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Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on June 3, 2018 on a panel
North Korea's history of international negotiations shows "they'll take the concessions, they'll keep them in their pocket and then they won't deliver."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • June 7, 2018
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on June 3, 2018 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"If you are talking about Canada .. our wine cannot sit on their supermarkets."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2018
Ben Sasse
Ben Sasse
stated on May 31, 2018 a statement
"We’ve been down this road before—blanket protectionism is a big part of why America had a Great Depression."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2018 a tweet
"The Failing @nytimes quotes ‘a senior White House official,’ who doesn’t exist, as saying ‘even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on June 12 would be impossible, given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed.’ WRONG AGAIN! Use real people, not phony sources."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2018
Conservative Stories
Conservative Stories
stated on May 21, 2018 a headline
"Just in: John Kerry facing prison."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • May 24, 2018
Kevin Nicholson
Kevin Nicholson
stated on May 4, 2018 an interview
"Tammy Baldwin cosponsored legislation that wanted to establish the Department of Peace and Nonviolence."  
Mostly True
May 9, 2018
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on April 19, 2018 a radio interview
Says of disclosing his $20,000 speech about Syria, "there was no hiding. I released it."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 26, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 22, 2018 a tweet
Says North Korea has "agreed to denuclearization."
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 22, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2018 a press conference
"The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2018
Antiwar.com
Antiwar.com
stated on April 9, 2018 an article on the Antiwar.com website
"Red Crescent Says No Evidence of Chemical Attack in Syria’s Douma."
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 13, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2018 a tweet
Mexico has "very strong border laws -- ours are pathetic."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 15, 2018 a tweet
"We do have a Trade Deficit with Canada, as we do with almost all countries (some of them massive)."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 11, 2018 a Facebook post
Say Sean Hannity said in 2008 that Obama’s willingness to meet with North Korea was "disturbing" while Trump’s "willingness to meet with North Korea is a huge foreign policy win."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 14, 2018
Angus King
Angus King
stated on March 4, 2018 in an interview
"China, my understanding is, supplies 4 percent of the steel in the U.S."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • March 8, 2018
Laurence Tribe
Laurence Tribe
stated on March 2, 2018 a tweet
President Donald "Trump’s latest set of sanctions against companies and countries benefiting North Korea includes every nation but one making shipments to (North Korea). The one nation Trump exempted from his punitive ban was . . . wait for it . . . drumroll: Russia."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 20, 2018 a tweet
"I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!"
Mostly False
By John Kruzel, Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 18, 2018 a tweet
"I never said Russia did not meddle in the election."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • February 19, 2018
Conservative Daily Post
Conservative Daily Post
stated on January 30, 2018 a headline
"Trump declares globalist Soros as ‘national security threat’ using Obama’s 2014 executive order."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • February 19, 2018
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 12, 2018 an interview
About 1.1 million people legally enter the U.S. each year as permanent residents -- "65 percent of that is some kind of chain migration; 22 percent is diversity lottery, ‘asyling,’ refugees; only about 14, 15 percent has anything to do with work."  
Half-True
February 2, 2018
US Political News
US Political News
stated on January 17, 2018 a headline
"Haiti official getting ready to testify against Clinton Foundation corruption next week found dead with gunshot to the head."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • January 26, 2018
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