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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 21, 2017 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 12, 2017 a press conference:
On whether NATO is "obsolete."
Full Flop
By Lauren Carroll • April 12, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 9, 2017 an interview on ABC "This Week":
The Obama administration’s 2013 Syria proposal "had no clear objective," while Trump’s Syria strike "had a clear strategic objective."
False
By Lauren Carroll • April 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 11, 2017 media comments:
Before the presidential campaign, "I didn't know Steve (Bannon)."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • April 12, 2017
Mike Rogers
Mike Rogers
stated on March 30, 2017 a press release:
"In 2014, Mexico alone received over $24 billion in remittances sent from the U.S., while other South and Central American countries received over 15 percent of their (gross domestic product) in the form of remittances."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • April 11, 2017
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
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