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The Manila Times
The Manila Times
stated on April 22, 2019 a newspaper story
Says Filipino news organizations are part of a plot to discredit President Rodrigo Duterte and destabilize his government.
False
May 3, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on March 23, 2019 a speech
Says that the Council on American-Islamic Relations was founded in response to 9/11.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 15, 2019
Zerlina Maxwell
Zerlina Maxwell
stated on March 2, 2019 in a panel discussion
Says Bernie Sanders "did not mention race or gender until 23 minutes into this speech" announcing his 2020 presidential run.
False
By John Kruzel • March 5, 2019
Dane County Republican Party
Dane County Republican Party
stated on August 25, 2017 a news release
"The KKK was founded as the military arm of the Democratic Party." 
False
By D.L. Davis • October 23, 2017
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 9, 2017 Internet posts
A viral image shows LeBron James wearing a T-shirt that reads, "We march, y’all mad. We sit down, y’all mad. We speak up, y’all mad. We die, y’all silent."
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 12, 2017
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 22, 2017 social media feeds
"At the PEAK of slavery in 1860, only 1.4% of Americans owned slaves. What your history books (don't) tell you is that 3,000 blacks owned a total of 20,000 slaves the same year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 24, 2017
Caitlyn Jenner
Caitlyn Jenner
stated on March 31, 2017
Says North Carolina's replacement for HB2 "orders NC cities to discriminate against LGBT people until at least 2020 and unfair ‘bathroom bans’ remain."
False
By Will Doran • April 4, 2017
Citizen Action of Wisconsin
Citizen Action of Wisconsin
stated on February 28, 2017 a website posting
Says "people who come to" their dissent actions "get a ‘cease and desist’ letter" from Ron Johnson's office.
False
March 2, 2017
X posts
X posts
stated on December 6, 2016 tweets
In Wisconsin, "300,000 voters were turned away by the state’s strict voter ID law" in the 2016 presidential election.
False
December 7, 2016
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 9, 2016 a post-election Tweet
Says the KKK marched in Mebane, N.C., after Trump’s victory
False
By Will Doran • November 9, 2016
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on May 17, 2016 a radio interview.
Virginia’s banning of felons from voting is a "Jim Crow-era law."
False
By Warren Fiske • June 6, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on March 28, 2016 a speech in Clayton, N.C.
"We have not taken away any rights that have currently existed in any city in North Carolina" with the passage of HB2.
False
By Will Doran • March 30, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
Says the man who rushed the stage at him in Dayton, Ohio, "had chatter about ISIS, or with ISIS" in his social media posts.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2016
Philip Van Cleave
Philip Van Cleave
stated on January 18, 2016 a speech
Martin Luther King Jr. "was a Republican."
False
By Sean Gorman • January 25, 2016
Constitutional Rights PAC
Constitutional Rights PAC
stated on October 14, 2015 a news release
Paul Ryan "is one of only six House Republicans who voted for Teddy Kennedy's bill to force Christian employers to hire LGBT employees."
False
October 28, 2015
Hillary Davis
Hillary Davis
stated on May 6, 2015 a hearing at the General Assembly
"The profit [from automated traffic enforcement cameras] is going to the private corporations, not to the city or state."  
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 14, 2015
Mike Stenhouse
Mike Stenhouse
stated on November 14, 2014 a radio interview
"According to HUD, it is patently unfair and socially unjust that wealthy people can live in an exclusive neighborhood."
False
By Katie Mulvaney • December 14, 2014
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 24, 2014 an interview on 'Fox and Friends'
"The conviction rate is almost exactly the same" for whites and blacks who commit murder.
False
By Lauren Carroll • November 26, 2014
Tony Perkins
Tony Perkins
stated on October 12, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"We know from the social science that children do best with a mom and a dad."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 10, 2014 posts on Facebook
"Fox admits they lie" and, under the First Amendment, "have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves."  
False
By Linda Qiu • September 10, 2014
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