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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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on November 30, 2017 a blog:
Half of the proposed federal tax breaks ​"would go to the wealthiest 1 percent."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • December 5, 2017
Chris Ruddy
Chris Ruddy
stated on December 3, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
Says "$3 trillion in offshore money... is coming back into the economy" because of the GOP tax bills.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 5, 2017
Thom Tillis
Thom Tillis
stated on November 29, 2017 a press conference:
The Senate GOP plan does not raise taxes for Americans earning less than $70,000.
Half-True
By Paul Specht • November 30, 2017
Kevin Brady
Kevin Brady
stated on November 26, 2017 an interview with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo:
In the House Republican bill, "70 percent of the tax relief goes to those families making less than 200,000."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 27, 2017 a tweet from her team's political account:
The GOP tax plan "Sabotages the health care of 13 MILLION Americans."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • November 29, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 26, 2017 an interview:
"Close to half of the voters in America, the only tax they pay is the payroll tax."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • November 28, 2017
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on November 20, 2017 an interview with Sinclair Broadcast Group:
Under the Republican tax bill, President Donald Trump "and his family would walk off with more than a billion dollars personally."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 27, 2017
John Larson
John Larson
stated on November 10, 2017 a House Ways and Means Committee markup:
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee weren’t "even entitled to bring an expert witness on any aspect of the tax code that affects 100 percent of our economy."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 22, 2017
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