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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 12, 2019 a speech at Derco Aerospace
"Mexico, they took 30% of our automobile business."
False
By Eric Litke • July 23, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 23, 2019 a speech to conservative high school students
Says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "called our country and our people garbage."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 23, 2019
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stated on June 26, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "weeps over empty parking lot."
False
By Stefanie Pousoulides, Ciara O'Rourke • July 22, 2019
Susana Mendoza
Susana Mendoza
stated on July 8, 2019 a podcast interview
"Indiana actually has a higher gas tax than Illinois does even with the increase in (Illinois’) taxes."
False
By Duncan Agnew • July 21, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 18, 2019 a press briefing
Says that when his supporters chanted "send her back" about Ilhan Omar, he stopped it.   
False
By Amy Sherman • July 19, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 18, 2019 a Facebook post
Says President Donald Trump is one of "only three people that won the Ellis Island Award for their work within the black community."  
False
By Samantha Putterman • July 19, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 15, 2019 a Facebook post
Says the FDA will now require sealed ice cream cartons in response to the Blue Bell ice cream licker, thus driving up the cost for consumers.
False
By Samantha Putterman • July 17, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 5, 2019 a Facebook post
Says "Every single person who has cancer has a pH that is too acidic," and claims Dr. Otto Warburg won the Nobel Prize for proving that cancer can’t survive in an alkaline-rich environment and thrives in an acidic, low oxygen environment.
False
By Samantha Putterman • July 17, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2019 a speech
"I know that we’ve been blocked. People come up to me and they say, ‘Sir, I can’t get you — I can’t follow you. They make it impossible.’"
False
By Daniel Funke • July 17, 2019
Turning Point USA
Turning Point USA
stated on July 1, 2019 a Facebook post
"San Francisco has spent $72.5 million this fiscal year cleaning up human waste and drug paraphernalia" and "there are more drug users on their public needle program than high school graduates."
False
By Daniel Funke • July 16, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 15, 2019 remarks at the White House
Says Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was "speaking about how wonderful al-Qaida is."
False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 12, 2019 a speech at Derco Aerospace
"We won (Wisconsin in 2016) not so late in the evening — a little bit early in the evening, actually, which is even better."
False
By Eric Litke • July 15, 2019
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 12, 2019 a "Fox & Friends" appearance
"Somebody in the Obama regime decided to get rid of" the citizenship question in the census.
False
By Bill McCarthy • July 15, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 11, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes George Washington as saying "it is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible."  
False
By Samantha Putterman • July 15, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 10, 2019 an op-ed in the Washington Post
"42 percent of (Walmart’s) associates are black."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 12, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 5, 2019 a post on Facebook
"White man asked black friend to impregnate his wife to fight ‘white privilege.’"  
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 11, 2019
Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on July 5, 2019 a post on Facebook
The "establishment media ignored" President Donald Trump’s Fourth of July event.  
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 11, 2019
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Viral image
stated on June 20, 2019 a Facebook post
"The Nevada Gaming Commission did not find Trump ‘trustworthy’ enough for a gaming license."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 9, 2019
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Viral image
stated on May 14, 2019 a Facebook post
"Nearly every state that has legalized (marijuana) has also legislated that you lose your right to own a gun if you are prescribed, or buy it recreationally."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 9, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 4, 2019 a Facebook post
Says the National Mall’s webcam was "abruptly shut down" and removed from the White House’s website to stop viewers from seeing the lack of attendees at president Trump’s Fourth of July event.
False
By Samantha Putterman • July 9, 2019
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