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Lou Barletta
Lou Barletta
stated on June 7, 2018 an interview
"The city that I was mayor of was 50 percent Latino, and I won with 90 percent of the vote..." 
Mostly False
By Colin Deppen • June 12, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on June 4, 2018 an event in Springfield
On Mike DeWine's record as attorney general: "Opioid deaths have tripled on his watch and there have been cuts to funds for first responders and people in the community fighting the crisis."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 12, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 7, 2018 a tweet
"101 utilities cut rates, credit GOP tax cuts."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on May 2, 2018 an interview
Says that under Scott Walker, on a percentage basis, Wisconsin is "spending twice as much on debt service for just basic road repair and maintenance" than before he took office.  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • June 11, 2018
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on June 20, 2018 a debate
Under Philip Levine, Miami Beach "passed a resolution to ban assault rifles, which was not enforceable and never enforced. He passed a resolution to raise the minimum wage, which actually no one got the benefit of because it was not enforced."  
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • June 9, 2018
Texas Campaign for the Environment
Texas Campaign for the Environment
stated on April 26, 2018 a handout
Says most of Austin’s biggest parks have recycling though as "many as 293 out of 300" Austin city "parks have no recycling, including almost every neighborhood park."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 6, 2018 in a blog post
"Mitt Romney: ‘Trump has some very serious emotional problems, he must resign before we…’"
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • June 8, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on May 17, 2018 a tweet
"Ohio's (payday lending) laws are now the worst in the nation. Things have gotten so bad that it is legal to charge 594 percent interest on loans."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 8, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 6, 2018 in a press release
"Flip Flop! After opposing term limits for decades, Adam Putnam adopts Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis’ position."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • June 8, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 6, 2018 a conference call about hurricane season
Says that people "went out in their boats to watch" Hurricane Harvey.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 5, 2018 in a blog post
"New law (in California) makes it illegal to shower and do laundry on same day"
False
By Bill McCarthy • June 7, 2018
President Trump's lawyers
President Trump's lawyers
stated on January 29, 2018 a memo
Say President Donald Trump "dictated a short but accurate response to the New York Times article" about the Trump Tower meeting with Russians.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on June 6, 2018 statements
On participating in a debate for Democratic gubernatorial candidates.  
Full Flop
By Tom Kertscher • June 7, 2018
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on May 30, 2018 a tweet
"One legislative Republican’s district gets almost all the school supply funding."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • June 7, 2018
Justin Nelson
Justin Nelson
stated on May 29, 2018 a tweet
Says "our indicted Attorney General Ken Paxton is back to being the only statewide official in the country under indictment."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 7, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 14, 2018 a headline
"National Guard storms Mexico border, makes game-changing impact in just 30 days"
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • June 7, 2018
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on June 3, 2018 on a panel
North Korea's history of international negotiations shows "they'll take the concessions, they'll keep them in their pocket and then they won't deliver."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • June 7, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 2, 2018 during a BBQ
"The bulk of the problem with the opioid epidemic is the fentanyl and all the synthetic drugs coming across the southern border."  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • June 7, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on April 16, 2018 a campaign ad
Says that "when federal bureaucrats wanted to prohibit the use of wooden cheese boards, which help make tens of millions of pounds of cheese a year" she "stepped in, helped eliminate the regulations."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • June 7, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 4, 2018 an interview
Says "Rosie O’Donnell apparently committed the same offense five times, five times, when she broke the identical law that Dinesh (D'Souza) was prosecuted for."
False
By Manuela Tobias • June 6, 2018
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