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Committee to Defend the President
Committee to Defend the President
stated on November 8, 2019 a Facebook ad
Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election time we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket, sell our souls for a Christmas turkey."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2019
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 10, 2019 an interview on Meet the Press
President Donald Trump's phone call with the Ukrainian president "sounds exactly like what Joe Biden did."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 11, 2019
Joe Gruters
Joe Gruters
stated on November 6, 2019 a Tampa Bay Times forum
"All the Democrats on the entire stage — every Democratic candidate said they want to give free health care to illegals."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 8, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2019 a rally in Mississippi
Says "Stacey Abrams wants to give illegal aliens the right to vote."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 6, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 27, 2019 a Facebook post
"Matt Gaetz has had numerous DUIs and his dad got him off each time. He was part of a company that had to pay 75 million in hospice fraud. They stole from dying people."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 27, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes Trump as saying, "Fine you boo me DC? Go #Astros, Texas loves me, I get the best kind of love there. I’ll be renaming the White House the Orange House."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • October 28, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 27, 2019 a press conference
Says in his 2000 book "I was talking about Osama bin Laden. I said, ‘You have to kill him. You have to take him out.’"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Warren Fiske • October 28, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 21, 2019 a tweet
"Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2019
Nikki Fried
Nikki Fried
stated on October 12, 2019 a speech to the Florida Democratic Party
"Hemp has 25,000-35,000 known usages. That means it is going to be something that will replace plastics, and styrofoam and concrete." 
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 22, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on October 10, 2019 a Facebook ad
"If Trump tries to lie in a TV ad, most networks will refuse to air it. But Facebook just cashes Trump’s checks."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 15, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2019 an ad
"Fact: Joe Biden pressured Ukraine to fire its prosecutor .... Fact: the prosecutor said he was forced out for leading a corruption probe into Hunter Biden's company. Fact: Democrats want to impeach President Trump for discussing this investigation with Ukraine's President."  
False
By Amy Sherman • October 11, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 7, 2019 a statement to the press
Minneapolis "city government preemptively informed the Target Center that it would be responsible for $530,000 in security and other costs" related to a Trump rally, "more than 26 times the estimated security costs for a 2009 Target Center health care rally held by President Barack Obama."
True
By Amy Sherman • October 8, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 21, 2019 a campaign appearance in Iowa
"We’re no longer the wealthiest middle class in the world."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 4, 2019
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on September 30, 2019 a tweet
"$575 billion cut from Medicare in Trump’s proposed 2020 budget."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 3, 2019
Republican Party of Florida
Republican Party of Florida
stated on September 20, 2019 a tweet
The Green New Deal "would put a $600,000 tax burden on every household."  
False
By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 11, 2019 a statement to The Guardian
When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 20, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic debate in Houston
"54 senators said, let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 13, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 12, 2019 the Democratic debate in Houston
"Over 90% of the American people think we have to get assault weapons off the street  — period."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 12, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 4, 2019 a tweet
Originally "almost all models predicted" Dorian would hit Alabama.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 5, 2019
Dave Aronberg
Dave Aronberg
stated on August 26, 2019 an interview on MSNBC
Florida’s red flag gun law has been used "about five times a day."
True
By Amy Sherman • September 3, 2019
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