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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 State of the Union address
The immigration visa lottery "randomly hands out green cards without any regard for skill, merit, or the safety of American people."
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 the State of the Union speech
"Since we passed tax cuts, over 3 million workers have gotten tax cut bonuses — many of them thousands and thousands of dollars."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 his State of the Union address
"We enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 28, 2018 a tweet
"Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!"
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on December 14, 2017 a speech
On taxes, "if you go back and look 50 years ago, individuals paid about 7 percent of the total and corporations paid 5 percent. Fast forward 50 years: individuals still 7 percent, corporations (are) down to 2 percent."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 30, 2018
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on January 29, 2018 a session with Chicago Tribune editorial board
"No private business was conducted on public property. That issue is a contract dispute."
False
By Bob Secter, Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 30, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2018 an interview with Piers Morgan
"The ice caps were going to melt, they were going to be gone by now, but now they’re setting records, so okay, they’re at a record level."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2018
Steve Cortes
Steve Cortes
stated on January 23, 2018 in an interview
"We have right now, … in the state of California, 55 percent of all immigrants are on public assistance."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • January 29, 2018
US Political News
US Political News
stated on January 17, 2018 a headline
"Haiti official getting ready to testify against Clinton Foundation corruption next week found dead with gunshot to the head."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • January 26, 2018
Ronald Brownstein
Ronald Brownstein
stated on January 23, 2018 a CNN interview
"They found 60 votes in the Senate in 2006 and 2013" for immigration legislation, and "each time the House Republican majority refused to take it up."
True
By Miriam Valverde • January 26, 2018
Heartland Institute
Heartland Institute
stated on January 22, 2018 an op-ed in The Hill
Work requirements "have been proven to help impoverished families move from dependency to self-sufficiency."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • January 26, 2018
Jeanne Ives
Jeanne Ives
stated on January 15, 2018 a campaign statement
Says President Barack Obama advocated "fathers in the home" as the solution to gun violence.
False
By Brett Chase • January 26, 2018
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 18, 2017 a tweet
"Road projects across the state are staying on track or getting done sooner thanks to the good work of the team at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation."  
Mostly False
By D.L. Davis • January 26, 2018
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on January 25, 2018 a State of the State Address
California’s prisons budget in 1970 "was about 3 percent of the general fund. Now, it’s 8.9 percent, about $12 billion."
True
By Chris Nichols • January 25, 2018
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on January 24, 2018 a tweet
"No state generates as much solar power as California, or has as many people whose jobs depend on it."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2018
Andrew White
Andrew White
stated on December 7, 2017 his campaign kickoff speech in Houston
Says Texas schools are ranked "43rd in the nation."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 25, 2018
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on January 4, 2018 a Facebook post
Says "566,000 crimes" were "made in Texas by criminal aliens in the last 6 years."  
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • January 25, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 11, 2018 a event at the Heritage Foundation
In one year, the United Nations "did 24 resolutions and 20 of them were against Israel."
False
By Allison Graves • January 25, 2018
WorldNetDaily
WorldNetDaily
stated on January 21, 2018 a headline
"California To Register Illegal Aliens To Vote – Automatically."
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • January 24, 2018
The Patriot Report
The Patriot Report
stated on January 18, 2018 a headline
"Mueller will be forced to resign over Pelosi affair."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • January 24, 2018
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