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Maram Museitif
Maram Museitif
stated on May 24, 2017 as quoted in a Central Health press release
Says Arabic "is the third most-common language in Austin."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 5, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 4, 2017 a tweet
"At least 7 dead and 48 wounded in terror attack and Mayor of London says there is ‘no reason to be alarmed!’ "
False
By Katie Sanders • June 4, 2017
Anthony Brindisi
Anthony Brindisi
stated on May 26, 2017 a press release
"State economic development dollars were used to support a project where goods were manufactured in China."
False
By Dan Clark • June 2, 2017
Kimberley Strassel
Kimberley Strassel
stated on May 28, 2017 "Meet the Press" on NBC
In 2008, "candidate Obama, he's not even president-elect, sends William Miller over to Iran to establish a back channel and let the Iranians know that should he win the election, they will have friendlier terms."
False
By Lauren Carroll • June 2, 2017
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 31, 2017 a campaign ad
"ISIS is infiltrating America and using Syrians to do it."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 1, 2017
Gregg Jarrett
Gregg Jarrett
stated on May 30, 2017 an interview on Fox News
"You can collude all you want with a foreign government in an election. There's no such statute" (that makes collusion a crime).    
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 31, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 24, 2017 a hearing
In Wisconsin’s school voucher program, "two-thirds of the money" in the "tax vouchers" went to people "making more than $100,000."    
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 31, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2017 a tweet
Deals struck on his first foreign trip as president made and saved "millions of jobs."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2017
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on May 22, 2017 an attack ad
"Bay Area liberals have given more to Jon Ossoff's campaign than people in Georgia."
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 26, 2017
James Lankford
James Lankford
stated on May 24, 2017 a Facebook post
"This year, a majority of states are seeing premiums and costs double" under Obamacare.
False
By Louis Jacobson • 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
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on April 14, 2017 a town hall
"If Donald Trump would stay home from Mar-a-Lago one weekend, it would pay the entire meals on wheels budget for the state of Missouri for almost two years."  
False
By Grace Hase • May 23, 2017
Chain email
Chain email
stated on May 11, 2017 a chain email
Says there are thousands of registered voters over 110 years old in North Carolina, including one who is 219 years old.
False
By Will Doran • May 18, 2017
Chris Collins
Chris Collins
stated on April 28, 2017 an interview with Bloomberg
Farmers "are now dumping milk into the ditches" because of a trade dispute with Canada
False
By Dan Clark • May 18, 2017
Richard Corcoran
Richard Corcoran
stated on May 12, 2017 a tweet
It is a myth that Florida's education legislation was "negotiated in secret."
False
By Amy Sherman, Kristen M. Clark • May 17, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on May 9, 2017 an interview
The Republican replacement for Obamacare does not give massive tax cuts to wealthy Americans.  
False
By Tom Kertscher • May 12, 2017
Bill Zedler
Bill Zedler
stated on April 25, 2017 his responses to a physician testifying before the Texas House Committee on Public Health
Says a federal program that collects reported side-effects of vaccinations doesn’t accept possible outcomes extending to road accidents, heart attacks or suicides.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 11, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on March 28, 2017 a tweet
"We have 5 percent of world population. 80 percent of opioids."
False
By Gary Garrison • May 10, 2017
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on May 4, 2017 CNN
"Nobody on Medicaid" will have their benefits taken away.
False
By John Kruzel • May 9, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on May 1, 2017 her new book
Says John Quincy Adams said, "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more, and become more, you are a leader."
False
By Katie Sanders • May 5, 2017
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