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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2017 an interview with Bill O'Reilly
Says "109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers" were affected by the immigration executive order.
False
By Linda Qiu • February 6, 2017
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on February 2, 2017 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"
False
By Louis Jacobson, Steve Contorno • February 3, 2017
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on February 2, 2017 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."
False
By Allison Graves • February 2, 2017
Mario Diaz-Balart
Mario Diaz-Balart
stated on January 30, 2017 a press release
Says former President Barack Obama "took similar action against Cuban refugees" as President Donald Trump did in his executive order.
False
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2017
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on January 27, 2017 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."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2017 an interview with CBN
"If you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were a Christian, it was impossible."
False
By Linda Qiu • January 29, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2017 In a speech at the GOP Retreat
"Here in Philadelphia murder has been steady — I mean — just terribly increasing."
False
By Mark Dent • January 26, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on January 24, 2017 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."
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 25, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 21, 2017 remarks at the CIA
"The media ... sort of made it sound like I had a feud with the intelligence community."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 22, 2017
Peter Barca
Peter Barca
stated on January 10, 2017 a news conference
Wisconsin’s middle class is the "most diminished" in the United States.   
False
By Jonathan Anderson • January 20, 2017
Jason Keller
Jason Keller
stated on November 28, 2016 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."     
False
By Marc Filippino • January 19, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on December 8, 2016 an appearance on Fox News
"In the last decade, 73% of new jobs (in Wisconsin) have come from Madison."  
False
By Eric Litke • January 19, 2017
Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos
stated on January 17, 2017 her Senate confirmation hearing
"I would imagine that there's probably a gun in the school (in Wapiti, Wyo.) to protect from potential grizzlies."
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 18, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 12, 2017 a media briefing
Obamacare "is in what the actuaries call a death spiral."
False
By Eric Litke • January 18, 2017
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 11, 2017 a Senate confirmation hearing
"We give (foreign aid) to developing countries, and 70 percent of it's stolen off the top."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 17, 2017
Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison
stated on January 5, 2017 a tweet
"House GOP rules package bars CBO from counting spikes in deficit spending spurred by an ACA repeal."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 11, 2017 a press conference
Americans don't "care at all" about Donald Trump's tax returns.
False
By Joshua Gillin • January 11, 2017
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on January 8, 2017 an interview
Says Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s email password was "password."
False
By Tom Kertscher • January 11, 2017
Jesse Watters
Jesse Watters
stated on January 4, 2017 an episode of Fox News' "Outnumbered"
Says John Podesta’s email password was "password." 
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 6, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 25, 2016 a blog post
Says Vicks VapoRub caused a child’s death.
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 6, 2017
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