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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 8, 2017 a tweet
"Bob Corker gave us the Iran Deal."
False
By John Kruzel • October 12, 2017
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 29, 2017 a post on Gillum's campaign website
"Under his leadership, Tallahassee reduced its carbon intensity by roughly 40 percent."  
False
By Allison Graves • October 12, 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
Colin Kaepernick
Colin Kaepernick
stated on October 8, 2017 a tweet
Says Winston Churchill said, "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 9, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on October 1, 2017 an interview on CBS' Face the Nation
Trump’s tax plan is "completely focused on the wealthy and the powerful - not the middle class."
False
By Dan Clark • October 9, 2017
Chris Cox
Chris Cox
stated on October 8, 2017 a "Fox News Sunday" interview
Says Sen. Dianne Feinstein said "if she had 51 votes in the Senate for 'Mr. and Ms. America, turn in all of your guns,' they would do it."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 8, 2017
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on September 15, 2017 In a press release
North Carolina has "the strictest anti-gerrymandering standards in the entire country."
False
By Paul Specht • October 5, 2017
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 2, 2017 a tweet
"The crowd (in Las Vegas) fled at the sound of gunshots. Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer ..."
False
By Manuela Tobias • October 4, 2017
Public Interest Legal Foundation
Public Interest Legal Foundation
stated on September 25, 2017 a press release
Bryan County, Ga., has "corrupted voter rolls."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2017
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on September 30, 2017 a tweet
Said there is cholera in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.  
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2017 an interview with reporters
Says "No, I don't benefit, I don't benefit" from his tax proposal.
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2017 an interview
"We have one senator who’s a ‘yes’ vote ... but he’s in the hospital. And he’s a ‘yes’ vote. So we can’t do it by Friday. So we have the votes" to pass a health care bill. 
False
By John Kruzel • September 28, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 20, 2017 an interview
The GOP’s health bill will protect people with pre-existing conditions "every bit as well as Obamacare did."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 22, 2017
Luther Strange
Luther Strange
stated on August 29, 2017 a campaign website
"Roy Moore fought for pay increases for politicians while courts had to shut down because of lack of funding."
False
By John Kruzel • September 22, 2017
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on September 21, 2017 comments on 'Fox & Friends'
"Thomas Jefferson said, ‘Government that governs least governs best.’ "
False
By Joshua Gillin • September 21, 2017
Billy Richardson
Billy Richardson
stated on August 31, 2017 on the House floor
North Carolina is home to "two rivers of the top five most polluted rivers" in the U.S.
False
By Paul Specht • September 20, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on September 14, 2017 a Facebook Live town hall
Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 20, 2017
Joy Behar
Joy Behar
stated on September 6, 2017 comments on 'The View'
Says PolitiFact reported that "95 percent of what (Donald Trump) says is a lie."
False
By Joshua Gillin • September 18, 2017
Young Conservatives
Young Conservatives
stated on September 8, 2017 an Internet post
"Mass voter fraud just discovered, to the amount that could void Hillary’s victory In New Hampshire."
False
By Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias • September 15, 2017
Kris Kobach
Kris Kobach
stated on September 7, 2017 Breitbart column
"Facts have come to light that indicate that a pivotal, close election was likely changed through voter fraud on November 8, 2016: New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate Seat, and perhaps also New Hampshire’s four Electoral College votes in the presidential election."
False
By Manuela Tobias • September 15, 2017
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