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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 11, 2019 a speech in El Paso, Texas
Says that at Beto O’Rourke’s rally in El Paso, there were "200 people, 300 people."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2019
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on January 30, 2019 a joint statement
Foxconn has already "made a positive impact across Wisconsin with more than 1,000 new jobs."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 12, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on February 7, 2019 a congressional hearing
"In 2017, the CEO of McDonalds got paid $21.8 million. The median pay for a McDonald's worker that year was $7,000. This is a moral outrage. We need a $15 minimum wage so that no one is paid a poverty wage."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 12, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on January 31, 2019 an interview
"I have more military experience than anybody who’s arrived behind that desk since George H.W. Bush."
True
By Tom Kertscher • February 12, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 9, 2019 a Facebook post
Quotes Kurt Cobain saying in 1993 that he wouldn’t be surprised if his generation eventually elected a "true outsider" a "business tycoon who can’t be bought" … "someone like Donald Trump"
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • February 12, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 30, 2019 a Facebook post
Trump signed a bill "to clean millions of tons of garbage from world’s oceans."  
Half-True
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 11, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 29, 2017 a story
Courts have "quietly confirmed" that the MMR vaccine causes autism.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • February 11, 2019
Alcee Hastings
Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2019 a statement to the press
"In 2018, we endured a school shooting nearly once a week."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 11, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 3, 2019 a Facebook post
A photograph shows KKK members marching at the 1924 Democratic National Convention.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 11, 2019
Toni Preckwinkle
Toni Preckwinkle
stated on January 29, 2019 a campaign ad
Says Susana Mendoza is a supporter of the death penalty who could administer it herself and "‘...sleep like a baby at night…’"
Pants on Fire!
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 10, 2019
Jacob Wohl
Jacob Wohl
stated on February 7, 2019
"Racist picture of Democrat North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper emerges just days after he called on Ralph Northam to resign - DAILY MAIL."
Pants on Fire!
By Paul Specht, Rashaan Ayesh • February 9, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 4, 2019 a Facebook post
Muslim immigrants were responsible for 11,000 of 13,000 knife attacks in London in the past 12 months.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 8, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 3, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Ben Carson said "illegal immigrants caught voting should be stripped of their citizenship."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 8, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2019 State of the Union address
"The border city of El Paso, Texas, used to have extremely high rates of violent crime — one of the highest in the country, and considered one of our nation's most dangerous cities. Now, immediately upon its building, with a powerful barrier in place, El Paso is one of the safest cities in our country."  
False
By Miriam Valverde • February 8, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 3, 2019 a Facebook post
Says George Soros was arrested in Switzerland for a web of crimes based on information provided by Barack Obama.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • February 8, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on February 4, 2019 an interview on CBS This Morning
"Even the (Congressional Budget Office) says if you lower Medicare to allow 50 year olds to get into it, you can not only save the government money, but you can lower premiums for all Americans."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 8, 2019
John Nygren
John Nygren
stated on January 11, 2019 a tweet
"Today, property taxes are lower than they were in 2010."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • February 8, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 4, 2019 a story
NASA has discovered a new planet covered with marijuana
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • February 8, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 28, 2018 a Facebook post
Says Red Cross President and CEO Marsha J. Evans makes "$651,957 plus expenses" a year and "only 9 cents of every dollar" donated to the organization goes to helping people in need.  
False
By Samantha Putterman • February 8, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 7, 2019 a tweet
"The Dems and their committees are going ‘nuts.’ The Republicans never did this to President Obama."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2019
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