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stated on April 27, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Bill de Blasio is "banning hot dog sales to stop climate change."

False

By Ciara O'Rourke • May 7, 2019

Tulsi Gabbard
stated on April 8, 2019 in a tweet:

Says President Donald Trump's "effort to roll back regulations means that Big Ag now gets to inspect its own pork" and "they decided to stop testing for E. coli."

Mostly False

By Miriam Valverde • April 16, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on January 9, 2019 in a tweet:

California’s deadly wildfires "would never happen" with "proper Forest Management."

False

By Chris Nichols • January 9, 2019

Yes on 10 campaign
stated on September 28, 2018 in a TV advertisement:

California’s rent control measure Proposition 10 would have "No effect on homeowners"

Half-True

By Chris Nichols • October 5, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on September 28, 2018 in a debate:

California "is hemorrhaging population."

Mostly False

By Chris Nichols • September 28, 2018

Rick Scott
stated on September 19, 2018 in a campaign appearance:

Says Sen. Bill Nelson is a socialist.

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on September 5, 2018 in a TV ad:

"A teacher watched hard-core pornography in his classroom," along with other inappropriate behavior, but Tony Evers didn't revoke the teacher's license and "the teacher is still in the classroom."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • September 13, 2018

Ron DeSantis
stated on August 30, 2018 in Laura Ingraham's radio show:

Says Andrew Gillum has a "far left socialist platform."

False

By Amy Sherman • September 6, 2018

Andrew Gillum
stated on August 29, 2018 in an MSNBC interview:

Says he was sued by the NRA and the gun lobby "all because in my city we refused to repeal an ordinance which said you couldn’t shoot guns in city parks."

Mostly True

By Miriam Valverde • September 5, 2018

Kevin McCarthy
stated on August 15, 2018 in a speech:

Studies are showing California’s wildfires "are producing more emissions than all of our cars are doing."

Half-True

By Chris Nichols • August 29, 2018

Greater Wisconsin Committee
stated on August 20, 2018 in a TV ad:

"When the law stopped Tony Evers from revoking a teacher's license for viewing pornography, Tony worked with lawmakers from both parties to change the law so offenders could be kicked out of the classroom."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • August 29, 2018

Fox News Channel
stated on August 19, 2018 in California:

"California is proposing to legislate what drinks restaurants can serve your kids, only giving two options: milk or water."

Mostly False

By Chris Nichols • August 21, 2018

Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 1, 2018 in a radio ad:

Says Tony Evers "didn't revoke the license of a teacher caught spreading pornography and commenting on the bodies of middle-school girls."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • August 6, 2018

Matt Flynn
stated on June 13, 2018 in news release:

"Foxconn will not face oversight from any federal, state, or local agency to guarantee it complies with our wetlands protection laws."

Mostly False

By D.L. Davis • July 11, 2018

Kevin McCarthy
stated on June 3, 2018 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"If you are talking about Canada .. our wine cannot sit on their supermarkets."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2018

Kevin Cramer
stated on May 30, 2018 in radio interview:

Says Heidi Heitkamp has "never been interested in" regulatory relief "until all of a sudden I become a candidate for the Senate and put pressure on."

False

By Manuela Tobias • June 4, 2018

Keith Rothfus
stated on May 22, 2018 in a press release:

"Since the end of the financial crisis, we have seen an average of one community bank or credit union disappear every day."

Mostly True

By Colin Deppen • May 31, 2018

Kevin Cramer
stated on May 4, 2018 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:

Says Heidi Heitkamp "cast the deciding vote to kill the Congressional Review Act that would have repealed a BLM flaring rule that was designed just for North Dakota."

Half-True

By Manuela Tobias • May 10, 2018

Evan Jenkins
stated on April 23, 2018 in a U.S. Senate debate:

"I’ve cut a half a billion (dollars) out of the EPA just in the last two years. We’ve cut 3,000 jobs out of the EPA."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on April 4, 2018 in a tweet:

"Our bold reforms have Wisconsin’s unemployment rate down to an all-time LOW of 2.9 percent, and the number of people working at an all-time HIGH!"

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • April 18, 2018

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