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Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on November 15, 2017 a post on Twitter:
"The average cost for infant care in GA is almost $7,700/yr – more than average in-state college tuition."
Half-True
By Emily Tanaka • November 22, 2017
NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on November 15, 2017 an online popup ad:
Says Paul Ryan is leading the effort to "pass a tax bill with divisive conception language by disguising it as a college savings plan" in "another attempt to ban abortion and rob women of their reproductive rights."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 22, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 9, 2017 a Tampa news conference :
"We’ve cut taxes 75 times, cut $7.5 billion worth in taxes, and as a result we’ve added over 1.3 million jobs."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • November 21, 2017
Steve Mnuchin
Steve Mnuchin
stated on November 19, 2017 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"On the personal tax side, middle-income people are getting cuts and rich people are getting very little cuts or, in certain cases, increases" under the Republican tax bills.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2017
Mike Collier
Mike Collier
stated on October 31, 2017 an email blast:
"Earlier this year, Dan Patrick and Republican leadership snatched millions of dollars in benefits from retired teachers."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2017
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on November 9, 2017 a Fox News post:
"When Phoenix dropped its sanctuary city policy in 2008, its murder rate fell 27 percent the following year."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • November 17, 2017
Matt Flynn
Matt Flynn
stated on November 4, 2017 a news release:
Under Scott Walker, "average wages, when adjusted for inflation, are lower today than they were under Jim Doyle."  
Half-True
By Andrew Mollica, Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 14, 2017 a tweet:
Congressional Republicans "want to take health care from millions of Americans in order to pay for" a tax bill.
Half-True
By Dan Clark, Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2017
Scot Ross
Scot Ross
stated on November 3, 2017 an interview:
"Since 2015, Scott Walker has not done a public event where you don't have to pay admission or be on an approved list."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 15, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 13, 2017 a tweet:
Says the individual mandate is "highly unpopular."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 14, 2017
Joaquin Castro
Joaquin Castro
stated on November 1, 2017 a tweet:
"Ending (Temporary Protected Status) and deporting legal workers would cost the United States ~$164 billion in GDP over a decade."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • November 13, 2017
American Action Network
American Action Network
stated on November 7, 2017 an ad:
Says the Republican tax plan "helps families" like one in which a woman lost her job and then lost her life savings fighting her husband’s cancer.
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2017
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on October 31, 2017 an interview by Fox News:
Says the New York bike path assault "was the ninth vehicle assault used by ISIS."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • November 10, 2017
Dan Kohl
Dan Kohl
stated on November 7, 2017 a Facebook post:
Says Glenn Grothman "is the single-most partisan member of the House."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 8, 2017
Dianne Feinstein
Dianne Feinstein
stated on November 6, 2017 a tweet:
"Teachers spend $1.6 BILLION per year on school supplies. The Republican tax bill ELIMINATES their ability to deduct those expenses."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2017
Drew Ferguson
Drew Ferguson
stated on November 5, 2017 an email to a constituent:
Under the House Republican tax proposal, "the average family of four earning median income ($59,000/year) will receive an additional $1,182 in their pocket every year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 6, 2017
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 1, 2017 a video:
"Eight in 10 people this year can find plans for $75 a month or less."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • November 6, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 3, 2017 a speech:
"With this plan, the typical family of four will save $1,182 a year on their taxes."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 3, 2017
Stacey Newman
Stacey Newman
stated on October 2, 2017 a Missourinet article:
"Part of this omnibus gun bill that year (was) legalizing machine guns in the state of Missouri."
Half-True
By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • November 3, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on November 30, 2017 an interview:
Says special counsel Robert Mueller "has brought in Democrat campaign donors at a very high level" on his team of lawyers.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 3, 2017
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