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North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on February 12, 2019 in a press release:
Says replacing NC Supreme Court Chief Justice with most experienced justice is a "longstanding, nonpartisan tradition."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • February 27, 2019
American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union
stated on December 22, 2018 in a Facebook post:
"Half the states in the U.S. have laws that criminalize criticism."
Mostly False
By Yanqi Xu • February 27, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard
stated on February 19, 2019 in a tweet:
Farmers are declaring bankruptcy "in record numbers" and "the median income for U.S. farm households was -$1,548 in 2018."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • February 27, 2019
Heidi Heitkamp
Heidi Heitkamp
stated on February 24, 2019 in a roundtable on ABC's "This Week":
"We have record bankruptcies in farming country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2019
Christopher Coyne
Christopher Coyne
stated on February 6, 2019 in speech at a public meeting in Rutland:
"We’re talking about a law that would allow a child to be aborted right up to the moment of birth."
Mostly False
By Colin Meyn • February 16, 2019
Viral image
Viral image
stated on February 6, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Chinese workers made "90,000 banners" for Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign and the president chose to hire "Chinese workers instead of American workers"
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • February 15, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 13, 2019 in a speech:
"Violent crime is now going down for the first time in a long while."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on February 11, 2019 in a tweet:
"The average tax refund is down about $170 compared to last year. Let’s call the President’s tax cut what it is: a middle-class tax hike to line the pockets of already wealthy corporations and the 1%."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2019
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
Wisconsin Republican Legislative leaders
stated on January 30, 2019 in a joint statement:
Foxconn has already "made a positive impact across Wisconsin with more than 1,000 new jobs."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 12, 2019
Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar
stated on February 7, 2019 in a congressional hearing:
"In 2017, the CEO of McDonalds got paid $21.8 million. The median pay for a McDonald's worker that year was $7,000. This is a moral outrage. We need a $15 minimum wage so that no one is paid a poverty wage."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 12, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 3, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Ben Carson said "illegal immigrants caught voting should be stripped of their citizenship."
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • February 8, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 7, 2019 in a tweet:
"The Dems and their committees are going ‘nuts.’ The Republicans never did this to President Obama."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2019
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on February 1, 2019 in an interview:
"Seventy percent of the American public agree with" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "on having the top marginal (tax) rate for the rich" at 70 percent, and "that's a Fox News Poll saying that."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 6, 2019
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 16, 2019 in a tweet:
During the three times the top marginal tax rates were lowered in the 20th century, "revenues actually went up while the economy improved in America."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • February 5, 2019
West Virginia Democratic Party
West Virginia Democratic Party
stated on January 9, 2019 in a tweet:
"FACT: Unemployment rate has not decreased since @WVGovernor took office."
Mostly False
By Cade Moisey, Matt Holleran • February 4, 2019
Gery Chico
Gery Chico
stated on January 16, 2019 in a campaign ad:
"In Springfield, Susana Mendoza voted to hit working families with a massive new soda tax."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 3, 2019
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on January 27, 2019 in a campaign launch event:
"The cost of living is going up, but paychecks aren't keeping up."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2019
Wisconsin Firearms Coalition
Wisconsin Firearms Coalition
stated on January 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"Governor Evers, AG Josh Kaul, and Speaker Robin Vos are demanding ‘Red Flag Gun Seizures’ for Wisconsin, which would allow gun seizures with "no proof, arrest, indictment, conviction or due process at all!"
Mostly False
By Mica Soellner • January 30, 2019
Eileen Filler-Corn
Eileen Filler-Corn
stated on January 15, 2019 in a floor speech.:
"There is no tax increase in the governor’s budget plan."  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • January 29, 2019
Garry McCarthy
Garry McCarthy
stated on January 15, 2019 in a campaign ad:
Says Chicago "had the lowest murder rates in a generation" during his time as police superintendent.
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 27, 2019
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