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Stanley Greenberg
Stanley Greenberg
stated on September 9, 2019 his book, "RIP GOP"
"What was the reality for most Americans during the Obama presidency? Most lost wealth and their incomes fell, particularly for those at the bottom of the ladder."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2019
Chris Jones
Chris Jones
stated on August 20, 2019 TV ad.
Says he "led the fight to expand Medicaid."
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • September 10, 2019
Arlen Parsa
Arlen Parsa
stated on September 1, 2019 a tweet
Thirty-four of the 47 men depicted in the famous "Declaration of Independence" painting were slaveholders.  
True
By Tom Kertscher • September 10, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 2, 2019 a Facebook post
Says after a car accident comedian Kevin Hart has been "paralyzed from the neck down" and his "vocal cords have been paralyzed as well, leaving him with the inability to speak."
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 9, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 4, 2019 an interview
"There are 390 million guns out on the streets of a country of 329 million people."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • September 9, 2019
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on August 30, 2019 an interview
"We’ve got 600-plus police and fire pensions Downstate that are on the cusp of insolvency because they don’t have the revenues that they need to be able to keep those pensions going."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 8, 2019
Dan Bishop
Dan Bishop
stated on August 30, 2019 a campaign ad
Says Dan McCready "really admires socialism."
Pants on Fire!
By Julianna Rennie • September 6, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 1, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a Donald Trump tweet credited Gov. Ron DeSantis for Hurricane Dorian’s path away from Florida.
Pants on Fire!
By Daniel Funke • September 6, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on September 4, 2019 a CNN climate town hall
Says she "sued Exxon Mobil" as California attorney general. 
False
By Chris Nichols • September 6, 2019
Tom Reed
Tom Reed
stated on August 20, 2019 a Tweet
After the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, "the typical American worker’s pay growing at more than 3 percent a year, record low unemployment."
Half-True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 6, 2019
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on September 4, 2019 a town hall
The Green New Deal "would do away with commercial air travel."
False
By John Kruzel • September 6, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 4, 2019 a CNN town hall on climate change
"70% of the pollution of the carbon that we're throwing into the air comes from three industries."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 6, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 1, 2019 a Facebook post
Says actor Tim Allen wrote a lengthy anti-Democrat attack on Facebook.
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 6, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 19, 2019 a Facebook post
"When two large whales do the nasty there’s sometimes this one bro who just sort of holds them up so they don’t float off."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 6, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 2, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Rihanna hired "five planes that carried 90,000 liters of water to support the fire control" in the Amazon rainforest.
False
By Daniel Funke • September 6, 2019
Alberta Darling
Alberta Darling
stated on September 4, 2019 a Joint Finance Committee meeting
"Gov. Evers asked the director of WEDC to stay on"
False
By Eric Litke • September 6, 2019
Samuel Sinyangwe
Samuel Sinyangwe
stated on August 30, 2019 a tweet
"America has more governors who’ve worn blackface than black governors."
True
By Bill McCarthy • September 6, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 4, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, "I see people are rushing out to fill up their cars for this hurricane at the gas station. This wouldn’t be an issue if they had electric cars. If the power is out for a week how are they going to get gas? We need to start planning ahead and moving forward."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • September 6, 2019
John Delaney
John Delaney
stated on August 27, 2019 an interview
The Amazon rainforest fires are "directly related to trade" tensions between the United States and China. 
False
By John Kruzel • September 6, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 4, 2019 a tweet
Originally "almost all models predicted" Dorian would hit Alabama.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 5, 2019
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