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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2017 an interview with 'The Economist'
The federal tax code includes "deductions for birds flying across America."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 15, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 12, 2017 Twitter
Says James Clapper "and virtually everyone else" said "there is no collusion" in the Russia investigation findings.
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • May 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2017 an interview with NBC News
"This Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should've won."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 12, 2017
Rod Blum
Rod Blum
stated on May 8, 2017 a town hall meeting with voters
"If you’re getting your insurance through (your employer), nothing changes" under Trumpcare.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on April 28, 2017 remarks to law enforcement officers in New York
District attorneys "have advertised that they will charge a criminal alien with a lesser offense than presumably they would charge a United States citizen, so they won’t be deported."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • May 10, 2017
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on May 4, 2017 CNN
"Nobody on Medicaid" will have their benefits taken away.
False
By John Kruzel • May 9, 2017
Raul Labrador
Raul Labrador
stated on May 5, 2017 a town hall event
"Nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 8, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on May 1, 2017 her new book
Says John Quincy Adams said, "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader."
False
By Katie Sanders • May 5, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 4, 2017 blog headlines
Under the House Republican health plan, sexual assault is a pre-existing condition.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • May 5, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 30, 2017 Twitter
"Dems want billions to go to Insurance Companies to bail out donors"
False
By John Kruzel • May 4, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 4, 2017 remarks in 2009 and actions in 2017
On voting for a health care bill without an up-to-date Congressional Budget Office score
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • May 4, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on May 2, 2017 her book "Women Who Work"
"40 percent of American households have female primary breadwinners."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • May 3, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 30, 2017 an interview on CBS
"General Flynn got his clearance from the Obama administration."
True
By Lauren Carroll • May 2, 2017
Rex Tillerson
Rex Tillerson
stated on April 28, 2017 comments to the UN Security Council
"China account(s) for 90 percent of North Korean trade."
True
By John Kruzel • May 1, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 28, 2017 the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting
"For the first time in the modern political era, we have confirmed a new justice in the first 100 days."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • April 28, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on April 27, 2017 a tweet
"The ‘tax plan’ rolled out by @realDonaldTrump would have cut his taxes by $30 million in 2005 (the only year we have returns for)."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 28, 2017
Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
stated on April 27, 2017 a tweet
"Before NAFTA, trade between the US and Mexico was around $50 billion. Now it stands at more than $500 billion."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • April 28, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2017 a tweet
"The U.S. recorded its slowest economic growth in five years (2016). GDP up only 1.6%. Trade deficits hurt the economy very badly."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2017
Steve Mnuchin
Steve Mnuchin
stated on April 27, 2017 a April 26 press conference
Says President Donald Trump "has given more financial disclosure than anybody else."
False
By Allison Graves, Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on April 23, 2017 an interview on ABC's This Week
Treasury Department's inspector general found "there's $4 billion a year in excess payments" going to people that shouldn’t get them. "These are mostly Mexicans."  
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • April 27, 2017
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