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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
Luke Messer
Luke Messer
stated on January 5, 2017 a CNN story:
"By funding the authorization that’s already happened a decade ago (in the Secure Fence Act of 2006), we could start the process of meeting Mr. Trump’s campaign pledge to secure the border."
True
By Miriam Valverde • January 17, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2017 a tweet:
Says Georgia’s 5th congressional district, represented by John Lewis, is "in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested)."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • January 15, 2017
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 15, 2017 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"The vast majority of people that got insurance under President Obama's Obamacare, the Affordable Care Act, got it through Medicaid."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 15, 2017
Sheri Dillon
Sheri Dillon
stated on January 11, 2017 a press conference at Trump Tower:
"Paying for a hotel room is not a gift or a present and it has nothing to do with an office. It's not an emolument." 
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2017
Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison
stated on January 5, 2017 a tweet:
"House GOP rules package bars CBO from counting spikes in deficit spending spurred by an ACA repeal."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2017
Rex Tillerson
Rex Tillerson
stated on January 11, 2017 a Senate confirmation hearing:
"I have never lobbied against sanctions personally... to my knowledge, Exxon never directly lobbied against sanctions.  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • January 12, 2017
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