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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2019 a press conference in Biarritz, France
Crimea "was sort of taken away from President Obama. … And he wanted Russia to be out of what was called the G-8. And that was his determination."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2019 a post-G7 news conference
"We made a ridiculous deal (with Iran). We gave them $150 billion. We gave them $1.8 billion, and we got nothing."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 27, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 20, 2019 a speech
Says President Donald Trump hasn’t condemned David Duke and Richard Spencer.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 27, 2019
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban
stated on August 15, 2019 a tweet
Says "wealthy people in Canada donate to hospitals" to get better health care treatment.
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • August 19, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 10, 2019 an interview on Fox News
In Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. You know who did what Australia did? Venezuela."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 19, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2019 a speech in Monaca, Pa.
"We were losing all our cases in the World Trade Organization. ... And then I came along. Now we’re winning a lot of cases because they know that they’re not on very solid ground."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2019
Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger
stated on August 9, 2019 a TV interview
"97% of murders occur with handguns."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • August 15, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 9, 2019 a Facebook post
A photograph shows Joe Biden with a Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
Mostly False
August 15, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2019 a speech at a chemical plant in Pennsylvania
Says the large trade deficit with Japan stems from them sending "millions of cars," while "we send them wheat," but the deficit is "changing rapidly."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 15, 2019
Drunk History
Drunk History
stated on July 2, 2019 an episode
Says the late Lady Bird Johnson sicced the CIA on actress and singer Eartha Kitt after Kitt spoke out against the Vietnam War during a White House luncheon in January 1968.
Mostly False
By Kelsey Bradshaw • August 15, 2019
Curt Schilling
Curt Schilling
stated on August 10, 2019 a tweet
Law-abiding gun owners stop crimes "2.5 million times a year," according to the federal Centers for Disease Control.
Mostly False
August 14, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 5, 2019 a Facebook post
Says every time someone purchases a Bang energy drink, a portion of the money is donated to help re-elect Donald Trump and "goes to the fund campaign for MAGA!"
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • August 13, 2019
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on July 25, 2019 in a TV ad
Dan McCready backed state legislation that raised consumers "$149 million a year in higher energy costs."
Mostly False
By Elizabeth Thompson • August 8, 2019
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on August 6, 2019 a tweet
"Chicago experienced its deadliest weekend of the year...With 7 dead and 52 wounded near a playground."
Mostly False
By Duncan Agnew • August 7, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 31, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Elizabeth Warren said, "Having an abortion is no different than someone having their tonsils removed."
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • August 7, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 29, 2019 a post on Facebook
"Fringe leftists are now advocating for cow fart bags to capture farts as a way to help prevent ‘global warming.’" 
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • August 6, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 30, 2019 in a debate
Says "we lose nearly 40,000 people in this country to gun violence, a number that no other country comes even close to."
Mostly False
By Madlin Mekelburg • August 2, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2019 a re-election campaign ad
Says the Democratic presidential candidates "support giving illegal immigrants free health care at our expense."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 1, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on July 9, 2019 a campaign event
A transaction tax in countries like the UK "didn't affect their financial markets at all." 
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • July 26, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 22, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Abraham Lincoln said, "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we lose our freedoms it will be because we have destroyed ourselves from within."
Mostly False
July 26, 2019
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