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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2018 a speech in Davos, Switzerland:
"Consumer confidence, business confidence, and manufacturing confidence are the highest they have been in many decades."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2018
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 12, 2018 an interview:
About 1.1 million people legally enter the U.S. each year as permanent residents -- "65 percent of that is some kind of chain migration; 22 percent is diversity lottery, ‘asyling,’ refugees; only about 14, 15 percent has anything to do with work."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 2, 2018
Southwest Farm Press
Southwest Farm Press
stated on January 22, 2018 a news story:
"Texas is home to more feral pigs than any other state — an estimated 50 percent to 75 percent of all feral swine in the nation."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 1, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 the 2018 State of the Union address:
"Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 the State of the Union address:
"America is a nation of builders. We built the Empire State Building in just one year. Isn’t it a disgrace that it can now take 10 years just to get a minor permit approved for the building of a simple road?"
Half-True
By John Kruzel • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 28, 2018 a tweet:
"Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018
Steve Cortes
Steve Cortes
stated on January 23, 2018 in an interview:
"We have right now, … in the state of California, 55 percent of all immigrants are on public assistance."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • January 29, 2018
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on January 17, 2018 a statement to The Root:
Says under her leadership, "Democrats fought to ... make sure the (2011 HOPE) bill ... prevented the use of ACT/SAT testing standards."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 24, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2017 White House graphic:
"Current immigration policy imposes as much as $300 billion annually in net fiscal costs on U.S. taxpayers."  
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • January 23, 2018
Paul Sperry
Paul Sperry
stated on January 13, 2018 a commentary:
Says border fencing finished near El Paso in 2010 dramatically curtailed illegal crossings, local crime and drug smuggling.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2018
Randy Bryce
Randy Bryce
stated on January 10, 2018 a campaign appearance:
Under "his own legislation," Donald Trump's "own family would not have been allowed into the country."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 19, 2018
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on January 16, 2018 an interview on CNN:
"In American history since 9/11, we've had 85 major attacks in our country, 73 percent of them have been by white nationalist hate groups."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 18, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 16, 2018 a speech at a women's event in Washington:
"Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • January 18, 2018
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on January 16, 2018 a Medium post:
The Republicans and President Donald Trump "passed a tax bill that gave 80 percent of its benefits to the top 1 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 16, 2018
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on January 16, 2018 a Medium post:
"In Trump’s first year as president, job growth slowed to a six-year low."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 16, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on January 3, 2018 an interview with the editorial board of the Herald-News of Joliet:
"The Legionella bacteria is in most water systems in Illinois."
Half-True
By Brett Chase • January 16, 2018
Gwen Graham
Gwen Graham
stated on January 4, 2018 a tweet:
"In Congress, @RonDeSantisFL was the DECIDING vote AGAINST our state's right to protect Florida waters from drilling."  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • January 12, 2018
Kayleigh McEnany
Kayleigh McEnany
stated on December 27, 2017 an interview:
"Come February (2018), Americans will see their paychecks grow at the tune of saving $1,000 or more a year."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 10, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 19, 2017 Senate floor debate of federal tax legislation:
"Every taxpayer, their taxes are going down, except rich people in Manhattan and San Francisco. Some of them, their taxes may go up."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 5, 2018
Brian Kolb
Brian Kolb
stated on December 9, 2017 an op-ed:
"New York state spends more than $8 billion in taxpayer money each year on job-creation programs - more than the combined total of the next three largest states"
Half-True
By Dan Clark • January 5, 2018
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