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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
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
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on March 27, 2017 an interview in the Press-Republican newspaper in Plattsburgh
The Keystone XL pipeline "doesn’t even have any oil for America."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • April 16, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2017 a statement
"There is no legal basis" for Donald Trump's "missile strike against Syrian military assets."
False
By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2017
Greta Van Susteren
Greta Van Susteren
stated on April 4, 2017 an episode of MSNBC's 'For the Record'
Says President Donald Trump "had a different opinion" in 2013 than he does now about whether (Barack) Obama should have intervened in Syria after Obama's red line was crossed.  
True
By Lauren Carroll • April 5, 2017
Brendan Reilly
Brendan Reilly
stated on February 24, 2017 on Twitter
Said Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump have both described deportations as "a military operation."     
Mostly False
By Marc Filippino • March 23, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on March 20, 2017 a video
Under "Trumpcare," the Republican replacement for Obamacare, "$600 billion worth of tax breaks will go to the wealthiest in this country."   
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 21, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 8, 2017 a tweet
"‘TrumpCare’ would allow insurance execs to personally make millions off your health care."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 13, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on March 5, 2017 an interview with CNN's "State of the Union"
Says 70 percent of benefits in Donald Trump’s proposal for child care "go to the people making over $100,000 a year."
True
By Gabrielle Healy • March 8, 2017
George Takei
George Takei
stated on January 20, 2017 a Tweet
"The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • January 23, 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
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
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on January 3, 2017 an interview on MSNBC
Says Donald Trump campaigned on not cutting Medicare and Social Security, but his nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, "made his career on cutting Medicare and Medicaid."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • January 10, 2017
Realtime Politics
Realtime Politics
stated on December 11, 2016
"Democrats Filing TREASON Charges Against Trump, McConnell, Giuliani, & Comey."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 15, 2016
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 18, 2016 an interview
Says Donald Trump "thinks stop-and-frisk is fine."
True
By Tom Kertscher • December 9, 2016
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on November 18, 2016 a WNYC interview
On Donald Trump’s plan to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities, "because of a decision by the Supreme Court, no president's in a position to cut off funding across the board. It has to be very specific to the matter at hand."  
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • December 1, 2016
Social Media
Social Media
stated on November 8, 2016 a viral Tweet
Says "thousands" at a Manhattan rally for Donald Trump were chanting "We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • November 9, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 4, 2016 a campaign rally
Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "51 percent of single parents would see their taxes go up."  
True
By Linda Qiu • November 6, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 2, 2016 a rally in Tempe, Ariz.
Says Donald Trump "says organized crime runs wild on reservations."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on October 26, 2016 a radio ad
Says Donald Trump and Ron Johnson "oppose a woman's right to choose and Johnson voted against the Violence Against Women Act."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • November 3, 2016
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