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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 29, 2017 Internet rumors:
President Donald Trump "announced that he would reinstate a national day of remembrance for fallen officers that the traitor before him had done away with."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • May 30, 2017
Chris Abele
Chris Abele
stated on May 18, 2017 an interview:
Says David Clarke reduced the number of Milwaukee County sheriff's deputies "from about 700 and something to 300 and something."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • May 26, 2017
Samantha Bee
Samantha Bee
stated on May 10, 2017 TBS show Full Frontal:
"In Florida felonies can be things like buying weed, tampering with an odometer or disturbing a lobster trap. So basically spring break."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2017
Desmond Meade
Desmond Meade
stated on May 10, 2017 Samantha Bee's Full Frontal show:
"You could lose your rights for life over something as simple as driving with a suspended license" in Florida.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • May 25, 2017
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on May 19, 2017 a press release supporting the Back The Blue Act of 2017:
"Last year was one of the deadliest years ever for law enforcement officers."
False
By Will Doran • May 23, 2017
Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager
stated on May 18, 2017 an appearance on CNN:
"It was a 100 percent lie that (Donald Trump’s) election unleashed anti-Semitism. … Hundreds of Jewish community centers had bomb threats called in. To the best of our knowledge to this day, 90 percent of them were called in by an American Jewish kid living in Israel, and the other 10 percent were a black radical who was trying to impress his girlfriend."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2017
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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
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