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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2018 a tweet
The Mueller investigation is "soon to be $20,000,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2018
The Collective super PAC
The Collective super PAC
stated on May 11, 2018 an ad
Says Gwen Graham "voted against President Obama 52 percent of the time."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • May 17, 2018
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on May 12, 2018 a speech at Hillsdale College
"Religion in America isn’t receding. It’s just the opposite. Faith is gaining new life across America every day."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on May 11, 2018 a radio interview
Says Joe Manchin displayed an "unwillingness to change the failed Obamacare."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 15, 2018
The Breaking Dawn
The Breaking Dawn
stated on May 10, 2018 a headline
"It begins: California appoints first illegal alien to state office."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • May 14, 2018
Patty Murray
Patty Murray
stated on May 8, 2018 a Senate subcommittee hearing
"Each year ICE detains someone, it costs taxpayers over $50,000. For comparison, by the way, that's four times the amount the federal government spends on each child in our public schools."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • May 11, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on May 8, 2018 a campaign debate
"In San Francisco, we were successful in reducing our street population 40 percent. We got 12,000 people off the street."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • May 10, 2018
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer
stated on May 4, 2018 an interview with Hugh Hewitt
Says Heidi Heitkamp "cast the deciding vote to kill the Congressional Review Act that would have repealed a BLM flaring rule that was designed just for North Dakota."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • May 10, 2018
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on May 5, 2018 a Republican candidate forum
"Welders are coming out of their tech schools at $28 an hour" and "pipefitters are making six figures."  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • May 10, 2018
Steve McCraw
Steve McCraw
stated on April 18, 2018 testimony to a Texas House panel
Says the term "illegal alien" is "a legal term, it’s in statute, it’s a federal term."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2018
Madeleine Albright
Madeleine Albright
stated on April 10, 2018 her book, "Fascism: A Warning"
Says Benito Mussolini "initiated a campaign to 'drenare la palude' ('drain the swamp') by firing more than 35,000 civil servants."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on May 2, 2018 during an interview
Says Adam Putnam "opposed bringing troops, putting troops on our southern border using the National Guard."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • May 7, 2018
Chele Farley
Chele Farley
stated on April 23, 2018 an interview on Capital Tonight
"Kirsten Gillibrand has put forward 331 bills since she's been in Congress. Do you know how many of them have been passed into law? Zero!"
Half-True
By Dan Clark • May 4, 2018
Mike Braun
Mike Braun
stated on April 30, 2018 GOP debate
Says Luke Messer and Todd Rokita "voted to fast-track Obama’s trade deals."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • May 4, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on May 1, 2018 a debate
"You (Evan Jenkins) said your philosophy was ‘progressive mainstream’ back in 2003."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2018
Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on May 1, 2018 a debate
"All the things Patrick (Morrisey) is saying — (that I supported) Hillary Clinton, cap and trade, Planned Parenthood — PolitiFact went through each and every allegation and said, ‘False, False, False, False.’ "
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2018
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on April 2, 2018 a campaign fundraising letter
Says George Soros has "unloaded a whopping $1 million to install his liberal puppets in positions of power" in Texas this fall.
Half-True
By Jasper Scherer, W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2018
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 17, 2018 a news conference
Says that on the tax reform law, Democratic leaders "are promising to take it all away."
Half-True
May 2, 2018
Michelle Wolf
Michelle Wolf
stated on April 29, 2018 a speech at the White House Correspondents Dinner
"Flint still doesn’t have clean water."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 1, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 28, 2018 a speech in Washington, Mich.
"We have spent $7 trillion, trillion with a T, $7 trillion in the Middle East."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2018
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