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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 3, 2019 a Facebook post
Says swabbing a tick with a soap-soaked cotton ball is a "safe, easy way" to remove them from skin.
False
By Samantha Putterman • June 7, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on May 8, 2019 a Fox News town hall
"We’ve had a 30% increase in suicides in this country in just 15 years."
True
By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2019
Tracy McCreery
Tracy McCreery
stated on April 8, 2019 a legislative debate
"Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among 15-19 year olds and 25-34 year olds in Missouri."
True
By Gaëlle Fournier, Zara McDowell-Barker • May 15, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on April 29, 2019 climate change plan
"Race is the No. 1 indicator for where toxic and polluting facilities are today."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • May 14, 2019
Kelly Cassidy
Kelly Cassidy
stated on May 4, 2019 press conference remarks
"In states that have legalized (recreational marijuana), you see steady decreases in youth use if you do it right."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 12, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on April 29, 2019 climate change plan
"60 million Americans live in a place where the water they drink is unsafe."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • May 7, 2019
Cindy O’Laughlin
Cindy O’Laughlin
stated on February 14, 2019 an opinion piece
"When comparing state by state, the data clearly demonstrates that over 20 other states with (Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs) are still substantially worse off than Missouri in terms of curbing the effects of opioid abuse."
Half-True
By Madison Conte • May 2, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on April 29, 2019 a cable TV news interview.
"We now have longitudinal data that shows that children born around Superfund sites have dramatically higher rates of birth defects, dramatically higher rates of autism." 
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • May 1, 2019
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on April 11, 2019 a town hall in New Hampshire
"Half the country today has either diabetes or prediabetes."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • April 29, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on April 22, 2019 a CNN town hall event
"One out of 4 diabetes patients in our country cannot afford their insulin."
Mostly True
By Shefali Luthra, Shefali Luthra • April 26, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on March 18, 2019 a press release
"It is estimated that more than 20 veterans die by suicide every day."
Mostly True
By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman • April 24, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on April 16, 2019 a speech.
"Disparities in infant mortality between white America and black America (are) greater today, in 2019,  than in the year 1850..."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • April 23, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 15, 2019 a Facebook post
Says "combined doses of vaccines" have never been tested.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • April 22, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on April 8, 2019 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
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 4, 2019 a Facebook post
"Measles kills 11 people in 19 years (since 2000). MMR vaccine kills 445 infants in 1 year (since 2018)."
Pants on Fire!
April 15, 2019
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on April 7, 2019 a speech
Says Chicago’s reduction in teen smoking over the last eight years is the "largest drop in the United States of America."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 14, 2019
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Viral image
stated on April 4, 2019 a Facebook post
"Health and Human Services admits they have never conducted federally-required monitoring of vaccine safety for over 30 years."
False
April 10, 2019
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Viral image
stated on April 3, 2019 a Facebook post
A photograph shows an undocumented immigrant with smallpox.
Pants on Fire!
April 10, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2019 a speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee
"The noise (from windmills) causes cancer."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 8, 2019
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on March 22, 2019 an interview
"America’s life expectancy has declined for the last three years in a row, the first time in a hundred years, because of surges in suicides and drug overdoses."
Mostly True
April 3, 2019
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