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stated on December 3, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Fox News "posts a fake picture to show soldiers excited to see Trump in Afghanistan….forgets to take out the Universal Studios sign in the background."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 13, 2019
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stated on December 6, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photo of a woman wearing a costume holding the sign "vagina lady" is Stanford law professor Pamela Karlan.  
False
By Samantha Putterman • December 13, 2019
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stated on December 9, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes Andy Borowitz as saying "stopping Hillary is a short-term solution. The long-term solution — and it will be more difficult — is fixing the educational system that has created so many people ignorant enough to vote for Hillary."  
False
By Samantha Putterman • December 13, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on December 1, 2019 an interview
The U.S. spends "57 cents on the dollar on defense."
False
By Tom Kertscher • December 13, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on December 10, 2019 a policy white paper
"Roughly one in four fish eaten in the United States was caught here and sent to Asia for processing before being re-imported for American consumers."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 13, 2019
Rob Hutton
Rob Hutton
stated on December 4, 2019 a radio interview
 A "study showed as many as one in four people have had a package stolen from their residence."   
True
By D.L. Davis • December 13, 2019
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 8, 2019 a TV interview
"Ukraine blatantly interfered in our election."
False
By Madlin Mekelburg • December 12, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on December 9, 2019 an interview published by The Root
Says that in South Bend, Ind., the "black poverty fell by more than half on my watch."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • December 12, 2019
Paul Gigot
Paul Gigot
stated on December 7, 2019 an interview
Says the impeachment of President Donald Trump would be the first in U.S. history "without a specific criminal statute or crime that the president who is impeached would have allegedly committed."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 12, 2019
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stated on December 11, 2019 a post on Facebook
Says Adam Schiff’s family Christmas card has a photo of the whistleblower, who is dating Schiff’s daughter.  
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 12, 2019
Jeff Jackson
Jeff Jackson
stated on December 3, 2019 a tweet
Says North Carolina's average teacher salary was at the national average "back when I was in public school." 
False
By Matthew Riley, Paul Specht • December 11, 2019
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stated on October 22, 2019 a Facebook post
Says that the "28th Amendment" prohibits Congress from creating laws that apply to U.S. citizens but not to them, and vice-versa. 
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By Samantha Putterman • December 11, 2019
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stated on December 9, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Nancy Pelosi was "asked to leave a children’s benefit after drunken outburst."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 11, 2019
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stated on December 9, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photo shows an old Christmas tradition of women apologizing "to their husbands for all the mistakes they made during the year and beg for forgiveness."
False
By Samantha Putterman • December 11, 2019
William Barr
William Barr
stated on December 9, 2019 a statement
"The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • December 11, 2019
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on December 2, 2019 a tweet
Says President Donald Trump is "waging a trade war against WI farmers -- forcing > 1600 dairy farms to close."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • December 11, 2019
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stated on December 9, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Will Smith and his son Jaden Smith died in a car crash.  
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By Samantha Putterman • December 10, 2019
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stated on November 29, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Joe Biden "blackmailed Ukraine with a billion in tax dollars to drop an investigation into his son and Democrats want to impeach President Trump for simply asking if it was true?"
False
By Daniel Funke • December 10, 2019
Greg Steube
Greg Steube
stated on December 4, 2019 a House judiciary committee hearing
"We provided terrorists in Iraq more rights and due process in the Central Criminal Court of Iraq" than House Democratic leadership has afforded President Donald Trump in the impeachment inquiry.
False
By Amy Sherman • December 10, 2019
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stated on November 24, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photo shows Adam Schiff and Jeffrey Epstein.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 10, 2019
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