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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2017 a rally:
"So now they take drugs, literally, and they throw it, a hundred pounds of drugs. They throw it over the wall, they have catapults, but they throw it over the wall, and it lands and it hits somebody on the head."
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By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2017
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on September 24, 2017 an interview:
North Korea is "the fifth or fourth most sanctioned nation."
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By John Kruzel • September 27, 2017
Andrew Koenig
Andrew Koenig
stated on August 30, 2017 a tweet:
"The bill that I carried cutting MO’s income tax for 1st time in over 100 years will start its 1st phase in jan 1 2018. #moleg @Eric_Schmitt"
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By Katelyn Brown, Patrick Mueller • September 26, 2017
José Serrano
José Serrano
stated on September 12, 2017 a tweet:
"Republicans want to restore #gunrights to felons"
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By Dan Clark • September 22, 2017
John Thomaides
John Thomaides
stated on June 27, 2017 a tweet:
Says the Austin metro region "will lead" the nation "with population growth over 50%" over the next 30 years.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 7, 2017 in a press release:
"Even with a permanent income tax increase... the budget is more than $1 billion out of balance…"
Mostly True
By Matt Dietrich • September 20, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on September 13, 2017 a tweet:
Says U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin "wants to use a government jet that costs $25,000 per hour for his honeymoon."
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By Tom Kertscher • September 18, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 1, 2017 an interview:
"We've got about $3 trillion in trapped cash overseas that basically can't come back in this country because of our tax laws."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • September 15, 2017
Al Franken
Al Franken
stated on September 5, 2017 an interview:
"President (Ronald) Reagan did a similar thing. George H.W. Bush did a similar order" as former President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA.
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • September 8, 2017
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on August 2, 2017 an ad:
In addition to his compensation as a judge, "Roy Moore and his wife (paid themselves) over $1 million from a charity they ran."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • September 5, 2017
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on August 6, 2017 a TV interview:
Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin is "still 16,000 manufacturing jobs lower than we were during the recession."
Mostly True
By Alan Hovorka • August 30, 2017
Sean Patrick Maloney
Sean Patrick Maloney
stated on August 3, 2017 a radio interview:
"Most people on Medicaid are kids, or seniors, or the disabled."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • August 23, 2017
James Peterson
James Peterson
stated on June 23, 2017 a ruling from the bench:
 "Ted Kaczynski has less restrictive confinement than the youth at Lincoln Hills."
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By Alan Hovorka • August 18, 2017
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on August 8, 2017 a USA Today op-ed:
"Half of all immigrant households receive benefits from our social welfare system."  
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By Miriam Valverde • August 14, 2017
Stacey Evans
Stacey Evans
stated on August 5, 2017 a statement sent to the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
There are"thousands of Georgia workers that are misclassified as independent contractors," who lose benefits, including health care.  
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By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on July 28, 2017 in a newsletter:
Last year, Democrats won nearly 50% of the vote, yet they hold only 38% of the seats in the state House and 30% of the seats in the state Senate.
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • August 9, 2017
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on July 9, 2017 a TV interview:
"We’re spending 18 percent of our GDP on healthcare while the average among industrialized countries is closer to 8 percent."
Mostly True
By Devi Shastri • August 9, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2017 a tweet:
"United Nations Resolution is the single largest economic sanctions package ever on North Korea. Over one billion dollars in cost to N.K."
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By Miriam Valverde • August 6, 2017
Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on July 31, 2017 an interview on MSNBC:
"Undocumented immigrants commit less crimes than the native born."
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By Chris Nichols • August 3, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on July 14, 2017 his speech kicking off his re-election campaign:
"More Texans have jobs today than ever before in the history of our state."
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By W. Gardner Selby • August 3, 2017
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