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stated on April 15, 2019 a Facebook post
A photo shows Muslims laughing in front of a burning Notre Dame.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 16, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on April 8, 2019 a tweet
Says President Donald Trump's "effort to roll back regulations means that Big Ag now gets to inspect its own pork" and "they decided to stop testing for E. coli."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • April 16, 2019
Shelia Stubbs
Shelia Stubbs
stated on March 12, 2019 a public forum
"Wisconsin (has) the highest infant mortality rate for black babies nationwide."
True
By D.L. Davis • April 16, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 16, 2019 a video clip
A video clip from the Notre Dame cathedral fire shows a man walking alone in a tower of the church "dressed in Muslim garb."
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • April 16, 2019
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on April 9, 2019
"Like every budget passed by the Senate since I have been lieutenant governor, Senate Bill 1 is within the spending limit set by the Texas Constitution."
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • April 16, 2019
John Torbett
John Torbett
stated on April 3, 2019 a tweet
Says all North Carolina teachers do not currently get a "duty free lunch break."
True
By Bill McCarthy • April 16, 2019
Andrew Byrd
Andrew Byrd
stated on February 25, 2019 a legislative debate
"The states that have passed (campus carry laws) have seen enrollment drop significantly."
False
By Erica Anderson, Molly DeCarli • April 16, 2019
Denny Hoskins
Denny Hoskins
stated on January 31, 2019 an interview with the Columbia Daily Tribune
"Missouri still owes $60 million on bonds issued to build the 23-year-old Edward Jones Dome, the former home of the St. Louis Rams."
Mostly False
By Adam Reckamp • April 16, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on April 11, 2019 a panel at the University of Pennsylvania
"People show up in the emergency room with a sprained ankle, 25 percent get an opioid prescription."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 16, 2019
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on April 9, 2019 a TV interview.
Other than University of Virginia’s 2019 basketball team, "We’ve not had a Virginia team even in the Final Four in over a decade. I think George Mason was the last one…"  
False
By Warren Fiske • April 16, 2019
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson
stated on April 4, 2019 an interview
"For every dollar we spend on actual peace creation, we spend over $1,000 on ways to prepare for war."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2019
Howard Schultz
Howard Schultz
stated on April 4, 2019 a Fox News town hall
Says presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama each tried to get immigration bills passed, but "it did not work because the other party was unwilling to provide the president and his party a victory."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2019
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on April 7, 2019 in a interview during Fox News Sunday
"Drug prices in this country actually came down last year for the first time in 50 years. That’s because Donald Trump’s president." 
Mostly False
By Shefali Luthra • April 15, 2019
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Viral image
stated on April 4, 2019 a Facebook post
"Measles kills 11 people in 19 years (since 2000). MMR vaccine kills 445 infants in 1 year (since 2018)."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • April 15, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on March 23, 2019 a speech
Says that the Council on American-Islamic Relations was founded in response to 9/11.
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 15, 2019
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on April 7, 2019 a speech
Says Chicago’s reduction in teen smoking over the last eight years is the "largest drop in the United States of America."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • April 14, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 11, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes Thomas Homer-Dixon as saying a windmill will "never generate as much energy as was invested building it."
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 12, 2019
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
stated on March 27, 2019 a tweet
"Governor Evers' budget would increase property taxes by the largest amount in a decade"
Half-True
By Eric Litke • April 12, 2019
Harry Brown
Harry Brown
stated on April 9, 2019 a committee meeting
"North Carolina last year was second in the nation in overdose deaths"
False
By Paul Specht • April 11, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on March 27, 2019 a CNN town hall in South Carolina
Says President Donald Trump "cut funding from the Justice Department to investigate these domestic terrorist groups, these white supremacist groups."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 11, 2019
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