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Chris Cox
Chris Cox
stated on October 8, 2017 a "Fox News Sunday" interview
Says Sen. Dianne Feinstein said "if she had 51 votes in the Senate for 'Mr. and Ms. America, turn in all of your guns,' they would do it."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 8, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on September 26, 2017 a comment during a mayoral forum
While Mayor Rick Kriseman said he would dip into reserves this year because of Hurricane Irma, he "went into the emergency reserves before Irma ever hit."  
True
By Allison Graves • September 29, 2017
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on August 30, 2017 a telephone town hall
"The Affordable Care Act is the single largest tax increase in my lifetime."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 11, 2017
Crystal Quade
Crystal Quade
stated on August 9, 2017 a letter
"The governor’s cuts would kick over 8,000 people out of their homes."
Mostly False
By Allie Pecorin, Katie Parkins • September 10, 2017
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on August 2, 2017 an ad
In addition to his compensation as a judge, "Roy Moore and his wife (paid themselves) over $1 million from a charity they ran."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • September 5, 2017
David Frum
David Frum
stated on August 21, 2017 a tweet
"No president in history has imposed larger personal lifestyle costs on the taxpayer than Donald Trump."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 23, 2017
John Moorlach
John Moorlach
stated on August 4, 2017 an op-ed
"Crime has been getting worse since Jerry Brown was elected governor."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • August 22, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on July 31, 2017 an interview on MSNBC
"Undocumented immigrants commit less crimes than the native born."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • August 3, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 1, 2017 a tweet
Says Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told players: "Stand for the Anthem or you’re off team."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 2, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on July 13, 2017 an interview with the "Tampa Bay Times" editorial board
"We went from zero A elementary schools when I took office to 16 when I left, and our total A and B schools went up by 260 percent."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • July 21, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 11, 2017 a headline
"There was someone else on that plane for the secret Bill Clinton/Loretta Lynch meeting."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • July 18, 2017
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on July 10, 2017 Morning Joe
Medicaid "is contributing to 70 percent of our budget deficit right now. It’s the one that is in our lap because of Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 12, 2017
Diane Savino
Diane Savino
stated on May 17, 2017 an interview on NY1
Giving a committee chair’s stipend in the New York State Senate to another member of that committee "has been, in fact, a legislative practice for decades."
False
By Dan Clark • July 10, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 26, 2017 in a tweet
"When Obamacare was signed into law, CBO estimated that 23 million people would be covered in Obamacare’s exchanges in 2017. They were off by more than 100 percent. Only 10.3 million people are covered by Obamacare."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • June 27, 2017
FreedomCrossroads.us
FreedomCrossroads.us
stated on June 14, 2017 an Internet post
"Nancy Pelosi suffers breakdown, taken from Capitol Hill on a stretcher."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • June 20, 2017
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on May 17, 2017 remarks to reporters
Says Texas tax legislation would "save the average homeowner in Texas $20,000 a year over the next 20 years or so."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 23, 2017
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 11, 2017 a chain email
Says there are thousands of registered voters over 110 years old in North Carolina, including one who is 219 years old.
False
By Will Doran • May 18, 2017
Mary González
Mary González
stated on May 11, 2017 House debate of House Bill 2962
An "abortion procedure is actually safer than a vasectomy."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 17, 2017
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on April 30, 2017 a town hall meeting
"Planned Parenthood is the biggest abortion provider in the country."
True
By Dave Umhoefer • May 15, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 2, 2017 a news conference
"We got to a point that our Air Force pilots were going to museums to find spare parts over the last eight years" under Barack Obama.
Pants on Fire!
May 11, 2017
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