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stated on March 20, 2018 In a meme:

"The United States is 3rd in murders throughout the world. If you remove Chicago, Detroit, Washington, St. Louis and New Orleans, the United States is then 189th out of 193 countries in the entire world."

Pants on Fire!

By Manuela Tobias • March 28, 2018

Sean Hannity
stated on March 7, 2018 his Fox News program:

Says 642,000 crimes were committed against Texans by criminal immigrants in a recent seven-year period.

False

By W. Gardner Selby • March 23, 2018

Rebecca Dallet
stated on March 19, 2018 a TV ad:

Says Michael Screnock "let a child predator walk without time and let a rapist who preyed on an underage girl go free after only an eight-month sentence."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • March 23, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on March 13, 2018 California just sued to stop the wall:

"The state of California is begging us to build walls in certain areas. They don’t tell you that."

Pants on Fire!

By Chris Nichols • March 13, 2018

Jeff Sessions
stated on March 7, 2018 a speech in Sacramento:

"California won’t let law enforcement officers like you and your people transfer prisoners to ICE custody or even to communicate with ICE that you’re about to release them from your custody — people that ICE is looking for."

Mostly False

By Chris Nichols • March 7, 2018

Ted Deutch
stated on February 21, 2018 a CNN town hall:

"Mass shootings went up 200 percent in the decade after the assault weapons ban expired."

Mostly False

By Miriam Valverde • February 23, 2018

Larry Pittman
stated on February 15, 2018 a Facebook post:

"So many of these shooters turn out to be communist Democrats."

Pants on Fire!

By Dan Clark, Paul Specht • February 23, 2018

Stacey Abrams
stated on February 14, 2018 campaign website:

"The majority of Georgians incarcerated in local jails have never been convicted of crime. They are simply too poor to pay their bail."

Half-True

By Miriam Valverde • February 21, 2018

Kevin Nicholson
stated on February 18, 2018 an interview:

"There are more guns in this country than there are people."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • February 20, 2018

Pamela Geller
stated on February 14, 2018 a story:

In Parkland, Fla. "the mass murderer was immersed in Islamic and leftwing hate."

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman • February 19, 2018

Jackie Speier
stated on February 10, 2018 a tweet:

"3 American women are murdered every day by their husband or boyfriend."

Mostly True

By Chris Nichols • February 19, 2018

Jeff Greenfield
stated on February 14, 2018 a tweet:

"In the rest of the world, there have been 18 school shootings in the last twenty years. In the U.S., there have been 18 school shootings since January 1."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • February 15, 2018

Hogan Gidley
stated on February 12, 2018 an interview on Fox News:

"The president has been very clear. All forms of abuse, all forms of battery against women are deplorable and disgusting. ... He’s said that multiple times in the past."

False

By Jon Greenberg • February 13, 2018

Bloggers
stated on February 1, 2018 a story:

"Obama did in fact unconstitutionally spy on Trump throughout the presidential election."

False

By Amy Sherman • February 12, 2018

Travis Allen
stated on February 1, 2018 an interview on Capital Public Radio:

"Californians are overwhelmingly against this concept of the illegal sanctuary state."

False

By Chris Nichols • February 7, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 State of the Union address:

Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors."

Half-True

By Miriam Valverde • February 7, 2018

Bill Nelson
stated on February 2, 2018 a tweet:

"Violent crime in Puerto Rico is on the rise as nearly one-third of the island remains without power."

Half-True

By Allison Graves • February 7, 2018

CSC Mediagroup.USA
stated on January 30, 2018 a headline:

Democrats "booed families of children murdered by MS13."

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman • February 1, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on January 11, 2018 a tweet:

Says Paul Soglin took Madison backward -- "businesses have left and murders have gone up."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • January 31, 2018

Dan Patrick
stated on January 4, 2018 a Facebook post:

Says "566,000 crimes" were "made in Texas by criminal aliens in the last 6 years."

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • January 25, 2018

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