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Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on April 9, 2017 a TV interview
There is no ‘backlog’ of untested rape kits in Wisconsin. 
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • May 19, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on May 18, 2017 a Senate floor speech
"President Obama became the first president since Carter to leave the White House with a smaller federal prison population than when he took office."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on May 7, 2017 a statement before signing Senate Bill 4 into law over a Facebook Live
Says Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez "declared that she would not detain known criminals accused of violent crimes."  
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 18, 2017
Jorge Ramos
Jorge Ramos
stated on May 12, 2017 a Fox News interview
"Some of the safest communities in the United States are along the border."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • May 17, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 2, 2017 a web post on ihavethetruth.com
A University of Texas "student pulled out a concealed handgun" on a knife-wielding suspect "and made him back down."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on April 28, 2017 remarks to law enforcement officers in New York
District attorneys "have advertised that they will charge a criminal alien with a lesser offense than presumably they would charge a United States citizen, so they won’t be deported."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • May 10, 2017
Sally Hernandez
Sally Hernandez
stated on April 18, 2017 an oped commentary co-authored by four other Texas sheriffs
"FBI crime statistics have found that labeled ‘sanctuary’ cities experience lower rates of all crime types, including homicides."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2017
Judy Chu
Judy Chu
stated on May 4, 2017 a press release
The GOP health bill "would once again allow being a rape or domestic violence victim to be a pre-existing condition."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 9, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on May 4, 2017 a news release
"Under ‘Trumpcare,’" domestic violence and sexual assault "could be considered pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
May 9, 2017
Thomas Croci
Thomas Croci
stated on April 27, 2017 a press release
In some cases, a sex offender "who appears on the New York State Sex Offender Registry" would be able to drive for Uber or Lyft when ride-hailing is allowed upstate in July
True
By Dan Clark • May 8, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 4, 2017 blog headlines
Under the House Republican health plan, sexual assault is a pre-existing condition.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • May 5, 2017
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 20, 2017 posts on social media
"After prohibition ended, police deaths didn't reach 200 a year again until the year Nixon declared war on drugs."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • April 24, 2017
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on March 12, 2017 an interview
In America, "more people die from" prescription narcotic painkillers "than from heroin and cocaine combined."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 19, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 a tweet
"The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!"
False
By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde • April 18, 2017
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 31, 2017 a U.S. Senate campaign speech
El Paso is the "safest city in the state of Texas, safest city in the United States."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 14, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 26, 2015 posts on social media
"Florida Sheriff: Blacks should learn to act like white people in order to stay alive."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on March 27, 2017 a press briefing
"Just last May, the Department of Justice inspector general found that these (‘sanctuary city’) policies also violate federal law."  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 30, 2017
Dennis Baxley
Dennis Baxley
stated on March 15, 2017 a Florida House floor speech
"What has happened since 2005? We’ve seen violent crime continuously go down" due to Florida's "stand your ground" law.
Mostly False
By Allison Graves, Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2017
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on February 24, 2017 a speech at CPAC
"According to the FBI, Mexican drug cartels are working with 100,000 street gang members in Chicago alone."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 14, 2017
Resistance Report
Resistance Report
stated on March 2, 2017 a website posting
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "threatens citizens with arrest if they continue asking for a town hall."
Pants on Fire!
March 7, 2017
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