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Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on October 17, 2017 a news article
An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents."
False
By Chris Nichols • October 20, 2017
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on October 12, 2017 an interview
In 2016, there were 5,570 people in Wisconsin "who committed crimes on probation and they were not revoked."
Half-True
October 20, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on July 31, 2017 an interview on MSNBC
"In the eight years that I was mayor, (there was a) nearly 50 percent drop in violent crime, gang crime — crime went down because we grew our police department, we focused on constitutional community policing, we did some of the most innovative prevention, intervention, job re-entry programs in the nation."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • October 18, 2017
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2017 a speech at the University of California at Davis
"There have been more than 270 mass shootings in the United States in the last year alone. That’s where four or more are killed."
False
By Chris Nichols • October 10, 2017
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on October 4, 2017 a news conference
In Wisconsin, "we have a bill that would allow hidden, deadly weapons -- every single person to carry one -- no training, no background check, even around schools."  
Mostly True
October 6, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on October 3, 2017 a news release
The Las Vegas shooting was the "273rd mass shooting" in the United States so far in 2017.  
Half-True
October 4, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 3, 2017 a blog post
"Las Vegas shooting witnesses report multiple gunmen dressed as security guards."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • October 3, 2017
José Serrano
José Serrano
stated on September 12, 2017 a tweet
"Republicans want to restore #gunrights to felons"
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • September 22, 2017
Martina White
Martina White
stated on August 31, 2017 In a statement to the Northeast Times
"It is shocking to me that Police Commissioner Richard Ross and Mayor Jim Kenney allowed this illegal occupation to go on for hours without taking any action to enforce the law…"
False
By Mark Dent • September 1, 2017
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 18, 2017 a newsletter
"As of 2014, illegal aliens made up roughly 3.5 percent of our population, and committed over 10 percent of all murders."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 30, 2017
Katie Pavlich
Katie Pavlich
stated on August 26, 2017 in a tweet
Says former President Barack Obama "pardoned a traitor who gave U.S. enemies state secrets, he also pardoned a terrorist who killed Americans."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 30, 2017
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on July 26, 2017 a tweet
"Austin is the safest big city in Texas."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 24, 2017
John Moorlach
John Moorlach
stated on August 4, 2017 an op-ed
"Crime has been getting worse since Jerry Brown was elected governor."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • August 22, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on August 7, 2017 a press release
Chicago city officials "have adopted an official policy of protecting criminal aliens who prey on their own residents."
False
By Matt Dietrich • August 16, 2017
Alex Jones
Alex Jones
stated on August 13, 2017 a video on his website
Emails show Democrats, Hillary Clinton and George Soros instigated and orchestrated racial protests in Charlottesville by trying to "control" and keep people "desperate."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • August 14, 2017
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 18, 2017 a speech
"It costs us about $33,000 a year (on average nationally) to lock somebody up. In California it costs about $75,000 a year."
True
By Chris Nichols • August 9, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2017 a briefing on opioids
"At the end of 2016, there were 23 percent fewer federal prosecutions than in 2011, so (prosecutors) looked at this scourge (opioid deaths) and they let it go by."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on July 31, 2017 an interview on MSNBC
"Undocumented immigrants commit less crimes than the native born."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • August 3, 2017
US Daily News 24
US Daily News 24
stated on July 28, 2017 a headline
Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "going to mental hospital after what she did overnight desperate to escape arrest."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • August 2, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 29, 2017 a speech
Says Dontre Hamilton "was shot 14 times by police for resting on a park bench in Milwaukee."
Mostly True
August 1, 2017
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