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Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on August 8, 2018 an ad
Says Amy McGrath "wants to fund more welfare for people who can work, but don’t."
Half-True
By Katie Akin • September 7, 2018
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on August 27, 2018 in a TV ad
"In Augusta, (Jared) Golden voted to let welfare recipients use your tax dollars to buy tattoos, tobacco, alcohol, even lottery tickets."
Mostly False
By Kyra Haas • September 7, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on August 27, 2018 a TV ad
Says Scott Walker refused federal funds and "Wisconsin families now pay nearly 50% more than Minnesotans for the same health care."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • September 7, 2018
John Cox
John Cox
stated on July 30, 2018 a Fox Business Network interview
"Fully half the people — our research is showing half the people — in (California) want to leave."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • September 6, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 5, 2018 an exchange with reporters
"We’re making (Medicare) stronger. We’re making Social Security stronger."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 6, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on August 29, 2018 a debate between Democratic candidates for governor, at Hofstra University.
"We passed the toughest gun control law in the United States of America, the SAFE Act."
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • September 6, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 5, 2018 in a blog post
Says "Michael Jordan resigns from the board at Nike-takes ‘Air Jordans’ with him."
Pants on Fire!
By Kyra Haas • September 6, 2018
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on September 7, 2018 a tweet
"Thanks to President Trump and Republicans over the past year through July, U.S. manufacturing added 327,000 jobs, the most of any 12-month period since April 1995, when the figure added a healthy 345,000 positions."
Mostly True
By Adrianne Uphold • September 6, 2018
Dan Kohl
Dan Kohl
stated on September 4, 2018 TV ads
"I'm not a politician."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 6, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on August 30, 2018 Laura Ingraham's radio show
Says Andrew Gillum has a "far left socialist platform."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 6, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 4, 2018 a video
Says Beto O’Rourke said he’s grateful that people are burning or desecrating the American flag.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 3, 2018 in a blog post
"Colin Kaepernick immediately loses Nike endorsement after anti-white rant."
Pants on Fire!
By Kyra Haas • September 5, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 5, 2018 a tweet
"Someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost. Don’t know why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws?"
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2018
Saundra McDowell
Saundra McDowell
stated on August 20, 2018 remarks on "The Weekend Report"
If Missouri Amendment 1 passes, the auditor's office "could take one district, St. Louis here, and merge it with a district in southwest Missouri, a Republican district, and they don't even have to touch."
Mostly False
By Titus Wu, Sten Spinella • September 5, 2018
JD Wooten
JD Wooten
stated on August 24, 2018
"My opponent, Rick Gunn, blocked the expansion of Medicaid — costing half a million people health insurance, including at least 23,000 veterans."
Mostly True
By Bill McCarthy • September 5, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on August 29, 2018 an MSNBC interview
Says he was sued by the NRA and the gun lobby "all because in my city we refused to repeal an ordinance which said you couldn’t shoot guns in city parks."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • September 5, 2018
Mike McCabe
Mike McCabe
stated on July 6, 2018 a TV interview
Says Minnesota is "imprisoning half as many people as Wisconsin, and yet our states have virtually identical crime rates."
Mostly True
By Samantha West • September 5, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 3, 2018 in a tweet
"Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • September 4, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 3, 2018 in a blog post
Says "Sasha Obama’s racist anti-white rant just got her expelled."
Pants on Fire!
By Kyra Haas • September 4, 2018
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on July 26, 2018 a public forum
Says "I have been through the gauntlet, when we had riots in that Capitol."
Pants on Fire!
By D.L. Davis • September 4, 2018
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