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Donald Trump
stated on April 12, 2017 in a press conference:

On whether NATO is "obsolete."

Full Flop

By Lauren Carroll • April 12, 2017

Marco Rubio
stated on April 9, 2017 in 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
stated on April 11, 2017 in media comments:

Before the presidential campaign, "I didn't know Steve (Bannon)."

Pants on Fire!

By Aaron Sharockman • April 12, 2017

Mike Rogers
stated on March 30, 2017 in 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
stated on April 11, 2017 in 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
stated on April 7, 2017 in 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
stated on April 9, 2017 in 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
stated on April 4, 2017 in 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
stated on April 4, 2017 in a town hall with CEOs:

"I've won awards on environmental protection."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2017

Rick Santorum
stated on March 31, 2017 in 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
stated on April 4, 2017 in 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
stated on April 4, 2017 in 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.
stated on March 28, 2017 in 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
stated on March 28, 2017 in 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
stated on March 27, 2017 in 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
stated on March 1, 2017 in 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

By Jana Heigl • March 27, 2017

Carolyn Maloney
stated on March 16, 2017 in remarks on the House floor:

"More than half of Planned Parenthood facilities are in rural or medically underserved areas."

True

By Sarah Waychoff • March 24, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 in 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
stated on March 23, 2017 in 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
stated on March 19, 2017 in 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

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