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Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
stated on April 27, 2017 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 21, 2017 in an interview with the Associated Press:
Illegal immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border is "the lowest in 17 years."
True
By Miriam Valverde • April 25, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 in a speech in Kenosha, Wis.:
"No administration has accomplished more in the first 90 days."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2017
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on April 23, 2017 in a segment on "Fox News Sunday":
"They voted for (a border wall) in 2006. Then-Senator Obama voted for it. Sen. Schumer voted for it. Sen. Clinton voted for it."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • April 23, 2017
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on April 20, 2017 in a tweet:
"Hate speech is not protected by the first amendment."
False
By Lauren Carroll • April 21, 2017
Jackie Speier
Jackie Speier
stated on April 13, 2017 in an interview:
Says President Donald Trump as a candidate mentioned WikiLeaks "over 160 times in speeches" in the last month of the campaign.
Mostly True
By Gabrielle Healy • April 21, 2017
Maxine Waters
Maxine Waters
stated on April 18, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC:
"I have not called for impeachment" of President Donald Trump.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 17, 2017 in an interview with Fox News:
With North Korea, "nobody has ever seen such a positive response on our behalf from China."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 19, 2017
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Center for American Progress Action Fund
stated on April 16, 2017 in the website IsTrumpAtMarALago.org:
"A trip to Mar-a-Lago costs taxpayers approximately $3.6 million, according to a Government Accountability Office report."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • April 18, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 in a tweet:
"The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!"
False
By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde • April 18, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 16, 2017 in an interview with CNN's "State of the Union":
"When Trump won, we had the lowest voter turnout in 20 years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2017
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