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JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on December 6, 2017 a candidate forum
"I released way more (tax) information than Bruce Rauner has."
False
By Matt Dietrich • December 11, 2017
Ryan Sitton
Ryan Sitton
stated on November 7, 2017 a guest editorial in Drilling Contractor
"Earlier this year, Hurricane Harvey left more than 12 million people in Texas and Louisiana without homes."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 8, 2017
Brendan Boyle
Brendan Boyle
stated on December 5, 2017 a tweet
Says the concealed carry bill would allow residents of certain states to "travel to your community and walk right into a school zone with a loaded weapon, no matter what local laws say."
False
By John Kruzel • December 7, 2017
news.groopspeak.com
news.groopspeak.com
stated on November 29, 2017 a headline
"Breaking: federal judge grants permission to subpoena Trump."
False
By Amy Sherman • December 5, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 4, 2017 remarks to reporters
"Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI."
False
By Miriam Valverde • December 5, 2017
Eddie Rodriguez
Eddie Rodriguez
stated on November 9, 2017 an email blast
Says that "perpetrators of domestic violence accounted for 54% of mass shootings between 2009 and 2016, according to the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 3, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 29, 2017 a speech in St. Charles, Mo.
Says the tax bill "is going to cost me a fortune, this thing -- believe me. Believe me, this is not good for me."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017
Tim Scott
Tim Scott
stated on November 26, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"If you don't pay income taxes ... you'll have more money" under the Republican tax plan.
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2017
Ann Wagner
Ann Wagner
stated on November 1, 2017 a campaign website
"Satanists have teamed up with the ACLU and Planned Parenthood in Missouri to roll back the rights of the unborn."
False
By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • November 24, 2017
Pipo News
Pipo News
stated on November 11, 2017 a headline
"Civil war erupts in Sweden as irate Swedes burn nine Muslim refugee centers to the ground"
False
By Amy Sherman • November 21, 2017
Freshmedianews.com
Freshmedianews.com
stated on November 6, 2017 a headline
"‘The largest bust in U.S. history’ 412 Muslims arrested from Michigan!"
False
By Amy Sherman • November 21, 2017
Kayla Moore
Kayla Moore
stated on November 17, 2017 a women for Moore rally
Says Doug Jones "is for full-term abortion."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 21, 2017
Brian Higgins
Brian Higgins
stated on November 3, 2017 remarks at a House hearing
"The elimination of income and sales taxes in New York is equal to 9 percent of taxable income, meaning that if you make $100,000 a year you lose $9,000"
False
By Dan Clark • November 20, 2017
AmericanNews.com
AmericanNews.com
stated on November 8, 2017 a headline
"BUSTED: NASA Accidentally destroys every climate change advocate by exposing massive truth behind Antarctica."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 20, 2017
Roger Falk
Roger Falk
stated on November 3, 2017 an oped commentary in the Austin American-Statesman
Says the Austin school district "enjoys the highest per-student funding of all large Texas districts" even after forwarding tax revenue to the state.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 17, 2017
Sebastian Gorka
Sebastian Gorka
stated on November 13, 2017 a speech at UNC-Chapel Hill
Iran’s regime "every Friday declares war on us."
False
By Paul Specht • November 16, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 15, 2017 a video ad posted on his campaign website
"The Texas unemployment rate is now the lowest it’s been in 40 years & Texas led the nation last month in new job creation."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 16, 2017
John Cox
John Cox
stated on October 21, 2017 a Capital Public Radio interview
Californians pay "the highest electricity bills" in the nation.
False
By Chris Nichols • November 16, 2017
Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon
stated on November 15, 2017 radio interview
Says Chuck Todd said the Roy Moore story "felt completely orchestrated."
False
By Manuela Tobias • November 15, 2017
Amanda Carpenter
Amanda Carpenter
stated on November 13, 2017 a CNN roundtable
"There are ‘sore loser’ laws that would bar Luther Strange from pursuing a seat" because he already lost the Alabama Republican Senate runoff to Roy Moore.
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 14, 2017
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