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Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on January 27, 2017 an interview with "CBS This Morning"
"Here's the fact: The No. 1 source of income into Mexico are Mexicans working here and sending the money back."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 29, 2017 a statement
"My policy is similar to what President Obama did in 2011 when he banned visas for refugees from Iraq for six months."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • January 30, 2017
Jerrold Nadler
Jerrold Nadler
stated on January 28, 2017 a CNN interview
"The various people who have, in fact, committed terrorist acts in this country, from 9/11 on, none of them came from any of the seven countries that are the subject of the president's executive order."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • January 29, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2017 an interview with CBN
"If you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were a Christian, it was impossible."
False
By Linda Qiu • January 29, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on January 27, 2017 a tweet
Says Rex "Tillerson won't divest from Exxon."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • January 27, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 25, 2017 an interview with ABC News' David Muir
"A poll just came out on my inauguration speech. … People loved it. Loved and liked."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 25, 2017 remarks at Department of Homeland Security
Says ICE and border patrol officers "unanimously endorsed me for president."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • January 26, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on January 23, 2017 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"Not one dime of the tax cut that they are going to enact with the repeal of Obamacare will go to people who make under $200,000."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2017
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on January 24, 2017 his State of the State address
"One hundred and ninety-four countries signed the Paris Agreement to control greenhouse gases. Our own voluntary agreement to accomplish the same goal — the Under2  MOU — has 165 signatories, representing a billion people."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • January 26, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 24, 2017 a blog post
Say George Soros's money "went straight into the (Women’s March) protesters’ pockets."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • January 25, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on January 24, 2017 the daily press briefing
"There's one (study) that came out of Pew in 2008 that showed 14 percent of people who voted were noncitizens."
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 25, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on January 23, 2017 the daily press briefing
There has been a "dramatic expansion of the federal workforce in recent years."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • January 25, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2017 a page on the White House website
"In 2015, homicides increased by 17 percent in America’s 50 largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 20, 2017 a statement on the White House website
"In our nation’s capital, killings have risen by 50 percent."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 23, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2017 remarks at the CIA
"The media ... sort of made it sound like I had a feud with the intelligence community."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 22, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on January 21, 2017 a press conference
"That was the largest audience to witness an inauguration, period."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • January 22, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 20, 2017 his inaugural address
"We've made other countries rich while the wealth ... of our country has dissipated over the horizon."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • January 20, 2017
The Other 98%
The Other 98%
stated on January 17, 2017 a viral image on the Internet
Thirteen Democratic senators "voted against cheaper medicines" and took millions from "big pharma since 2011."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2017
Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos
stated on January 17, 2017 her Senate confirmation hearing
"I would imagine that there's probably a gun in the school (in Wapiti, Wyo.) to protect from potential grizzlies."
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 18, 2017
John Lewis
John Lewis
stated on January 14, 2017 an interview with NBC's 'Meet the Press'
The inauguration of Donald Trump "will be the first one that I miss since I've been in Congress."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2017
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