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Travis Allen
stated on January 2, 2018 interview on Fox News:

"Seventy four percent of Californians are absolutely against sanctuary state" policies.

False

By Chris Nichols • January 9, 2018

Breitbart
stated on October 17, 2017 a news article:

An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents."

False

By Chris Nichols • October 20, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on August 22, 2017 a rally:

"There aren't too many people outside protesting" his speech at the Phoenix Convention Center.

False

By Miriam Valverde • August 23, 2017

Thom Tillis
stated on May 19, 2017 a press release supporting the Back The Blue Act of 2017:

"Last year was one of the deadliest years ever for law enforcement officers."

False

By Will Doran • May 23, 2017

Bruce Kraus
stated on March 22, 2017 an interview with The Incline:

"Data shows that vehicle break-in is the No. 1 crime in the city, but also the No. 1 crime in the South Side Flats, and it’s closely followed by assault."

False

By MJ Slaby • April 11, 2017

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

Tammy Duckworth
stated on June 8, 2016 a tweet:

Says Mark Kirk "called for the mass arrest of 18,000 African Americans" and "was apparently fine with Trump’s #StillTooRacist call for mass deportation."

False

By Kevin Hoffman • July 15, 2016

David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech:

"Doctors kill about 250,000 people a year in botched surgeries."

False

By Tom Kertscher • June 29, 2016

Todd Wilcox
stated on May 20, 2016 a newspaper interview:

"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."

False

By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016

Dan Forest
stated on April 6, 2016 a tweet:

Charlotte’s anti-discrimination ordinance would have "opened all bathrooms to all sexes at all times" if it hadn’t been overturned.

False

By Will Doran • April 8, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate in New Hampshire:

"Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 10, 2016

Thomas Garrett Jr.
stated on January 11, 2016 a radio interview.:

"A (state) trooper with 10 years on the force is getting $500 a year more than a trooper with 10 minutes on the force."

False

By Sean Gorman • February 1, 2016

Hillary Davis
stated on May 6, 2015 a hearing at the General Assembly :

"The profit [from automated traffic enforcement cameras] is going to the private corporations, not to the city or state."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 14, 2015

Rebecca Quigley
stated on May 14, 2015 a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.:

"Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 31, 2015

Kathleen Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2015 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee:

"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."

False

By Mark Reynolds • May 17, 2015

Greg Steube
stated on April 2, 2015 a Florida House judiciary committee hearing:

"You know how many children in the history of the United States have died in a fire (at school)? Zero."

False

By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • April 6, 2015

Fran Lebowitz
stated on February 20, 2015 a panel on "Real Time with Bill Maher":

"Not a single unarmed white person has been shot by the police" in New York in about 45 years.

False

By Katie Sanders • April 1, 2015

John McCain
stated on October 12, 2014 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

"We were told there would never be a case of Ebola in the United States."

False

By Lauren Carroll • October 12, 2014

Marc Lamont Hill
stated on August 20, 2014 a CNN segment:

"Every 28 hours" an unarmed black person is shot by a cop.

False

By Katie Sanders • August 26, 2014

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine
stated on December 11, 2013 an advertisement:

"Rhode Island’s teen binge drinking rate is double the national average."

False

By John Hill • December 22, 2013

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