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Jim Himes
Jim Himes
stated on December 18, 2019 in an impeachment debate
Says President Donald Trump "has not given this Congress a single email, phone record or document."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • December 19, 2019
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on December 13, 2019 an email
Says minimum markup law goes beyond gas, tobacco and alcohol to make "many doorbuster deals and holiday shopping specials technically against the law."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • December 18, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 13, 2019 a rally in San Antonio, Texas.
"I (found) the Republican votes for the Recovery Act, Obamacare, help us from falling into a Great Depression."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2019
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on December 15, 2019 an interview with the Atlantic
Says the Potomac River "has gotten dirtier and dirtier and dirtier and dirtier. I go down there and that litter is left almost exclusively by immigrants."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • December 18, 2019
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on December 17, 2019 a tweet
Says voter roll purge would mean "more than 200,000 registered Wisconsin voters will be prohibited from voting."
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • December 18, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 12, 2019 a campaign ad
California firefighters decided "to speak out" against President Trump because his tweet about the state’s wildfires "contained so much misinformation."
True
By Chris Nichols • December 18, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 13, 2019 a Facebook post
Says President Trump’s mother said, "Yes, he’s an idiot with zero common sense, and no social skills, but he is my son. I just hope he never goes into politics. He’d be a disaster."  
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • December 18, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on December 15, 2019 a Facebook post
An old image shows a drug store with a marijuana leaf sign.
False
By Samantha Putterman • December 18, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 8, 2019 a Facebook post
"Yesterday Virginia announced the end of youth hunting!"
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 18, 2019
Dan Forest
Dan Forest
stated on November 25, 2019 a press conference
Says immigrants wanted by ICE have victimized "tens of thousands of children" in North Carolina.
False
By Paul Specht • December 18, 2019
Rick Range
Rick Range
stated on December 10, 2019 a Facebook post
"George P. Bush to place statue of (Mexican general) Santa Anna at the Alamo."
Pants on Fire!
By Madlin Mekelburg • December 17, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on December 5, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photo shows Pamela Karlan reacting to Hillary Clinton’s presidential defeat.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 17, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 3, 2019 a Facebook post
"Male birth control testing stopped after men’s testicles start exploding in India."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 17, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on December 4, 2019 a campaign ad
"Jim Justice is the first West Virginia governor to fight for pay raises for educators."
Pants on Fire!
By Autumn Cecil, Katherine Baile • December 17, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on October 16, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a new annual report shows that "West Virginia’s tourism industry has grown for the second consecutive year, reversing years of decline and outpacing national growth by 58 percent."
True
By Darby Coughlin, Mackenzie Myers • December 17, 2019
Chris Salcedo
Chris Salcedo
stated on December 5, 2019 a radio interview
Says justices of the peace in Texas are being asked to choose: "give up your career or violate your religious beliefs" and perform same-sex marriages.
False
By Taylor Goldenstein • December 17, 2019
Mike Adams
Mike Adams
stated on November 27, 2019 a blog.
A state senate bill would "criminalize a father teaching his own son how to use a hunting rifle."
Pants on Fire!
By Warren Fiske • December 17, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 24, 2019 a story
Says Koalas are "functionally extinct" as bushfires in Australia continue to destroy their habitat.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • December 16, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 8, 2019 an interview with Axios
Delaware has the "eighth-largest black population in the country"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 16, 2019
Dave Syverson
Dave Syverson
stated on November 17, 2019 a TV interview
Says a proposed change to Illinois’ gambling law would result in "lower taxes paid to the state and higher taxes paid" to Chicago from a city casino so that the total amount would be the same, but the city would get to "keep more of it."
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • December 15, 2019
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