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Chris Salcedo
Chris Salcedo
stated on December 5, 2019 in a radio interview:
Says justices of the peace in Texas are being asked to choose: "give up your career or violate your religious beliefs" and perform same-sex marriages.
False
By Taylor Goldenstein • December 17, 2019
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stated on December 6, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo of a woman wearing a costume holding the sign "vagina lady" is Stanford law professor Pamela Karlan.  
False
By Samantha Putterman • December 13, 2019
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stated on December 9, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Quotes Andy Borowitz as saying "stopping Hillary is a short-term solution. The long-term solution — and it will be more difficult — is fixing the educational system that has created so many people ignorant enough to vote for Hillary."  
False
By Samantha Putterman • December 13, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on December 1, 2019 in an interview:
The U.S. spends "57 cents on the dollar on defense."
False
By Tom Kertscher • December 13, 2019
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 8, 2019 in a TV interview:
"Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • December 12, 2019
Jeff Jackson
Jeff Jackson
stated on December 3, 2019 in a tweet:
Says North Carolina's average teacher salary was at the national average "back when I was in public school." 
False
By Matthew Riley, Paul Specht • December 11, 2019
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Facebook posts
stated on December 9, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows an old Christmas tradition of women apologizing "to their husbands for all the mistakes they made during the year and beg for forgiveness."
False
By Samantha Putterman • December 11, 2019
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Facebook posts
stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden "blackmailed Ukraine with a billion in tax dollars to drop an investigation into his son and Democrats want to impeach President Trump for simply asking if it was true?"
False
By Daniel Funke • December 10, 2019
Greg Steube
Greg Steube
stated on December 4, 2019 in a House judiciary committee hearing:
"We provided terrorists in Iraq more rights and due process in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq" than House Democratic leadership has afforded President Donald Trump in the impeachment inquiry.
False
By Amy Sherman • December 10, 2019
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stated on November 18, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says the Clinton Foundation "gave ONLY $5 million to charities, spent $85 million for their salaries & travels and KEPT the rest = $87 million" in 2014.
False
By Daniel Funke • December 9, 2019
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stated on November 25, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Donald Trump tweeted, "Danny DeVito supports baby murder."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 9, 2019
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on December 1, 2019 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
"In Bakersfield, where there’s a lot of oil drilling going on, there’s more solar jobs now in Bakersfield and around that area than there are oil jobs."  
False
By Chris Nichols • December 6, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 3, 2019 in a press conference:
Says House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff "made up the conversation. He lied. If he didn't do that in the halls of Congress, he'd be thrown in jail. He did it in the halls of Congress, he's given immunity."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 5, 2019
John Kennedy
John Kennedy
stated on December 1, 2019 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:
Says former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko "actively worked for Secretary Clinton."
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 4, 2019
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stated on November 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says people can send Christmas cards to "a recovering American soldier" at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
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By Samantha Putterman • December 4, 2019
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stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says photo shows "the Golden Gate Bridge opening to the public for the first time back in 1937, and yes, it almost collapsed."
False
By Miriam Valverde • December 4, 2019
David DiPietro
David DiPietro
stated on October 30, 2019 in an interview:
When it comes to how many of the 35 different federal welfare benefits each state can offer, "the average in the country is about 12 to 14. Why are we giving every one?"  
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • December 3, 2019
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Image shows U.S. National Guard Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester.
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • December 3, 2019
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on November 21, 2019 in a veto message:
Says a Republican bill he vetoed would have implemented a "mandate" to make public the names of all students’ parents or guardians.
False
By Eric Litke • December 3, 2019
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stated on November 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"The Ukrainian government just indicted the Burisma gas company & named Hunter Biden for accepting millions of dollars from a slush fund."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 22, 2019
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