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Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on July 3, 2017 a tweet
Says Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Milton Hirsch "is constantly overturned."
False
By Amy Sherman • July 11, 2017
Bob Casey
Bob Casey
stated on July 5, 2017 a tweet
The GOP health care proposal would slash more than $135 million in federal funding available to PA schools.
False
By Anna Orso • July 11, 2017
Diane Savino
Diane Savino
stated on May 17, 2017 an interview on NY1
Giving a committee chair’s stipend in the New York State Senate to another member of that committee "has been, in fact, a legislative practice for decades."
False
By Dan Clark • July 10, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 19, 2017 an interview
"There are so many data that demonstrate that poor people, surprisingly, are less likely to use drugs than people with means."
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 7, 2017
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on June 29, 2017 a White House press briefing
"The president in no way, form or fashion has ever promoted or encouraged violence."
False
By Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias • July 5, 2017
Paul Soglin
Paul Soglin
stated on June 18, 2017 an interview
Since he and Scott Walker took office in 2011, "60,000 new jobs have been created in this state -- 40,000 of them were created in Madison and the Madison area."      
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 5, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 28, 2017 an immigration roundtable discussion
"We're pretty much at the 50 percent mark" on deportations of MS-13 gang members.
False
By Miriam Valverde • June 30, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 17, 2017 a blog post
"U.N. official John Ashe set to testify against the Clintons may not have died by accident."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 30, 2017
Devin Nunes
Devin Nunes
stated on June 19, 2017 a radio interview
President Trump has signed more bills into law "than any president previously before at this stage in the game."
False
By Chris Nichols • June 27, 2017
John Faso
John Faso
stated on June 1, 2017 a radio town hall
A waiver in the American Health Care Act "doesn’t apply to things like maternity coverage."
False
By Dan Clark • June 22, 2017
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 19, 2017 an interview
"Most likely the primary control knob (for the earth’s temperature) is the ocean waters and this environment that we live in."
False
By John Kruzel • June 22, 2017
Ainsley Earhardt
Ainsley Earhardt
stated on June 20, 2017 the "Fox and Friends" show
"5.7 million -- that’s how many illegal immigrants might have voted" in 2008.
False
By Amy Sherman • June 22, 2017
Gus Bilirakis
Gus Bilirakis
stated on June 13, 2017 an email
"A study by the National Economics Research Association showed that the (Paris climate) deal could cost 2.7 million lost jobs in the U.S. by 2025 should our country adhere to the commitments made by the Obama Administration."
False
By Manuela Tobias • June 21, 2017
Joy Reid
Joy Reid
stated on June 20, 2017 a tweet
In the Georgia House district that hosted a special election on June 20, "Trump won by 20+ points."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2017
New York Times Editorial Board
New York Times Editorial Board
stated on June 14, 2017 a New York Times editorial
A political map circulated by Sarah Palin’s PAC incited Rep. Gabby Giffords’ shooting
False
By John Kruzel • June 15, 2017
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on June 8, 2017 in an official statement
Says former FBI Director James Comey admitted to leaking classified information.
False
By Will Doran • June 9, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on June 6, 2017 a speech
"Seventy-seven of the top 300 cities with the highest poverty rate" nationwide are in California.
False
By Chris Nichols • June 9, 2017
Jesse Kremer
Jesse Kremer
stated on May 11, 2017 a legislative hearing
"The Earth is 6,000 years old, that’s a fact."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • June 8, 2017
Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin
stated on June 6, 2017 a Facebook post
Says an Internet meme shows people rejoicing over the Paris agreement.  
False
By Amy Sherman • June 7, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 1, 2017 a speech at the White House
"China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants. So we can’t build the plants, but they can, according to this (Paris) agreement."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 5, 2017
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