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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
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on April 25, 2017 the daily White House press briefing:
Trump has "worked with Congress to pass more legislation in his first 100 days than any president since Truman."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • April 27, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 25, 2017 a White House web page:
Says he created "over 500,000 new jobs -- with a surge in female employment last month."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2017 a tweet:
The Ninth Circuit has an overturned record "close to 80%."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Miriam Valverde • April 26, 2017
Center for American Progress
Center for American Progress
stated on April 25, 2017 a tweet:
"Trump's Cabinet is more white and more male than any first Cabinet since President Ronald Reagan’s."  
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • April 26, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on April 25, 2017 a panel discussion in Berlin, Germany:
"The single-largest expense in  over half of American households is child care."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 26, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 24, 2017 an interview wth the Associated Press:
"Back when they did NATO, there was no such thing as terrorism."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • April 25, 2017
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