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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 28, 2017 Internet posts
Says a New York physician and his wife jumped to their deaths because they "can’t afford" Obamacare.
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 3, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 30, 2017 a headline
"A witness will testify against Hillary Clinton."
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 3, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 28, 2017 a speech
"The border is down 78 percent. Under past administrations, the border didn’t go down -- it went up."
False
By Miriam Valverde • August 3, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 1, 2017 a tweet
Says Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told players: "Stand for the Anthem or you’re off team."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 2, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on July 22, 2017 a press release
As written, the (Illinois school funding) bill includes a bailout of Chicago’s broken teacher pension system.
False
By Matt Dietrich • August 1, 2017
Anthony Scaramucci
Anthony Scaramucci
stated on July 26, 2017 a tweet
"In light of the leak of my financial disclosure info which is a felony I will be contacting @FBI and the @TheJusticeDept"
False
By Manuela Tobias • July 27, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2017 a speech
"We've achieved a historic increase in defense spending to get our troops the support they so richly deserve."
False
By Jon Greenberg, Manuela Tobias • July 27, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 14, 2017 a blog post
Cher "is moving to Canada because of President Trump."  
False
By Miriam Valverde • July 26, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on July 23, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"When the price for oil goes up on the markets, it goes right up, but it never goes down."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2017
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on July 11, 2017 an interview with Fox Business
"More people, almost twice as many, pay the penalty or take the waiver than signed up for (Obamacare)."
False
By Chris Nichols • July 21, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 19, 2017 an interview with the New York Times
During the Nixon Watergate investigation, "out of courtesy, the FBI started reporting to the Department of Justice. But there was nothing official."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 17, 2017 a speech
"We’ve signed more bills -- and I’m talking about through the legislature -- than any president ever."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 20, 2017
Evan Smith
Evan Smith
stated on July 10, 2017 as quoted in a story in The New Yorker
"The last majority-Anglo high school class in Texas graduated in 2014."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2017
George Will
George Will
stated on July 12, 2017 a column
"America has more people employed as tax preparers (1.2 million) than as police and firefighters."
False
By Manuela Tobias • July 18, 2017
Greg Gutfeld
Greg Gutfeld
stated on July 15, 2017 a broadcast of the "Greg Gutfeld Show"
Says Ted Kennedy met "with the KGB in order to beat Ronald Reagan in 1984."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 18, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 16, 2017 a tweet
Says his job approval poll numbers are "not bad" relative to other presidents at this point in his presidency.
False
By John Kruzel • July 17, 2017
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 14, 2017 a speech to the National Governors Association
In Ohio, due to Medicaid expansion, "nearly 60,000 disabled citizens are stuck on waiting lists ... leaving them without the care they need for months or even years."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 17, 2017
Corey Lewandowski
Corey Lewandowski
stated on July 13, 2017 an NBC interview
Says "Donald Trump was doing a rally in the state of Florida" the day Trump's son and others met with a Russian lawyer in New York.
False
By John Kruzel • July 14, 2017
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on July 9, 2017 an interview
"It's an absolute fact" that China and North Korea "have consistently over many, many years" meddled in U.S. elections.  
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 13, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 7, 2017 a tweet
Says John Podesta "refused to give the DNC server to the FBI and the CIA. Disgraceful!"
False
By Manuela Tobias • July 11, 2017
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