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stated on May 8, 2018 an Austin American-Statesman news story
Says Austin has "been ranked repeatedly as one of the most, if not the most, economically segregated cities in the country."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 31, 2018
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 18, 2018 a TV ad
"Jim Renacci has been a lobbyist even while in Congress" and "voted to make it easier for lobbyists to hold key government positions and harder to investigate conflicts of interest."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 31, 2018
Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna
stated on May 26, 2018 in a tweet
"Amazon Echo is recording every conversation in a person's home and transmitting it to the cloud."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • May 31, 2018
Viral image
Viral image
stated on May 29, 2018 viral image
Says Whoopi Goldberg wore a shirt that shows Donald Trump firing a gun at himself.
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • May 30, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 24, 2018 a Fox &Friends interview
Speaking of immigration cases, says, "We have thousands of judges."
False
By Miriam Valverde • May 30, 2018
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on May 20, 2018 an interview on ABC News, "This Week"
"It’s against the law in Texas to let any loaded gun get in the hands of a child."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2018
Florida House Majority Office
Florida House Majority Office
stated on May 17, 2018 a video
It is a "myth" that "per-student funding only rose by 47 cents this year."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • May 30, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 17, 2018 an online ad
"Property and income taxes will be lower in 2018 than they were in 2010."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • May 30, 2018
Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich
stated on May 28, 2018 a Wall Street Journal op-ed
"I’m in prison for practicing politics."
Pants on Fire!
By Bob Secter, John Chase • May 29, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2018 a tweet
"The Failing @nytimes quotes ‘a senior White House official,’ who doesn’t exist, as saying ‘even if the meeting were reinstated, holding it on June 12 would be impossible, given the lack of time and the amount of planning needed.’ WRONG AGAIN! Use real people, not phony sources."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 28, 2018 a tweet
A "horrible law" requires that children be separated from their parents "once they cross the Border into the U.S."
False
By Manuela Tobias • May 29, 2018
John Cox
John Cox
stated on April 23, 2018 a campaign TV ad
GOP candidate for California governor Travis Allen "on the floor vote … refused to join Republicans opposing driver licenses for illegal aliens."  
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • May 29, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 29, 2018 a tweet
"Democrats mistakenly tweet 2014 pictures from Obama’s term showing children from the Border in steel cages."
True
By Amy Sherman • May 29, 2018
Scott Dawson
Scott Dawson
stated on May 15, 2018 campaign press release
"Gov. Kay Ivey gave nearly $1 million of taxpayers’ money to a liberal activist organization that promotes alternative lifestyles and transgenderism."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • May 29, 2018
Tennessee Republican Party
Tennessee Republican Party
stated on May 23, 2018 a Republican party blog post
"While Phil Bredesen was in the governor’s office, the number of Tennesseans on unemployment nearly doubled."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 29, 2018
Scott Wagner
Scott Wagner
stated on May 21, 2018 Fundraising email
Gov. Wolf is trying to implement "a severance tax that would be financed by Pennsylvania’s working class"
Mostly False
By Colin Deppen • May 25, 2018
Sydney Batch
Sydney Batch
stated on May 23, 2018 a newsletter
"Yesterday afternoon the Republicans in the General Assembly used the nuclear option to pass North Carolina's over $20 billion budget."
False
By Paul Specht • May 25, 2018
Shannon Watts
Shannon Watts
stated on May 21, 2018 a tweet
"Trained police hit their targets less than 30 percent of the time."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • May 25, 2018
John Cox
John Cox
stated on April 23, 2018 a campaign ad
Republican candidate for California governor Travis Allen "gave campaign donations to Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Barbara Boxer."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • May 25, 2018
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 23, 2018 a CNN town hall
A recent spending bill had at least "$1.6 billion in there ... for schools to give them an opportunity to secure them."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2018
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