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David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on November 8, 2019 a tweet
Says Governor Cooper has vetoed "every single teacher pay raise we've ever passed."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • November 19, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 15, 2019 an interview with Dan Bongino
"They never thought ... that I was going to release that call and I really had no choice because Adam Schiff made up a call."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • November 19, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 14, 2019 a Facebook ad
"Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and the rest of the corrupt Democrats made a promise to their crazy left-wing base that they would impeach me even BEFORE I took office."
False
By Tom Kertscher • November 19, 2019
Todd Starnes
Todd Starnes
stated on October 29, 2019 a blog post
The Austin Independent School District board voted to mandate "a pornographic sex education policy that includes instruction on anal sex and how to place a condom on an erect penis."
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • November 19, 2019
Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda
stated on October 19, 2019 a tweet
"One in eight American adults, or 12.7 percent of the U.S population, now meets diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder."
Half-True
By Claudia Breaux, Jacqueline Kautz, Olivia Vigna • November 19, 2019
Rob Wittman
Rob Wittman
stated on November 11, 2019
"There’s actually been more subpoenas issued by the (U.S. House) majority than bills passed."  
False
By Bill McCarthy, Warren Fiske • November 19, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 29, 2016 a Facebook post
Says Steph Curry decided to split with Nike because the company wouldn’t allow him to write Bible scriptures in his shoes.  
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 18, 2019
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on October 13, 2019 an article in a local newspaper
"$53 million a week is coming across the border in drugs."
Mostly True
By Matthew Digby, Minh Do • November 18, 2019
Brian Treece
Brian Treece
stated on October 17, 2019 a press conference
Columbia, Mo., is "one of the fastest growing cities in the region, the only city in the state to grow jobs faster than the nation as a whole."
Mostly False
By Libby Stanford • November 16, 2019
Nicole Galloway
Nicole Galloway
stated on October 12, 2019 a mass email
"Missouri has one of the highest rates of uninsured children in the country."
Half-True
By Caitlyn Rosen • November 16, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 15, 2019 a tweet
"Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad," including Somalia and Ukraine. 
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • November 15, 2019
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on November 7, 2019 Tucker Carlson Tonight
Says Marie Yovanovitch was "dishonest" when she claimed under oath that she never personally responded to an email from a Democratic staffer. But "in fact, it turns out that she did respond."
False
By Miriam Valverde • November 15, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 12, 2019 a Facebook post
Says four Republican representatives "voted to impeach President Donald Trump."
False
By Daniel Funke • November 15, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 13, 2019 in a Facebook post
Says "Russia donated 0$ to Donald Trump. Russia donated 145.000.000$ to the Clinton Foundation."
False
By Daniel Funke • November 15, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 11, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Democrats "spent $40,000,000 of YOUR tax dollars trying to impeach Trump."
False
By Daniel Funke • November 15, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 24, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a zip tie attached a car is a sex trafficking tactic to mark women as a target and abduct them.  
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 15, 2019
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on November 9, 2019 a Facebook post
"Confederate veterans were conferred with many of the same benefits of other United States military veterans by Acts of Congress back in 1929 and 1957."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • November 15, 2019
Kay Hoflander
Kay Hoflander
stated on October 11, 2019 a fundraising email
"All signs seem to point to Hillary (Clinton) laying the groundwork to run for president again."
False
By Madison Czopek • November 15, 2019
William Taylor
William Taylor
stated on November 13, 2019 impeachment inquiry testimony
"The Russians are violating all of the rules, treaties, understandings that they committed to that actually kept the peace in Europe for nearly 70 years."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • November 14, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 12, 2019 a tweet
"Many of the people in DACA, no longer very young, are far from ‘angels.’ Some are very tough, hardened criminals."   
False
By Miriam Valverde • November 14, 2019
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