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stated on April 20, 2017 in posts on social media:

"After prohibition ended, police deaths didn't reach 200 a year again until the year Nixon declared war on drugs."

Mostly False

By Will Doran • April 24, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 in an interview:

"All pipelines that are coming into this country from now on has to be American steel."

False

By Tom Kertscher • April 20, 2017

Jeb Bush
stated on April 6, 2017 in an op-ed:

"When public schools face increased competition, they get better and kids learn more."

Mostly False

By Lola Duffort • April 17, 2017

Rick Santorum
stated on March 31, 2017 in a conversation on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":

"The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man-made CO2 emissions. That's what she said. Go look it up."

False

By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2017

Caitlyn Jenner
stated on March 31, 2017:

Says North Carolina's replacement for HB2 "orders NC cities to discriminate against LGBT people until at least 2020 and unfair ‘bathroom bans’ remain."

False

By Will Doran • April 4, 2017

Bloggers
stated on July 31, 2016 in a web article:

"New regulation requires motorcycle owners to install 75 MPH governor by January 2017"

Pants on Fire!

By Nick Reid • April 2, 2017

Mike Pence
stated on March 19, 2017 in remarks in Coral Springs, Fla.:

Says President Donald Trump’s proposal to allow Americans to buy health insurance across state lines would make it the same as "the way you buy car insurance" today.

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2017

Rand Paul
stated on March 2, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"We've repealed regulations for the first time in 20 years using the Congressional Review Act -- three regulations that were going to cost the economy hundreds of millions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs."

Half-True

By Gabrielle Healy • March 2, 2017

Restore American Freedom and Liberty
stated on February 16, 2017 in a fundraising email:

Says Tammy Baldwin "wants to require children starting at age 5 to learn about gay sex!"

False

By Tom Kertscher • February 27, 2017

Roy Cooper
stated on January 25, 2017 in an address to education leaders:

Says North Carolina gives taxpayer dollars to private schools, but "we really don’t know what these schools are doing or how they are performing."

Half-True

By Will Doran • February 2, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on January 5, 2017 in a press briefing:

"Obamacare has failed."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • February 1, 2017

Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 12, 2017 in a news release:

Imitation dairy products often differ nutritionally from those they mimic, and labeling them "milk" or "cheese" or "yogurt" is "against the law."

Mostly True

By Dave Umhoefer • January 27, 2017

Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 5, 2017 in a tweet:

The federal government is prohibited "from negotiating lower prescription drug prices for our senior citizens."

True

By Tom Kertscher • January 17, 2017

Chris Collins
stated on December 13, 2016 in an interview with Buffalo news station WGRZ:

ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson "will have to divest his holdings, that’s a requirement" to serve as Secretary of State.

False

By Dan Clark • December 30, 2016

Conservative Tribune
stated on December 2, 2016 in a web post:

"Before Leaving, Obama Enacts Rules to Take $3,000 From EVERY American."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 27, 2016 in a tweet:

There was "serious voter fraud" in New Hampshire.

Pants on Fire!

By Ella Nilsen • November 28, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on November 9, 2016 in a news conference:

Obamacare "is not a popular law."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2016

Amy Schumer
stated on November 3, 2016 in a video:

"Anyone who knows you can just" look it up to "see if you voted."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • November 9, 2016

U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on October 28, 2016 in an ad:

Says Russ Feingold said that with Obamacare, "we could keep our doctors and our plans, it was rated as the Lie of the Year."

True

By Tom Kertscher • November 4, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2016 in a speech:

"In many instances, (people's) health care costs are more than their mortgage costs or their rent, which, by the way, is a first in American history."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 2, 2016

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