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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
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on October 1, 2017 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
On whether higher federal deficits are acceptable.
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2017
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 2, 2017 a tweet:
"The crowd (in Las Vegas) fled at the sound of gunshots. Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer ..."
False
By Manuela Tobias • October 4, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 2, 2017 a fake news post:
A flight crew took a knee and stranded the New Orleans Saints on an airport runway.
Pants on Fire!
By Emily Tanaka • October 3, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2017 a tweet:
In the Alabama Senate runoff, "the candidate I endorsed (Luther Strange) went up MANY points after endorsement!"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2017
James Lankford
James Lankford
stated on September 25, 2017 a press conference:
"The First Amendment’s the First Amendment. It goes start to finish. We can’t say to one football coach you’re fired if you kneel in silent prayer at the end of the game, but to a player, if you kneel in protest to a game, you’re celebrated."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • October 2, 2017
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on September 18, 2017 a letter to a constituent :
"The average tax bill for Americans in 2016 was a 41 percent increase from 2013."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2017
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