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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2017 a briefing on opioids
"At the end of 2016, there were 23 percent fewer federal prosecutions than in 2011, so (prosecutors) looked at this scourge (opioid deaths) and they let it go by."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2017
Scott Wagner
Scott Wagner
stated on August 2, 2017 a campaign video.
Eighty percent of the school tax bills in the state of Pennsylvania went up over last year.
Half-True
By Anna Orso • August 9, 2017
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on July 28, 2017 a statement
Because of the failure to pass a repeal bill, "Obamacare remains the law of the land ... This means more than 300,000 Georgians below the poverty line will still not have access to the insurance Obamacare promised."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2017
Paul Mango
Paul Mango
stated on July 24, 2017 a Facebook post
"As Governor, Wolf has already proposed more than $8B in tax increases."
Half-True
By Sarah Anne Hughes • August 2, 2017
One Wisconsin Now
One Wisconsin Now
stated on July 28, 2017 a blog post
Says Scott Walker "wants state taxpayers to dole out up to $250 million annually in incentives" to Foxconn "to lure a manufacturing plant to Wisconsin that he claims will generate $181 million in tax revenue."  
Half-True
August 2, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 1, 2017 a tweet
"Corporations have NEVER made as much money as they are making now."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 1, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 26, 2017 a tweet
"Foxconn is bringing 13,000 high-tech jobs to Wisconsin."  
Half-True
July 27, 2017
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 31, 2017 a U.S. Senate campaign kickoff event in Dallas
"I’m one of two members of Congress out of 535 that takes no corporate cash, no political action committee money."
Half-True
By Fauzeya Rahman • July 27, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on July 26, 2017 a press release
"More than 15,000 transgender Americans" are "serving in the military today."  
Half-True
July 26, 2017
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on July 11, 2017 an interview
Wisconsin is "dead-last in creating new businesses" for "three years in a row."  
Half-True
By Andrew Mollica • July 26, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 28, 2017 a blog post
"Over $13 million worth of crops have ROTTED in California, all because no one is willing to work jobs vacated by migrants."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • July 24, 2017
Tony Fabrizio
Tony Fabrizio
stated on July 10, 2017 an interview with Politico
Says Adam Putnam "was for amnesty."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 24, 2017
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 18, 2017 a speech
Says President Donald Trump "has signed more laws cutting through federal red tape than any president in American history and has already saved businesses and families up to $18 billion in red tape costs every year."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • July 21, 2017
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on June 22, 2017 a meeting with small business owners
Says of Georgia, "for four years in a row, we are the No. 1 state to do business in."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2017
Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy
stated on July 12, 2017 a speech on the House floor
"While California’s population has doubled since the 1970s, we haven’t completed a single major (water) storage project in that time."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • July 18, 2017
Pat Robertson
Pat Robertson
stated on July 12, 2017 an interview with President Donald Trump
Russian natural gas company "Gazprom held Europe by the throat -- they were a monopoly, and now the U.S. is breaking into that monopoly with our exports of (liquefied natural gas)."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 17, 2017
Kid Rock
Kid Rock
stated on July 13, 2017 a post on KidRock.com
"I’ve got 15 days from my announcement to file paperwork with the FEC!"
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • July 14, 2017
John Morgan
John Morgan
stated on July 6, 2017 a lawsuit
"Despite decades of marijuana being used for smoking in the United States, there have been no reported medical cases of lung cancer" attributed to marijuana.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 13, 2017
Raymond Walter
Raymond Walter
stated on June 23, 2017 a press release
"Western New Yorkers pay some of the highest property taxes in the state."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • July 7, 2017
Hagar Chemali
Hagar Chemali
stated on July 6, 2017 an interview on MSNBC
"Cuba is far more sanctioned than North Korea."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2017
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