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Donald Trump
stated on February 7, 2017 in a meeting with sheriffs in the White House:

"The murder rate in our country is the highest it’s been in 47 years."

By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2017 in an interview with Bill O'Reilly:

Says "109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers" were affected by the immigration executive order.

By Linda Qiu • February 6, 2017

Kellyanne Conway
stated on February 2, 2017 in There was no massacre:

"Two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized and they were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green massacre. … It didn't get covered"

By Louis Jacobson, Steve Contorno • February 3, 2017

Kellyanne Conway
stated on February 2, 2017 in an interview on "Fox and Friends":

"This is longest that the nation has gone without a secretary of the Treasury, at least in modern times. If it's not the longest, it's darn close to it."

By Allison Graves • February 2, 2017

Mario Diaz-Balart
stated on January 30, 2017 in a press release:

Says former President Barack Obama "took similar action against Cuban refugees" as President Donald Trump did in his executive order.

By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2017

Kellyanne Conway
stated on January 27, 2017 in an interview with "CBS This Morning":

"Here's the fact: The No. 1 source of income into Mexico are Mexicans working here and sending the money back."

By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2017 in an interview with CBN:

"If you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were a Christian, it was impossible."

By Linda Qiu • January 29, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2017 in In a speech at the GOP Retreat:

"Here in Philadelphia murder has been steady — I mean — just terribly increasing."

By Mark Dent • January 26, 2017

Sean Spicer
stated on January 24, 2017 in the daily press briefing:

"There's one (study) that came out of Pew in 2008 that showed 14 percent of people who voted were noncitizens."

By Lauren Carroll • January 25, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2017 in remarks at the CIA:

"The media ... sort of made it sound like I had a feud with the intelligence community."

By Jon Greenberg • January 22, 2017

Peter Barca
stated on January 10, 2017 in a news conference:

Wisconsin’s middle class is the "most diminished" in the United States.

By Jonathan Anderson • January 20, 2017

Jason Keller
stated on November 28, 2016 in during an Illinois House committee hearing on a workers’ compensation reform bill:

"Businesses are leaving Illinois. I think, statistically, that can be proven to be false through the Bureau of Labor Statistics. No net businesses left Illinois."

By Marc Filippino • January 19, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on December 8, 2016 in an appearance on Fox News:

"In the last decade, 73% of new jobs (in Wisconsin) have come from Madison."

By Eric Litke • January 19, 2017

Betsy DeVos
stated on January 17, 2017 in her Senate confirmation hearing:

"I would imagine that there's probably a gun in the school (in Wapiti, Wyo.) to protect from potential grizzlies."

By Lauren Carroll • January 18, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on January 12, 2017 in a media briefing:

Obamacare "is in what the actuaries call a death spiral."

By Eric Litke • January 18, 2017

Rand Paul
stated on January 11, 2017 in a Senate confirmation hearing:

"We give (foreign aid) to developing countries, and 70 percent of it's stolen off the top."

By Jon Greenberg • January 17, 2017

Keith Ellison
stated on January 5, 2017 in a tweet:

"House GOP rules package bars CBO from counting spikes in deficit spending spurred by an ACA repeal."

By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 11, 2017 in a press conference:

Americans don't "care at all" about Donald Trump's tax returns.

By Joshua Gillin • January 11, 2017

Reince Priebus
stated on January 8, 2017 in an interview:

Says Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s email password was "password."

By Tom Kertscher • January 11, 2017

Jesse Watters
stated on January 4, 2017 in an episode of Fox News' "Outnumbered":

Says John Podesta’s email password was "password."

By Lauren Carroll • January 6, 2017

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