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stated on December 7, 2019 a Facebook post
Says the NAACP endorsed Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • December 10, 2019
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Facebook posts
stated on December 8, 2019 a Facebook post
"Ilhan Omar just hosted a flag burning party."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • December 10, 2019
One America News
One America News
stated on November 30, 2019 a news report
Says Adam Schiff is "under investigation for Ukrainian Burisma oil connections."  
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By Jon Greenberg • December 9, 2019
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stated on November 18, 2019 a Facebook post
Says the Clinton Foundation "gave ONLY $5 million to charities, spent $85 million for their salaries & travels and KEPT the rest = $87 million" in 2014.
False
By Daniel Funke • December 9, 2019
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Facebook posts
stated on October 29, 2013 a Facebook post
Says former Democratic Sen. Harry Reid has an outlaw horse thief ancestor and Reid’s office offered a spin-job biography about the man.
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By Samantha Putterman • December 9, 2019
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stated on December 4, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Elizabeth Warren tweeted, "Looks like I’m the last woman of color left in this race."
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By Ciara O'Rourke • December 9, 2019
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stated on November 25, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Donald Trump tweeted, "Danny DeVito supports baby murder."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 9, 2019
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stated on November 3, 2019 a Facebook post
Says First Lady Melania Trump posted a photo of herself "yesterday" and Facebook took it down.  
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By Samantha Putterman • December 6, 2019
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stated on September 23, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Warren Buffett asked people to forward a chain email about the "Congressional Reform Act of 2019."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 6, 2019
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on December 1, 2019 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"In Bakersfield, where there’s a lot of oil drilling going on, there’s more solar jobs now in Bakersfield and around that area than there are oil jobs."  
False
By Chris Nichols • December 6, 2019
Robin Vos
Robin Vos
stated on November 10, 2019 a TV interview
On red-flag laws says, "What (Democrats) wanted to do was say, ‘I think you might do something, so I’m going to take away your gun and make you prove you wouldn’t do it."
Mostly False
By Mica Soellner • December 6, 2019
Woody Thrasher
Woody Thrasher
stated on August 21, 2019 a tweet
"West Virginia is sixth overall in the average number of at-risk youth."
Mostly True
By Alayna Degenhardt, Farrah Frattaroli • December 6, 2019
E. Gordon Gee
E. Gordon Gee
stated on June 21, 2019 a speech
"In West Virginia, we have 20,000 jobs in which we don’t have skilled workers."
Half-True
By Steven Murphy, Victoria Gennuso • December 6, 2019
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
stated on November 27, 2019 a tweet
Says the cartels are so bad in a Mexican border state that the U.S. government issued a ‘Do Not Travel’ warning -- the same warning it issued for Syria.
True
By Paul Specht • December 5, 2019
Jeanne Ives
Jeanne Ives
stated on December 3, 2019 a tweet
Says U.S. Rep. Sean Casten has held numerous "invite-only" town halls.
Pants on Fire!
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • December 5, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 3, 2019 a press conference
Says House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff "made up the conversation. He lied. If he didn't do that in the halls of Congress, he'd be thrown in jail. He did it in the halls of Congress, he's given immunity."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 5, 2019
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stated on July 5, 2018 a Facebook post
Says for every "share" that a photograph of a sick boy gets, Facebook will donate one dollar.
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By Samantha Putterman • December 5, 2019
Pharmaceutical Research and Manfacturers of America
Pharmaceutical Research and Manfacturers of America
stated on November 27, 2019 an ad in the “Politico Playbook PM” newsletter.
"Speaker Pelosi's drug pricing plan would siphon $1 trillion or more from biopharmaceutical innovators over the next 10 years. CBO's preliminary estimate found this bill ‘would result in lower spending on research and development and thus reduce the introduction of new drugs.’" 
Mostly False
By Shefali Luthra • December 5, 2019
John Kennedy
John Kennedy
stated on December 1, 2019 an interview on NBC's Meet the Press
Says former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko "actively worked for Secretary Clinton."
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 4, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2019 a Facebook post
Says people can send Christmas cards to "a recovering American soldier" at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
False
By Samantha Putterman • December 4, 2019
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