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Sue Bell Cobb
Sue Bell Cobb
stated on April 24, 2018 Democratic debate for governor
"Alabama is operating government on the lowest amount of tax revenue of any state in the nation."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • May 1, 2018
Don Blankenship
Don Blankenship
stated on April 23, 2018 a debate
Says illegal immigration is "costing us $130 billion a year to house and feed and give benefits to people that shouldn’t be even in the country."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • April 30, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 30, 2018 a blog post
 "You have been selected to take part in our short survey to get 2 Free Alaska Airlines Tickets!"
Pants on Fire!
By Allison Graves • April 30, 2018
Todd Rokita
Todd Rokita
stated on April 23, 2018 a debate
"I am the only one onstage who has never voted to raise your taxes. These two, each, a billion dollars worth of votes to raise your taxes."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • April 30, 2018
Diamond and Silk
Diamond and Silk
stated on April 26, 2018 in a hearing
"We have never been paid by the Trump campaign."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • April 27, 2018
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on April 23, 2018 in a campaign ad
Gavin Newsom was "the first to take on the National Rifle Association and win."
False
By Chris Nichols • April 27, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2018 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
The nuclear deal gave Iran "$150 billion, giving $1.8 billion in cash — in actual cash carried out in barrels and in boxes from airplanes."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2018
Jenny Wilson
Jenny Wilson
stated on April 20, 2018 in a press release
Says Mitt Romney is using "a million of his presidential campaign dollars to finance his Utah Senate race."
True
By John Kruzel • April 27, 2018
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on April 3, 2018 a radio interview
"We have laws on the books where people can walk right up to our ports of entry, say ‘I have a credible fear of persecution,’ and we bring them in. We don’t send them back."
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • April 27, 2018
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on April 25, 2018 a tweet
Says Austin is the "safest big city in Texas with an unemployment rate under 3% that has been named the best place to live in the entire United States two years running."    
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 26, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2018 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
"Kanye (West) looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees Hispanic unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees (women’s unemployment) the lowest it’s been in now almost 19 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018
For Our Future Florida
For Our Future Florida
stated on April 22, 2018 in a tweet
Says Florida Gov. Rick Scott "just signed a bill that could make most of Florida’s beaches private."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • April 26, 2018
Oath Keepers
Oath Keepers
stated on April 19, 2018 a blog post
"California State Assembly bill would ban the (sale of the) Bible!"  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 26, 2018
Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich
stated on April 19, 2018 a radio interview
Says of disclosing his $20,000 speech about Syria, "there was no hiding. I released it."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • April 26, 2018
Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on April 23, 2018 a U.S. Senate debate
"I’ve cut a half a billion (dollars) out of the EPA just in the last two years. We’ve cut 3,000 jobs out of the EPA."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018
James Tedisco
James Tedisco
stated on April 13, 2018 a blog post
After the minimum wage for tipped workers was raised in Maine, the state "reversed that decision due to restaurant employees organizing en masse against the measure."
True
By Dan Clark • April 26, 2018
LaWana Mayfield
LaWana Mayfield
stated on April 16, 2018 a Facebook post
"I am still waiting for someone to produce pieces of the alleged plane" that caused the Twin Towers to collapse.
Pants on Fire!
By Paul Specht • April 25, 2018
Nrt Online
Nrt Online
stated on April 18, 2018 on a website
"BREAKING: Nancy Pelosi to resign after new revelations."
Pants on Fire!
By Mica Soellner • April 25, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 14, 2018 a blog post
"Obama’s Private ‘security’ Company Sets Up Massive Camps Outside 3 Major Cities."
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • April 25, 2018
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 20, 2018 a tweet
"Black and Latino people in NYC are arrested at TEN times the rate of white people for virtually the same rate of marijuana usage."
True
By Dan Clark • April 25, 2018
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