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Evening World
Evening World
stated on November 13, 2017 a headline
"Breaking: woman says she was offered big money by Washington Post to accuse Roy Moore of misconduct."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 11, 2017
Chain email
Chain email
stated on December 5, 2017 a chain email
Says Russian President Vladimir Putin got a standing ovation from the Duma after he gave a speech saying Muslims are "taking over" other countries but won't take over Russia.
Pants on Fire!
By Sophie Kaplan • December 11, 2017
JB Pritzker
JB Pritzker
stated on December 6, 2017 a candidate forum
"I released way more (tax) information than Bruce Rauner has."
False
By Matt Dietrich • December 11, 2017
Gregg Jarrett
Gregg Jarrett
stated on December 6, 2017 an interview on "Hannity"
"The FBI has become America's secret police …  like the old KGB."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2017
Ryan Sitton
Ryan Sitton
stated on November 7, 2017 a guest editorial in Drilling Contractor
"Earlier this year, Hurricane Harvey left more than 12 million people in Texas and Louisiana without homes."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 8, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on December 8, 2017 a blog post
"Gloria Allred Accuser **ADMITS** She Tampered With Roy Moore’s Yearbook 'Signature.' "
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • December 8, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on November 19, 2017 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"In the current law, if you report harassment, you're the one that has to go into 20 hours of counseling before you can decide whether you were really harassed."
Half-True
By Emily McCarter • December 8, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 1, 2017 an interview
Under the House Republican tax plan, in Wisconsin, "the median household of four gets about a $2,000 tax cut, on average."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • December 8, 2017
Brendan Boyle
Brendan Boyle
stated on December 5, 2017 a tweet
Says the concealed carry bill would allow residents of certain states to "travel to your community and walk right into a school zone with a loaded weapon, no matter what local laws say."
False
By John Kruzel • December 7, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 a cabinet meeting
"We’re … getting into the pool of the 100 million people that are not working. That pool is now coming back."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2017
Doug Jones
Doug Jones
stated on November 30, 2017 a campaign ad
"In a 2014 case involving a man convicted of abusing two underage girls, Judge Roy Moore disagreed and wrote the dissenting opinion."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 remarks at the White House
The Jerusalem Embassy Act "passed Congress by an overwhelming bipartisan majority and was reaffirmed by a unanimous vote of the Senate only six months ago."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on November 30, 2017 a campaign speech
Says Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum "wants to make Florida not a sanctuary city but a sanctuary state."  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • December 6, 2017
PuppetStringNews.com
PuppetStringNews.com
stated on November 26, 2017 a headline
"Obama released 10 Russian agents from U.S. custody in 2010 during Hillary’s uranium deal."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 6, 2017
states-news.com
states-news.com
stated on November 15, 2017 a headline
"Miss Universe Guyana 2017 arrested at London Heathrow airport with 2 kilograms of cocaine."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 6, 2017
Lou Barletta
Lou Barletta
stated on November 29, 2017 a tweet
"GDP is booming. Let’s spread the prosperity to the middle class with big #TaxCuts. Our #TaxReform package doubles standard deduction, brings $$$ back home, and reduces rates for ALL taxpayers. We will #MAGA."
Mostly False
By Zari Tarazona • December 6, 2017
Gordon Hintz
Gordon Hintz
stated on November 21, 2017 an interview
Wisconsin's Lincoln Hills youth prison has a "66 percent recidivism rate," while "states like Missouri, that have more of a regional model -- 8 percent."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • December 6, 2017
Tom Luce
Tom Luce
stated on November 15, 2017 testimony before the House Select Committee on Economic Competitiveness
"Only 20 percent of our current graduates from Texas high schools go ahead and achieve either a national certificate or a community college degree -- or a college degree."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on November 30, 2017 a blog
Half of the proposed federal tax breaks ​"would go to the wealthiest 1 percent."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • December 5, 2017
Chris Ruddy
Chris Ruddy
stated on December 3, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
Says "$3 trillion in offshore money... is coming back into the economy" because of the GOP tax bills.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 5, 2017
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