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PuppetStringNews.com
PuppetStringNews.com
stated on November 25, 2018 a blog post
"Evidence surfaces of Vatican funding caravans targeting America with cash."
False
By Miriam Valverde • November 30, 2018
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on November 7, 2018 a radio interview
Wisconsin has "the number one health care system in the country. Everyone in poverty now has health care"  
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • November 30, 2018
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 16, 2018 in a press conference
"There’s bipartisan consensus that (Matthew Whitaker’s) appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the Constitution."
False
By John Kruzel • November 29, 2018
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on October 31, 2018 a debate
"Last year we had the eighth fastest-growing economy in the country in West Virginia."
Mostly False
By Patrick Orsagos, Zack Schwehm • November 29, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 26, 2018 a post on Facebook
Photo of migrant mother at U.S.-Mexico border running from tear gas with children "was a staged hoax."
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • November 29, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 25, 2018 a tweet
Says of immigrant family separations at the border, "we had the exact same policy as the Obama administration."
False
By Miriam Valverde • November 29, 2018
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on November 27, 2018 a press briefing
"Tear gas was used on average once a month during the Obama administration for very similar circumstances."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • November 28, 2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on November 19, 2018 a tweet
In her defeat of Republican Rep. Karen Handel, Democratic challenger Lucy McBath "was outspent 5-1."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 28, 2018
Danielle Pletka
Danielle Pletka
stated on November 25, 2018 in a panel discussion
"We need to also recognize that we just had two of the coldest years, biggest drop in global temperatures that we have had since the 1980s, the biggest in the last 100 years. We don't talk about that."
False
By John Kruzel • November 28, 2018
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on November 18, 2018 a TV interview
"One year ago, (Republicans) would not fill seats vacated for people who went to the administration because of the cost of those elections. Now, they’re talking about changing the rules to add additional elections that will cost millions of dollars of taxpayer expense."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • November 28, 2018
Steve Daines
Steve Daines
stated on November 15, 2018 a Senate hearing
Sanctuary jurisdictions "violate the laws of our nation."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • November 27, 2018
Clean Virginia
Clean Virginia
stated on November 16, 2018 website post.
"Virginians pay the 11th-highest power bills in the nation."
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • November 27, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 21, 2018 a tweet
Just before Thanksgiving, oil was $54 a barrel, down from $82. "Thank you to Saudi Arabia."
Half-True
By Kyra Haas, Louis Jacobson • November 26, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 17, 2018 a post on Facebook
Says California Gov. Jerry Brown "vetoed 2016 wildfire management bill while California burned."  
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • November 26, 2018
Susana Mendoza
Susana Mendoza
stated on November 19, 2018 in a debate appearance
"I was the deciding vote on abolishing the death penalty in the state of Illinois."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • November 25, 2018
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 29, 2018 a Facebook post
"Illegal refugees get $3,874/mo. Under the Federal Assistance Program. Our SS checks are approximately $1,200/mo."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • November 21, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 14, 2018 a radio interview
Says as a Schedule 1 drug, marijuana carries a designation that means it "should not be researched"  
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • November 21, 2018
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on November 16, 2018 a tweet
"There have been no hearings" on a criminal justice bill being considered in the Senate.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 11, 2018 a post on Facebook
"Fulton County numbers show massive duplicate ballots, rejected ballots, non-citizens trying to vote."  
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 20, 2018
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on November 8, 2018 a TV interview
"We have lost over $1 billion in not taking the Medicaid expansion money, only to insure fewer people."
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • November 20, 2018
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