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Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on February 7, 2018 In a tweet
The "FBI was actively investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server" on Sept. 2, 2016.
False
By Manuela Tobias • February 12, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 1, 2018 a story
"Obama did in fact unconstitutionally spy on Trump throughout the presidential election."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 12, 2018
Jeanne Ives
Jeanne Ives
stated on February 7, 2018 a campaign ad
"Rauner made you pay for abortions in all nine months of pregnancy."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 12, 2018
LoveThisPic.com
LoveThisPic.com
stated on February 3, 2018 a headline
"Smoking in cars with children is illegal starting January 30, 2018."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 8, 2018
Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on February 1, 2018 an interview on Capital Public Radio
"Californians are overwhelmingly against this concept of the illegal sanctuary state."
False
By Chris Nichols • February 7, 2018
Say Anything Blog
Say Anything Blog
stated on January 29, 2018 a blog post
"Heitkamp High-Fives Schumer After Voting Against 20-Week Abortion Ban."
False
By Manuela Tobias • February 6, 2018
Phil Ting
Phil Ting
stated on January 21, 2018 a newspaper article
"Trump’s tax reform plan was nothing more than a middle-class tax increase."
False
By Chris Nichols • February 5, 2018
Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on January 30, 2018 a headline
"Fall River, Massachusetts was not 'built by immigrants.' "
False
By Amy Sherman • February 1, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 State of the Union address
The immigration visa lottery "randomly hands out green cards without any regard for skill, merit, or the safety of American people."
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 his State of the Union address
"We enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on January 29, 2018 a session with Chicago Tribune editorial board
"No private business was conducted on public property. That issue is a contract dispute."
False
By Bob Secter, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 30, 2018
Jeanne Ives
Jeanne Ives
stated on January 15, 2018 a campaign statement
Says President Barack Obama advocated "fathers in the home" as the solution to gun violence.
False
By Brett Chase • January 26, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 11, 2018 a event at the Heritage Foundation
In one year, the United Nations "did 24 resolutions and 20 of them were against Israel."
False
By Allison Graves • January 25, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 9, 2018 a Cabinet meeting
Says "22 to 24 people" came into the United States due to family connection with suspect in the October 2017 New York City terror attack.
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 24, 2018
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on January 9, 2018 a talk radio appearance
"Chicago now has the highest employment in the private sector in the history of the city."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 22, 2018
Andrew White
Andrew White
stated on January 11, 2018 a public interview with Evan Smith of the Texas Tribune
"Fifty percent of our new" Texas "teachers don’t have college degrees."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 17, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 3, 2018 his State of the State address
"A case before Washington’s Supreme Court seeks to effectively end public labor unions."
False
By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018
Republican News
Republican News
stated on January 13, 2018 a blog post
"First indictment issued in Russian bribery case tied to Obama-era Uranium One deal."
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 17, 2018
AmericanNews.com
AmericanNews.com
stated on October 12, 2014 a headline
"Oprah tells Fox News host ‘all white people have to die.’"
False
By Amy Sherman • January 16, 2018
Robert Chody
Robert Chody
stated on December 27, 2017 a tweet
"Almost half of all vehicles stolen in Texas each year had keys left inside."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 12, 2018
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