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Randolph Bracy
Randolph Bracy
stated on April 4, 2017 in a New York Times op-ed
"African-Americans are grossly overrepresented on Florida’s death row."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2017
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
stated on April 5, 2017 a fund-raising email
Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. has said Black Lives Matter "is a terrorist movement, a hate group and calls it, Black LIES Matter."
True
April 17, 2017
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on April 11, 2017 an appearance on 'Fox & Friends'
A United Airlines passenger forcibly removed from an airplane "was in his seat, he has every right to stay there."
False
By Joshua Gillin • April 14, 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
April 7, 2017
Randolph Bracy
Randolph Bracy
stated on April 4, 2017 a New York Times op-ed
"There are no federal or state laws that say prosecutors must seek death sentences. And the United States Supreme Court has banned all state laws that make executions mandatory for murders."
True
By Amy Sherman • April 6, 2017
Florida Immigrant Coalition
Florida Immigrant Coalition
stated on March 27, 2017 a Florida House subcommittee hearing
"As an undocumented immigrant, you do have constitutional rights here in the United States."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 29, 2017
Dave Hansen
Dave Hansen
stated on March 5, 2017 an interview
Wisconsin is "the most -- if not Number 1, number 2 -- gerrymandered state in the country" for state legislative boundaries.
Mostly True
March 17, 2017
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops
Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops
stated on March 15, 2017 a Florida House subcommittee hearing
"Unlawful presence (in the United States) is not a crime."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2017
Mike Kelly
Mike Kelly
stated on March 4, 2017 In front of a crowd in Northwestern PA
He’s only there for one purpose and one purpose only, and that is to run a shadow government that is gonna totally upset the new agenda.
Pants on Fire!
By Mark Dent • March 14, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on March 3, 2017 an interview
"The son-in-law of the president met with Russian officials at the Trump Tower after having them come in the back door."
Mostly True
March 8, 2017
Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on February 22, 2017 a CNN-sponsored debate
"If you're in Texas, you have got to drive 120 miles to get an ID."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2017
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on February 14, 2017 an open letter to Austin residents
"Local authorities in 43 states refused to honor more than 16,000 detainer requests from ICE from October 2013 to December 2015. Only in Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Vermont and Wyoming did local officials honor all requests, and detainers are relatively rare in those states."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 23, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 2, 2017 various public comments
On whether the Senate should vote in a timely manner on a Supreme Court nominee.
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • February 22, 2017
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller
stated on February 12, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"I'm calling into question the accuracy of the ruling. The district judge in Seattle said there was no indication of terrorism from these seven countries in our country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2017
USA Snich
USA Snich
stated on December 11, 2016 a web post
"Putin Interference Could Give Courts Legal Right to Make Hillary President."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2016
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
December 9, 2016
X posts
X posts
stated on December 6, 2016 tweets
In Wisconsin, "300,000 voters were turned away by the state’s strict voter ID law" in the 2016 presidential election.
False
December 7, 2016
Jill Stein
Jill Stein
stated on November 26, 2016 a video
"Wisconsin uses voting machines that are outlawed, they are illegal."  
Pants on Fire!
November 29, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 27, 2016 an interview on ABC's This Week
"In 2015 roughly 10,000 political arrests occurred in Cuba. That is five times as many as occurred in 2010, when there were only about 2,000."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 29, 2016
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