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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 16, 2019 answering questions from reporters
"The Kurds are much safer right now."
False
October 16, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on October 15, 2019 a debate
"Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania actually in the latest jobs data have lost jobs, not gained them."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019
Roger Stone
Roger Stone
stated on September 28, 2018 a Facebook post
As mayor of Newark, N.J., Cory Booker "stole $600,000 from a city water authority and laundered it through his law firm."
False
By Daniel Funke • October 14, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2019 an ad
"Fact: Joe Biden pressured Ukraine to fire its prosecutor .... Fact: the prosecutor said he was forced out for leading a corruption probe into Hunter Biden's company. Fact: Democrats want to impeach President Trump for discussing this investigation with Ukraine's President."  
False
By Amy Sherman • October 11, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 6, 2019 a tweet
Says Joe Biden "said he never spoke to the Ukrainian company, and then the picture came out where he was playing golf with the company boss and Hunter" Biden.
False
By Daniel Funke • October 8, 2019
Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff
stated on September 17, 2019 an interview on MSNBC
"We have not spoken directly with the whistleblower."
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 4, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2019 a tweet
"Longstanding whistleblower rules (were changed) just before submittal of the fake whistleblower report."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 1, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2019 a phone call
"A lot of people are talking about" the removal of a "very fair prosecutor" in Ukraine.
False
By John Kruzel • September 26, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic debate
Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages."
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 13, 2019
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on September 4, 2019 a town hall
The Green New Deal "would do away with commercial air travel."
False
By John Kruzel • September 6, 2019
John Delaney
John Delaney
stated on August 27, 2019 an interview
The Amazon rainforest fires are "directly related to trade" tensions between the United States and China. 
False
By John Kruzel • September 6, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 3, 2019 an NPR interview
Referring to the Iraq War, "immediately, the moment it started, I came out against the war at that moment."
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 5, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2019 remarks at the White House
"Yesterday we had the strongest dollar in the history of our country."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2019 a tweet
"Wow, Report Just Out! Google manipulated from 2.6 million to 16 million votes for Hillary Clinton in 2016 Election!"
False
By John Kruzel • August 19, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2019 a rally in Manchester, NH
Says Pennsylvania chemical plant and Louisiana liquified natural gas plant "could never have happened" without his administration.
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 16, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 7, 2019 a campaign stop in Iowa
Says Donald Trump "asserted that immigrants would quote, ‘carve you up with a knife’."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 9, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 7, 2019 a tweet
Says U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley were "totally misrepresenting what took place inside of the hospital. Their news conference after I left for El Paso was a fraud. It bore no resemblance to what took place with those incredible people that I was so lucky to meet and spend time with."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 9, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 1, 2019 a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio
Democrats "want virtual immunity for illegal aliens who have created horrible crimes and murder."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 2, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on July 31, 2019 a debate
Says that under President Donald Trump, "not only have we not gone after al-Qaida ... our president is supporting al-Qaida."
False
August 2, 2019
John Ratcliffe
John Ratcliffe
stated on July 24, 2019 a House hearing with Robert Mueller
Says Robert Mueller "didn’t follow the special counsel regulations. It clearly says write a confidential report about decisions reached. Nowhere in here does it say write a report about decisions that were not reached."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 24, 2019
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