is something that never happened under President Obama. They were never allowed to debate it. They were never allowed to discuss it. So, now Congress is going to be fully engaged on the threats of Iran."
Mostly False
By Allison Colburn • October 19, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2017 an interview with E.W. Scripps television
"We're the highest developed nation taxed in the world."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 18, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 16, 2017 a White House cabinet meeting
"The cost-sharing reductions (were) a gift (that) they gave the insurance companies."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 18, 2017
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
stated on October 5, 2017 an op-ed in the "Tulsa World"
"State government spending is at an all-time high. The state is on track to spend more in this fiscal year — more than $17.9 billion — than at any time in state history."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2017
Rex Tillerson
Rex Tillerson
stated on October 15, 2017 a CNN "State of the Union" interview
"The president early on called on NATO member countries to step up their contributions ... and as a result of that countries have stepped up contributions toward their own defense."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • October 15, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2017 a tweet
The NFL is "getting massive tax breaks."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • October 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 11, 2017 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity
The Obama administration "borrowed more than $10 trillion, right? And yet, we picked up $5.2 trillion just in the stock market. ... Maybe in a sense we’re reducing debt."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 8, 2017 a tweet
"Bob Corker gave us the Iran Deal."
False
By John Kruzel • October 12, 2017
Seth Moulton
Seth Moulton
stated on October 8, 2017 in an interview
"Background checks have been unequivocally shown to reduce gun violence."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • October 11, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 8, 2017 a document
"Loopholes in current law prevent ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ (UACs) that arrive in the country illegally from being removed."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • October 11, 2017
Chris Cox
Chris Cox
stated on October 8, 2017 a "Fox News Sunday" interview
Says Sen. Dianne Feinstein said "if she had 51 votes in the Senate for 'Mr. and Ms. America, turn in all of your guns,' they would do it."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 8, 2017
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on October 5, 2017 a press release
"The Obama administration approved the sale of bump fire stocks on at least two occasions."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • October 6, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on October 4, 2017 a Senate floor speech
"The Republicans are proposing to pay for their giant tax cut to the rich by gutting Medicare and Medicaid."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2017
Steve Israel
Steve Israel
stated on October 2, 2017 an op-ed in the "New York Times"
Says the Dickey Amendment "prevents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from even researching the relationship between gun violence and public health. ... The government can’t study gun violence but is spending $400,000 analyzing the effects of Swedish massages on rabbits."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2017
HoustonChronicle-tv.com
HoustonChronicle-tv.com
stated on October 4, 2017 a web post
"Celine Dion’s 16-year-old Rene-Charles Angelil’s was among the 58 victims who were killed" in Las Vegas.
Pants on Fire!
By Sophie Kaplan • October 4, 2017
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