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Kevin Downing
Kevin Downing
stated on March 13, 2019 remarks to reporters
Says Paul Manafort’s sentencing judge, Amy Berman Jackson, "conceded that there was absolutely no evidence of any Russian collusion in this case. So that makes two courts. Two courts have ruled no evidence of any collusion with any Russians."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • March 14, 2019
Hannah Kelly
Hannah Kelly
stated on January 29, 2019 an education budget hearing at the Missouri state capitol
"The schools in my district don't have a kitchen."
Half-True
By Gaëlle Fournier • March 14, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 17, 2019 a Facebook post
A photograph shows Joe Biden engaging in disturbing behavior with a boy.
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 14, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 a TV ad
Says Beto O'Rourke's "father-in-law, a billionaire real estate developer who bankrolled a Super PAC to buy Beto a congressional seat…"
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad
Says Beto O’Rourke crashed into barriers, "causing a collision while driving drunk, then fleeing the scene to avoid accountability."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad
Says Beto O’Rourke perpetuated stereotypes, "casting aspersions on working women whose ‘only qualifications seemed to be large breasts and tight buttocks’."
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad
Says Beto O’Rourke did his father-in-law’s "bidding on the El Paso City Council, pushing a downtown redevelopment scheme to bulldoze a poor Hispanic neighborhood while enriching developers like his father-in-law."
Half-True
By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on March 13, 2019 a news conference
California has "the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere, the largest death row in the United States of America — two times the size of the next largest state: Florida."
True
By Chris Nichols • March 13, 2019
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on March 8, 2019 a tweet
"Job growth and stock growth for the first two years of Trump are down from where they were (during the) last two years of Obama."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2019
Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
stated on March 10, 2019 in an interview
"We have developed a wind industry (in Washington state) from zero to $6 billion in 12 years."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • March 13, 2019
Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw
stated on March 9, 2019 a tweet
Says HR 1 would "legalize" the kind of fraud found in North Carolina
False
By Paul Specht • March 13, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 11, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper, grew and smoked marijuana, and said "hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country."
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • March 13, 2019
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
Wisconsin Assembly Republicans
stated on March 12, 2019 news release
In-state tuition available "for non-U.S. citizens after three years … veterans have to wait five years."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • March 13, 2019
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Viral image
stated on March 7, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, "We’ll never have to worry about China attacking us! They are 12 hours ahead, so we’ll have plenty of time to shoot down their missiles!"
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 13, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2019 a text post on Facebook
Says 228 House Democrats voted "to allow illegal aliens to have right to vote"
False
By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2019
Bobby Scott
Bobby Scott
stated on February 26, 2019 a speech.
"Women earn on average 80-cents on the dollar compared to white men doing similar jobs."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • March 13, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on March 12, 2019 a press release
The Boeing 737 Max 8, the type of plane that crashed in Ethiopia, continues to fly in the United States, despite the FAA saying "software updates are likely coming."    
True
By Jon Greenberg • March 12, 2019
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on February 19, 2019 a TV interview
On phasing out the private-school voucher program in his first budget
Half Flip
By Mica Soellner • March 12, 2019
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on March 6, 2019 a speech
"At $93 trillion, the Green New Deal would cost more than the entire recorded spending of the U.S. since the Constitution went into effect in 1789."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 12, 2019
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Viral image
stated on March 5, 2019 a post on Facebook
Says Sinclair Lewis said, "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross."
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • March 12, 2019
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