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Latest Fact-Checks In Polls and Public Opinion

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Restoration PAC
Restoration PAC
stated on March 21, 2017 a video
Says Tammy Baldwin "supported legislation allowing citizens to withhold funding for our troops."  
Mostly False
April 5, 2017
Resistance Report
Resistance Report
stated on March 2, 2017 a website posting
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "threatens citizens with arrest if they continue asking for a town hall."
Pants on Fire!
March 7, 2017
Citizen Action of Wisconsin
Citizen Action of Wisconsin
stated on February 28, 2017 a website posting
Says "people who come to" their dissent actions "get a ‘cease and desist’ letter" from Ron Johnson's office.
False
March 2, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 16, 2017 a news conference
The media has "a lower approval rate than Congress."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 25, 2017 an interview with ABC News' David Muir
"A poll just came out on my inauguration speech. … People loved it. Loved and liked."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 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
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 9, 2017 an op-ed on FoxNews.com
"About 8 out of 10 favor changing Obamacare significantly or replacing it altogether."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 10, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 9, 2016 a news conference
Obamacare "is not a popular law."
Mostly True
November 17, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2016 a rally in Florida
"Wikileaks also shows how John Podesta rigged the polls by oversampling Democrats, a voter suppression technique."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • October 25, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 11, 2016 a tweet
Says he won the second debate with Hillary Clinton "in a landslide" in "every poll."
Pants on Fire!
October 12, 2016
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 4, 2016 an interview
"Sixty percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana."  
Mostly True
September 23, 2016
William Weld
William Weld
stated on September 7, 2016 an Ask Me Anything session on reddit
Says "76 percent of all voters in the United States say they want Johnson-Weld, by name, in the presidential debates."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2016
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on August 22, 2016 media appearances
"None of the polls being conducted right now have us on the top line. None of them. It's always Trump and Clinton and then second question, third question. ... If we were included in the top line, as Johnson/Trump/Clinton, we'd be at 20 percent."
False
By Adam Thorp • August 29, 2016
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on August 23, 2016 while interviewing Donald Trump in Austin
"All of Texas is conservative, except a little bit of Austin."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2016
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on August 5, 2016 a Medium post
"Most Americans support" the legalization of marijuana.
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 2, 2016 an interview with the Washington Post
"I’m beating (Kelly Ayotte) in the polls by a lot."
Pants on Fire!
By Allie Morris • August 5, 2016
Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards
stated on July 26, 2016 remarks to the Texas delegation at the Democratic National Convention as webcast by the Texas Tribun
Barack Obama "ended up getting re-elected by the largest gender gap in the history of American elections."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 29, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic national convention
"Almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • July 28, 2016
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
"Ninety percent of Americans want our background check system strengthened and expanded to cover more gun sales."
True
By Lauren Carroll • July 28, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia
"The approval of the United States was 20 points higher when (Hillary Clinton) left the secretary of state's office than when she took it."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 27, 2016
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