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Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright
stated on April 10, 2018 her book, "Fascism: A Warning"
Says Benito Mussolini "initiated a campaign to 'drenare la palude' ('drain the swamp') by firing more than 35,000 civil servants."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on January 3, 2018 remarks at a stop in Greenville, Texas
Says "precisely zero terrorists, terrorist groups or terror plots have ever been connected with the U.S.-Mexico border to do harm to people within the United States."
False
By Johnathan Silver • May 3, 2018
Lupe Valdez
Lupe Valdez
stated on April 11, 2018 an interview with Austin American-Statesman commentator Ken Herman
"I come from the poorest ZIP code in San Antonio."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 3, 2018
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on April 25, 2018 a tweet
Says Austin is the "safest big city in Texas with an unemployment rate under 3% that has been named the best place to live in the entire United States two years running."    
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 26, 2018
Jonathan Saenz
Jonathan Saenz
stated on March 28, 2018 an email blast
Says that in the U.S. Capitol, "Stephen F. Austin’s and Sam Houston’s statues" are "the only ones holding a rifle or a sword."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 12, 2018
Ronna McDaniel
Ronna McDaniel
stated on March 28, 2018 a radio interview
The census "for years and years and years, decades, has asked, ‘Are you a citizen of the United States of America?’"
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • April 3, 2018
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on March 26, 2018 an interview on Capital Tonight on Spectrum News
"1 in 100 people are sociopaths."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2018
Ann Teich
Ann Teich
stated on February 26, 2018 a meeting of the Austin school board
Says Stephen F. Austin and James Bowie promoted slavery.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2018
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on January 15, 2018 a public forum
"The past president (Barack Obama) brought Al Sharpton into the White House something like 80 times."  
True
By D.L. Davis • February 9, 2018
Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on January 30, 2018 a headline
"Fall River, Massachusetts was not 'built by immigrants.' "
False
By Amy Sherman • February 1, 2018
Kionne McGhee
Kionne McGhee
stated on January 25, 2018 a speech on the House floor
"There were slaves in 1845 who helped construct and build the Old Capitol."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • February 1, 2018
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on December 30, 2017 a tweet
Says Hillary Clinton once said "the average Democrat voter is just plain stupid, they’re easy to manipulate."  
Pants on Fire!
January 5, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 3, 2018 a statement released by the White House
The Senate seat won in a special election by a Democrat had been "held for more than thirty years by Republicans."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 3, 2018
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 13, 2017 an interview
The 1986 tax reform approved under Ronald Reagan "was polling at about 18 percent right before they passed it."
Half-True
December 18, 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
Dane County Republican Party
Dane County Republican Party
stated on August 25, 2017 a news release
"The KKK was founded as the military arm of the Democratic Party." 
False
By D.L. Davis • October 23, 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
George P. Bush
George P. Bush
stated on October 16, 2017 the "Alamo Truth" website funded by George P. Bush's political campaign
"The Alamo has been consistently listed as one of the most disappointing landmarks in our nation."    
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 20, 2017
Colin Kaepernick
Colin Kaepernick
stated on October 8, 2017 a tweet
Says Winston Churchill said, "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 9, 2017
Andrew Koenig
Andrew Koenig
stated on August 18, 2017 a tweet
"It's time to remove any statue of Margaret Sanger who was a white suprematist (sic), spoke at kkk events & supported by democrats. #prolife"
Mostly False
By Allie Pecorin, Katie Parkins • October 5, 2017
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