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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 6, 2017 an interview with Shannon Bream of Fox News:
"In 2010, 48,000 felons and fugitives lied and illegally tried to purchase guns. They [The Obama administration] prosecuted only 44 of them."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 10, 2017
Delaine Eastin
Delaine Eastin
stated on October 16, 2017 an interview on Capital Public Radio:
Since 1965, California has built "six (college) campuses but 23 prisons."
False
By Chris Nichols • November 9, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on November 30, 2017 an interview:
Says special counsel Robert Mueller "has brought in Democrat campaign donors at a very high level" on his team of lawyers.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 3, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 30, 2017 a tweet:
Says Paul Manafort’s alleged crimes were "years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2017
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on October 4, 2017 a Facebook post:
"People who die from a home invasion make up a sad but minuscule .04% of all gun murders in the U.S. And over a third of them are killed by their own gun that the criminal has either stolen or wrestled from them."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • October 25, 2017
Pete Hegseth
Pete Hegseth
stated on September 17, 2017 a Fox News segment:
"The city (of St. Louis) is no stranger to violence. There were 5,762 violent crimes in 2015 alone, including 188 homicides. The highest rate per capita in the country, according to FBI crime statistics."
Mostly True
By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • October 24, 2017
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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
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