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Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on April 11, 2017 comments to reporters
Says Adolf Hitler "didn't even sink to the level of using chemical weapons. ... He was not using the gas on his own people the same way that (Bashar al-)Assad is doing."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 11, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 7, 2017 weekly address
"Last month, we saw a 64 percent reduction in illegal immigration on our southern border."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • April 10, 2017
Ben Cardin
Ben Cardin
stated on April 9, 2017 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"We’ve seen more filibusters on judicial nominees by the Republicans under President Obama than we saw in the whole history of the United States Senate." 
Half-True
By Allison Graves • April 9, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on April 4, 2017 an interview on CNN
"It is unusual" for a White House official like former National Security Adviser Susan Rice to make unmasking requests.
False
By Lauren Carroll • April 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 a town hall with CEOs
"I've won awards on environmental protection."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2017
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on March 31, 2017 a conversation on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"
"The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man-made CO2 emissions. That's what she said. Go look it up."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 a CEO town hall
"There was a very large infrastructure bill that was approved during the Obama administration, a trillion dollars. Nobody ever saw anything being built."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 a CEO town hall
"When you look for a job, you can't find it and you give up. You are now considered statistically employed."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2017
John Conyers, Jr.
John Conyers, Jr.
stated on March 28, 2017 a subcommittee hearing
"Apprehension rates at the southern border have plummeted since the 1980s, and apprehensions of Mexicans specifically have reached their lowest point in nearly half a century."  
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • April 3, 2017
Fight for the Future
Fight for the Future
stated on March 28, 2017 a tweet
"215 members of Congress just voted to let your ISP spy on what type of underwear you buy and sell that data to advertisers." 
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • March 30, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on March 27, 2017 a press briefing
"Just last May, the Department of Justice inspector general found that these (‘sanctuary city’) policies also violate federal law."  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 30, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on March 1, 2017 a Senate floor speech
"In fact, if you add up the net wealth of his cabinet, it has more wealth than a third of the American people total -- close to 100 million people."  
Mostly True
March 27, 2017
Carolyn Maloney
Carolyn Maloney
stated on March 16, 2017 remarks on the House floor
"More than half of Planned Parenthood facilities are in rural or medically underserved areas."  
True
March 24, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 remarks at a Kentucky rally
"Since China joined — that’s another beauty — the WTO in 2001, the U.S. has lost many more than 60,000 factories."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • March 24, 2017
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 23, 2017 a statement on the 7th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act
"The vast majority of marketplace enrollees have experienced no average premium hike at all."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2017
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on March 19, 2017 remarks in Coral Springs, Fla.
Says President Donald Trump’s proposal to allow Americans to buy health insurance across state lines would make it the same as "the way you buy car insurance" today.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on March 20, 2017 a press briefing
Says Paul Manafort "played a very limited role" in the Trump presidential campaign.
False
By John Kruzel • March 22, 2017
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on March 16, 2017 a press conference
"In year No. 1, 14 million Americans lose coverage," according to the CBO. 
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • March 22, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 a rally in Kentucky
"Since the day of my election, we've already cut illegal immigration at the southern border by 61 percent."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • March 22, 2017
Patrick Leahy
Patrick Leahy
stated on March 8, 2017 a House Judiciary Committee hearing
Wealthy foreigners can obtain visas through a special program, but only a small number "invest in true high-unemployment areas. Almost every other EB-5 project uses gerrymandering to qualify as distressed."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • March 21, 2017
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