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stated on April 20, 2017 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
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 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
Jeb Bush
stated on April 6, 2017 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
Rick Santorum
stated on March 31, 2017 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
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
Bloggers
stated on July 31, 2016 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
Mike Pence
stated on March 19, 2017 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
Rand Paul
stated on March 2, 2017 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"We've repealed regulations for the first time in 20 years using the Congressional Review Act -- three regulations that were going to cost the economy hundreds of millions of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
Restore American Freedom and Liberty
stated on February 16, 2017 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
Roy Cooper
stated on January 25, 2017 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
Paul Ryan
stated on January 5, 2017 a press briefing:
"Obamacare has failed."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 1, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 12, 2017 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
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 5, 2017 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
Chris Collins
stated on December 13, 2016 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
Conservative Tribune
stated on December 2, 2016 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
Donald Trump
stated on November 27, 2016 a tweet:
There was "serious voter fraud" in New Hampshire.
Pants on Fire!
By Ella Nilsen • November 28, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 9, 2016 a news conference:
Obamacare "is not a popular law."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2016
Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer
stated on November 3, 2016 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
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on October 28, 2016 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
Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2016 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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