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Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
stated on September 29, 2019 in a tweet:
"Barack Obama asked Ukraine to investigate his political rival's campaign manager, 3 Democrat senators asked Ukraine to investigate Trump, and the DNC solicited Ukraine's help to dig up dirt on Trump."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 3, 2019
Michelle Malkin
Michelle Malkin
stated on September 10, 2019 in an appearance on The Ingraham Angle:
Says Pat McCrory "shepherded in driver’s licenses for illegal aliens in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks."
Mostly False
By Julianna Rennie • September 30, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2019 in an exchange with reporters at the UN:
"Europe and other nations (need to) contribute to Ukraine. Because they’re not doing it. Just the United States. We’re putting up the bulk of the money."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 25, 2019
Nate McMurray
Nate McMurray
stated on September 10, 2019 in a Tweet:
"Under @BarackObama illegal immigration dropped to a 50-year low."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 23, 2019
Cecil Roberts
Cecil Roberts
stated on September 4, 2019 in a speech:
"There are 1,600 new coal-fired power plants being constructed as I speak around the world."
Mostly False
By Matthew Digby, Minh Do • September 20, 2019
Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on September 9, 2019 in a congressional newsletter:
"Statistics indicate Americans have experienced 29.3 (billion) illegal robocalls so far this year, marking a 64 percent increase since 2016."
Mostly False
By Libby Stanford • September 20, 2019
Tammy Duckworth
Tammy Duckworth
stated on September 16, 2019 in a tweet:
Says President Trump’s administration has "actually worsened our nation’s homelessness crisis" by cutting affordable housing programs, allowing shelters to refuse people based on gender identity or sexual orientation, evicting immigrant families of mixed legal status from subsidized housing and raising rent.
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 20, 2019
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on September 11, 2019 in a statement to The Guardian:
When Rick Scott was governor, Florida "invested record funding in HIV/AIDS prevention."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 20, 2019
Tim Hugo
Tim Hugo
stated on September 10, 2019 in a campaign mailer.:
Dan Helmer "believes in abolishing our private insurance system."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • September 18, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 6, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says several well-known charities such as Goodwill and American Red Cross overpay their CEOs and spend a small percentage on helping people.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, John Kruzel • September 17, 2019
Christy Harrison
Christy Harrison
stated on August 26, 2019 in a recent New York Times column:
"We have a host of issues associated with high B.M.I.s. But correlation doesn’t prove causation, and there’s a significant body of research showing that weight stigma and weight cycling can explain most if not all of the associations we see between higher weights and poor health outcomes."
Mostly False
By Julie Appleby • September 17, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 12, 2019 in comments during the Democratic presidential primary debate in Houston:
"Was it 150 million people on private insurance? 50 million of those people lose their private insurance every year when they quit their jobs, or they go unemployed, or their employer changes their insurance policy."
Mostly False
By Emmarie Huetteman • September 13, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate:
"The difference between what I support and what you support, Vice President Biden, is that you require them to opt in (to a Medicare public option), and I would not require them to opt in. … They would automatically be enrolled. That’s a big difference. … Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 12, 2019 in the Democratic debate in Houston:
"Over 90% of the American people think we have to get assault weapons off the street  — period."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 12, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 8, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says aquatic life near Alaska, Canada and Australia have been found with cancer and mutations as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • September 11, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 9, 2019 in a rally in Fayetteville, N.C.:
China has "had now the worst year in 57 years."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • September 10, 2019
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on August 30, 2019 in an interview:
"We’ve got 600-plus police and fire pensions Downstate that are on the cusp of insolvency because they don’t have the revenues that they need to be able to keep those pensions going."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • September 8, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2019 in an event in Hanover, N.H.:
Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 16, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says the U.S. gives Israel "$3 billion annually" in aid and zero to Detroit.   
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • September 3, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 27, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Dan McCready "believes in open borders and sanctuary cities."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 30, 2019
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