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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
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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 4, 2018 a tweet
"Mostly Democrat states refused to hand over data" that could show election fraud.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 5, 2018
Infowars
Infowars
stated on December 23, 2017 a headline
"Pier 39 terrorist was an anti-Trump antifa supporter."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • December 29, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on November 22, 2017 a press release
"Fentanyl is now killing more Americans than heroin or any other opioid."
Half-True
By Tateanna McCaskill • December 22, 2017
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on December 15, 2017 Buffalo
"The truth is this tax [plan] raises middle-class taxes."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • December 22, 2017
Lupe Valdez
Lupe Valdez
stated on July 31, 2017 a Dallas Morning News news story
Says Texas Department of Public Safety numbers show that 1.6 percent of crime is committed by unauthorized immigrants.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 22, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 13, 2017 an interview
The 1986 tax reform approved under Ronald Reagan "was polling at about 18 percent right before they passed it."
Half-True
December 18, 2017
Patrick McKenna
Patrick McKenna
stated on October 19, 2017 a Kansas City Business Journal article
"Officials at Hyperloop One have referred to the route as one of the best they've ever seen."
Half-True
By Patrick Mueller • December 15, 2017
Scott Perry
Scott Perry
stated on November 30, 2017 a House committee hearing
Says the Obama administration purged "training courses and information about Islamism, jihad, Sharia, and the Muslim Brotherhood."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • December 15, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 29, 2017 a House floor speech
The House tax plan "would provide permanent tax cuts for individuals who are multi-millionaires and billionaires," but "all middle-class families will eventually face a tax increase, since tax relief for them expires."  
Half-True
December 15, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on November 19, 2017 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"In the current law, if you report harassment, you're the one that has to go into 20 hours of counseling before you can decide whether you were really harassed."
Half-True
By Emily McCarter • December 8, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 1, 2017 an interview
Under the House Republican tax plan, in Wisconsin, "the median household of four gets about a $2,000 tax cut, on average."
Half-True
December 8, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on November 30, 2017 a campaign speech
Says Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum "wants to make Florida not a sanctuary city but a sanctuary state."  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • December 6, 2017
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