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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2017 an interview with reporters:
Says "No, I don't benefit, I don't benefit" from his tax proposal.
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2017 a speech in Indianapolis:
Ending the estate tax would "protect millions of small businesses and the American farmer."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2017 an interview:
"We have one senator who’s a ‘yes’ vote ... but he’s in the hospital. And he’s a ‘yes’ vote. So we can’t do it by Friday. So we have the votes" to pass a health care bill. 
False
By John Kruzel • September 28, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2017 a rally:
"So now they take drugs, literally, and they throw it, a hundred pounds of drugs. They throw it over the wall, they have catapults, but they throw it over the wall, and it lands and it hits somebody on the head."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2017
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on September 24, 2017 an interview:
North Korea is "the fifth or fourth most sanctioned nation."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • September 27, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on September 17, 2017 an NBC interview:
"If you pass the so-called Dream Act, it will be the single biggest amnesty in the history of the United States, even bigger than the 1986 amnesty."  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 26, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 21, 2017 a post on the Internet:
"12 more hurricanes headed towards U.S."
Pants on Fire!
By Emily Tanaka • September 25, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2017 a tweet:
"NFL attendance and ratings are WAY DOWN. Boring games yes, but many stay away because they love our country."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • September 24, 2017
Roy Moore
Roy Moore
stated on September 21, 2017 a debate:
DACA was "a mere memo from the Department of Homeland security under Barack Obama, which violated the laws."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin, Miriam Valverde • September 22, 2017
Luther Strange
Luther Strange
stated on September 21, 2017 a debate:
Alabama is "the most generous state in the union in terms of what we give to charities."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 22, 2017
Luther Strange
Luther Strange
stated on August 29, 2017 a campaign website:
"Roy Moore fought for pay increases for politicians while courts had to shut down because of lack of funding."
False
By John Kruzel • September 22, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 21, 2017 a tweet:
The Graham-Cassidy health care bill does "include coverage of pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 21, 2017
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on September 21, 2017 comments on 'Fox & Friends':
"Thomas Jefferson said, ‘Government that governs least governs best.’ "
False
By Joshua Gillin • September 21, 2017
Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
stated on September 20, 2017 an interview on CNN:
Under the Graham-Cassidy health insurance bill, in "states like Maine, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, there will be billions more dollars to provide health insurance coverage for those in those states who have been passed by by Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 17, 2017 an interview:
"Private insurance companies in this country spend between 12 and 18 percent on administration costs. The cost of administering the Medicare program, a very popular program that works well for our seniors, is 2 percent. We can save approximately $500 billion a year just in administration costs."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • September 20, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 19, 2017 a speech to the United Nations General Assembly:
"Companies are moving back, creating job growth the likes of which our country has not seen in a very long time."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 17, 2017 a tweet:
"Long gas lines forming in North Korea."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 19, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 14, 2017 remarks to reporters:
Says "92 percent of the people agree on DACA."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 18, 2017
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 14, 2017 an attack ad:
Says Roy Moore is "on the wrong side of Trump’s border wall."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 18, 2017
Kris Kobach
Kris Kobach
stated on September 7, 2017 Breitbart column:
"Facts have come to light that indicate that a pivotal, close election was likely changed through voter fraud on November 8, 2016: New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate Seat, and perhaps also New Hampshire’s four Electoral College votes in the presidential election."
False
By Manuela Tobias • September 15, 2017
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