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stated on November 9, 2019 a Facebook post
Says photos show the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower with Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 14, 2019
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Facebook posts
stated on November 13, 2019 a Facebook post
Says President Trump donated his "second quarter salary to rebuild military cemeteries" and that the media ignored it and every other story of him donating his salary as POTUS.  
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 14, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 24, 2019 a Facebook post
Says television host Steve Harvey authored a pro-Trump rant about raccoons and exterminators.  
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 14, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 13, 2019 a fundraising email
Says William Taylor and George Kent, the public witnesses in the House impeachment inquiry, are "Never Trumpers."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2019
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Facebook posts
stated on November 3, 2019 a Facebook post
"Did you know? Dentists are the only physicians that believe you can get away with leaving dead tissue in the body. One root canal tooth can shut down 63% of your immune system."  
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 13, 2019
Committee to Defend the President
Committee to Defend the President
stated on November 8, 2019 a Facebook ad
Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election time we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket, sell our souls for a Christmas turkey."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2019
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Facebook posts
stated on November 10, 2019
Photos show the whistleblower with Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 12, 2019
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stated on November 5, 2019 a Facebook post
A photo of "Obama’s White House staff" shows the alleged Ukraine whistleblower.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 12, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on November 4, 2019 in an Instagram post
"If we make no changes over the next 10 years, Americans will reach into their pockets and pay out about $11 trillion on insurance premiums, copays, deductibles and uncovered medical expenses." 
True
By Shefali Luthra • November 12, 2019
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Facebook posts
stated on November 1, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a Craigslist ad offered to pay actors to be Trump supporters for a rally.   
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 11, 2019
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Facebook posts
stated on October 31, 2019 a Facebook post
Says House Democrats passed impeachment rules that "do not allow any witness to be called unless the witness is approved by Adam Schiff," "do not allow involvement of the President’s legal counsel" and "do not allow any witness to be questioned unless the question is approved by Adam Schiff."
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • November 11, 2019
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 10, 2019 an interview on Meet the Press
President Donald Trump's phone call with the Ukrainian president "sounds exactly like what Joe Biden did."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 11, 2019
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 7, 2019 an interview on ABC's "The View"
"It’s only a federal crime for the" inspector general to out a whistleblower.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2019
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stated on October 2, 2019 a Facebook post
"449,000 Californians turned down jury duty because they were not citizens… but they were registered voters."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 11, 2019
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Facebook posts
stated on November 3, 2019 a Facebook post
Says people shouldn’t make birthday donations on Facebook because the organization can claim the donation as a tax write-off, and only has to deliver 15% of the donation to the charity organization.
False
By Samantha Putterman • November 11, 2019
Cindi Castilla
Cindi Castilla
stated on October 30, 2019 a press conference
Texas lawmakers "left children able to be sterilized and mutilated at any point in their life" by failing to adopt a law prohibiting minors from undergoing medical or surgical gender transitions.
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • November 11, 2019
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 1, 2019 a Tweet
"Tens of thousands" of people leave New York every week.
False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 8, 2019
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stated on November 5, 2019 a Facebook post
"JFK Jr was declared the frontrunner for the NY Senate seat in 1999. Days later his plane crashed, making Hillary Clinton the newly elected senator."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 8, 2019
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stated on November 4, 2019 a Facebook post
Photos from Sept. 11, 2001, show that "Donald Trump joined America’s heroes and carried victims over his shoulders down the steps of the burning World Trade Center. Obama spent the whole day sitting in the Oval Office with his feet on the desk watching basketball."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 8, 2019
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on October 31, 2019 an interview
"Illinois lost population in 94 out of the last 95 years, so it’s not like it’s a new thing that we have a slight out-trickle of people leaving the state."
Half-True
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 8, 2019
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