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Your Action News 3
Your Action News 3
stated on December 5, 2017 a headline
"Legendary actor Kirk Douglas dead, 4 days before his 101st birthday."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • March 5, 2018
Stuart Varney
Stuart Varney
stated on March 2, 2018 an interview on "Fox and Friends"
"Electrolux, Sweden's largest appliance maker, has just abandoned a $250 million investment in the United States because of the steel tariffs. That is retaliation."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 5, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on February 13, 2018 a campaign ad
"Who’s really behind Jeanne Ives’ campaign for governor? Mike Madigan’s corrupt insider machine. They’ve bankrolled her campaign with thousands in shady labor union cash, turning Ives into another Madigan lackey."
Pants on Fire!
By Brett Chase • March 5, 2018
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 19, 2018 a conference call with voters
Says Texas ranks among the nation’s top five states for its high school graduation rate.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 2, 2018
Jason Isaac
Jason Isaac
stated on February 1, 2018 a voters guide from the League of Women Voters of Texas and League of Women Voters Austin Area
Says abortion is "the leading cause of death for black Americans and kills as many as 1,000 black children every day."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 2, 2018
Michael Williams
Michael Williams
stated on February 27, 2018 a CNN interview
Says Delta offers a discount to Planned Parenthood.
False
By Miriam Valverde • March 2, 2018
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on February 28, 2018 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"Probably one out of every two households in Oklahoma has a gun."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2018
Bill Galvano
Bill Galvano
stated on February 26, 2018 a committee meeting
Says Florida has "roughly 1,500 resource officers dealing with about 3,800 schools."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • March 2, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 22, 2018 an interview
Says 97 percent of gun owners support universal background checks.  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2018
Ann Teich
Ann Teich
stated on February 26, 2018 a meeting of the Austin school board
Says Stephen F. Austin and James Bowie promoted slavery.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2018 in a meeting
"You take Pulse nightclub. If you had one person in that room that could carry a gun and knew how to use it, it wouldn’t have happened, or certainly to the extent that it did."  
False
By John Kruzel • March 1, 2018
Chris Kennedy
Chris Kennedy
stated on February 9, 2018 an interview with the Southern Illinoisan editorial board
"Zero percent of kids in Cairo are college-ready."
False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • March 1, 2018
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 23, 2018 a press conference
Says Sen. Bill Nelson "hasn’t done anything on gun safety or school safety, and nothing on gun control."
False
By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2018
Joel Giambra
Joel Giambra
stated on February 10, 2018 a Republican debate for governor
"I'm the only candidate on this stage who has actually cut taxes."
False
By Dan Clark • February 28, 2018
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 22, 2018 a tweet
"Under N.Y. State ‘Assault Weapon’ ban 1 simple cosmetic change pictured here is difference between legal & banned"
True
By Dan Clark • February 28, 2018
Dana Loesch
Dana Loesch
stated on February 25, 2018 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
In comparing mass shootings, "France had a higher casualty rate in one year than the entire two administrations of Barack Obama."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 27, 2018
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on February 20, 2018 an interview on CNN
"Seventy to 80 percent of NRA members support a universal background check."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 27, 2018
Nancy Rotering
Nancy Rotering
stated on February 11, 2018 an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times
"It’s now constitutional to ban [assault weapons] in Illinois. Yet, the Illinois General Assembly has failed to allow other cities to have that opportunity."
True
By Brett Chase • February 27, 2018
Ryan Zinke
Ryan Zinke
stated on February 23, 2018 a panel at the conservative CPAC conference
"Under the previous administration it was … $100 to fill a car. American energy has delivered. Now it's $60. That’s $40 you have in your pocket … that you wouldn’t have."
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on February 21, 2018 a tweet
"The impending work stoppage is unlawful."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2018
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