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Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on September 7, 2017 an interview on MSNBC
"So the number on DACA is 800,000, but every one person can bring in their entire extended family once they reach a certain status. So it's 3 or 4 million, right?"  
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 15, 2017
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on August 30, 2017 a telephone town hall
"The Affordable Care Act is the single largest tax increase in my lifetime."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 11, 2017
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
stated on August 3, 2017 an email blast to supporters
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand "no longer supports the fight to combat the international delegitimization of Israel."
False
By Dan Clark • September 8, 2017
Martina White
Martina White
stated on August 31, 2017 In a statement to the Northeast Times
"It is shocking to me that Police Commissioner Richard Ross and Mayor Jim Kenney allowed this illegal occupation to go on for hours without taking any action to enforce the law…"
False
By Mark Dent • September 1, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 28, 2017 a press conference
"We stopped traffic coming through -- 78 percent."
False
By Miriam Valverde • August 31, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 23, 2017 Internet posts
Says Adam Sandler said "Mormons are some of the most decent people I’ve ever come across."
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 29, 2017
Joe Arpaio
Joe Arpaio
stated on August 25, 2017 a tweet
Says his conviction is "a political witch hunt by holdovers in the Obama justice department."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 29, 2017
Illinois Family Institute
Illinois Family Institute
stated on August 19, 2017 a blog post
Public schools, colleges and state-funded day care centers "will be made into sanctuaries by Bruce Rauner signing SB 31."
False
By Matt Dietrich • August 28, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on June 14, 2017 a "Tampa Bay Times" article
Says Rick Kriseman is $35 million over budget on St. Petersburg’s new police station.  
False
By Allison Graves • August 25, 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 22, 2017 a rally in Phoenix
"We have become an energy exporter for the first time ever just recently."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 23, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 22, 2017 a rally
"There aren't too many people outside protesting" his speech at the Phoenix Convention Center.
False
By Miriam Valverde • August 23, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 14, 2017 Internet posts
Says there is proof Democrats hired actors to plan violence in Charlottesville.
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 18, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2017 a question-and-answer session with reporters
Wages "haven’t gone up for a long time."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on August 7, 2017 a press release
Chicago city officials "have adopted an official policy of protecting criminal aliens who prey on their own residents."
False
By Matt Dietrich • August 16, 2017
Rearfront.com
Rearfront.com
stated on August 9, 2017 a web post
"Dwayne 'The Rock' (Johnson) Has Officially Filed For The 2020 Presidential Campaign"
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2017
Melissa Sargent
Melissa Sargent
stated on August 2, 2017 a tweet
On Foxconn deal, "3,000 jobs cost #WI taxpayers more than $3 billion in tax giveaways. Break it down: more than $1 million in taxpayer dollars per job."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 11, 2017
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 9, 2017 a Twitter post
"Bill Clinton gave North Korea $5 billion and two nuclear reactors in 1994, essentially giving them nukes."
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 9, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 9, 2017 a tweet
"My first order as president was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2017 an interview
Untaxed corporate earnings used to be "$2.5 trillion … I guess it’s $5 trillion now. Whatever it is, it’s a lot more. So we have anywhere from 4 (trillion) to 5 or even more trillions of dollars sitting offshore."
False
By Manuela Tobias • August 3, 2017
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