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Kirk Cox
Kirk Cox
stated on October 13, 2019 a TV ad.
"Sheila Bynum-Coleman said, ‘We need to get the police out of the schools.’"  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • October 22, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 18, 2018 a Facebook post
 Says drinking a "6-ounce glass of tonic water each night before bed" will help alleviate restless legs syndrome.
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 21, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 15, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photo shows "Kurdish kids" after Turkey’s invasion.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 21, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on October 16, 2019 an interview
"To be clear, I’m not talking about confiscating anybody’s guns."
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 21, 2019
Mark Batinick
Mark Batinick
stated on October 8, 2019 a radio interview
Says California has "30% or a third of the country’s people living at or below the poverty level."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 20, 2019
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on October 17, 2019 a news conference
Says Donald Trump "will not be profiting" from the G-7 summit meeting to be held at Trump’s Doral resort.
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 18, 2019
Eric Trump
Eric Trump
stated on October 15, 2019 a Fox News appearance
"When my father became commander in chief of this country, we got out of all international business."
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • October 18, 2019
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on September 20, 2019 a press release
Says Donald Trump is breaking a campaign pledge to bring manufacturing jobs back to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania since the two states "have lost the most manufacturing jobs in the past year."
Mostly False
By Mica Soellner • October 18, 2019
Richard Ojeda
Richard Ojeda
stated on August 20, 2019 a tweet
"75-100 folks (are) killed a month and over 200 wounded by senseless gun violence."
Mostly False
By Katherine Baile, Maddie Cherry • October 17, 2019
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on October 10, 2019 a tweet
"The City of Austin is dedicating more than $20,000 PER HOMELESS PERSON in Austin."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • October 17, 2019
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 11, 2019 an interview on ABC's "The View"
"Most people below $50,000 don’t pay any income tax. The top 1 percent in our country pay 40%."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 16, 2019 answering questions from reporters
"The Kurds are much safer right now."
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 16, 2019
Tom Steyer
Tom Steyer
stated on October 15, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate
"People haven't had a raise -- 90 percent of Americans have not had a raise for 40 years."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 16, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 12, 2019 a Facebook post
Says that for two weeks after you get a flu shot you are an "active, live walking virus."  
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • October 16, 2019
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on September 21, 2019 Iowa Steak Fry speech
Says about universal basic income, "Thomas Paine was for it at our founding ... Martin Luther King, champion in the ‘60s, called it a guaranteed minimum income for all Americans… It passed the U.S. House of Representatives twice in 1971."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • October 16, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 7, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes President John F. Kennedy as saying "If the United States ever experienced [a coup to overthrow the government] it will come from the CIA and not the Pentagon."  
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 16, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 11, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photo shows "25,000 outside all to hear the POTUS speak!"  
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 16, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on October 12, 2019 a tweet
"The 1% is paying less in taxes than everyone else."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on October 15, 2019 a debate
"Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania actually in the latest jobs data have lost jobs, not gained them."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 15, 2019 comments during the October Democratic primary debate.
"For people making between $50,000 and $75,000 a year, their taxes are going up about $5,000 because the fact is, they will pay more in new taxes" for Medicare for All. 
Mostly False
By Shefali Luthra • October 16, 2019
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