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Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on June 28, 2018 a television interview
"Chicago is experiencing right now the highest employment since 1950."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 9, 2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on June 27, 2018 an interview with The Intercept
"ICE is required to fill 34,000 beds with detainees every single night and that number has only been increasing since 2009."
False
By Lucia Geng • July 6, 2018
Diamond and Silk
Diamond and Silk
stated on July 2, 2018 a headline
"Obama secretly gave citizenship to 2,500 Iranians as part of nuke deal."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 5, 2018
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 3, 2018 a meme shared on the Internet
"39% of All California Students are illegals."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2018
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 3, 2018 a meme shared on the Internet
"More than 66% of ALL births in California are to illegals on Medi-Cal."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 13, 2018 a TV interview
"By law, Democrats gave the superintendent of public instruction, back in 2009, the ability to take over failing schools … The current superintendent has failed to do that."
False
By D.L. Davis • July 5, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 13, 2018 an ad
Says Sen. Bill Nelson "voted for higher taxes" 349 times.
False
By Allison Graves • July 5, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 28, 2018 a speech in Mount Pleasant, Wis.
"Watch those GDP numbers. We started off at a very low number, and right now we hit a 3.2 (percent). Nobody thought that was possible."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 28, 2018 a speech in Mount Pleasant, Wis.
"The European Union … they send us Mercedes, they send us -- by the millions -- the BMWs -- cars by the millions."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 27, 2018 a blog post
"Clinton campaign official arrested by FBI on child rape/trafficking charges"
False
By Bill McCarthy • July 2, 2018
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on June 25, 2018 a speech
"Our courts find that 80 percent of those who do file for asylum aren’t qualified for it, do not merit that relief."
False
By Miriam Valverde • July 2, 2018
Evelyn Sanguinetti
Evelyn Sanguinetti
stated on June 26, 2018 a radio interview
Says a progressive income tax proposal from Democratic governor candidate J.B. Pritzker "is wholly regressive."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • July 2, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 28, 2018 a blog post headline
"Maxine Waters Is Getting Criminally Charged!"
False
By Manuela Tobias • June 29, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 11, 2018 a blog post
"Twitter caught leaking Donald Trump’s private messages in undercover sting."
False
By Bill McCarthy • June 28, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 26, 2018 a blog post
"A Trump fan was just charged with trying to murder Maxine Waters on same day Trump threatened her."
False
By Bill McCarthy • June 28, 2018
The Houston Post
The Houston Post
stated on June 26, 2018 a headline
"Red Hen owner just issued sick threat to Sarah Sanders"
False
By Amy Sherman • June 27, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 12, 2018 a blog post
"Burka clad woman runs over baby, gets away with crime for one stunning reason ..."
False
By Bill McCarthy • June 26, 2018
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on June 6, 2018 an attack ad
Says Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt "tried to cut a deal with big pharma" in a lawsuit.  
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2018
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on June 11, 2018 a tweet
A Chinese proverb says, "Those who say it can not be done, should not interrupt those doing it."
False
By Lucia Geng • June 22, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 18, 2018 a tweet
"Bill Clinton passed a law in 1996 that separated children from adults illegally entering America."
False
By Manuela Tobias • June 21, 2018
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