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stated on February 3, 2019 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Richard Hudson
Richard Hudson
stated on January 8, 2019 a tweet:
Says Democrats want to give $54 billion in foreign aid, and Trump is only asking for 10 percent of that "to secure our border and build a wall.
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 24, 2019
Maria Bartiromo
Maria Bartiromo
stated on January 22, 2019 in an interview:
"According to the Tax Foundation, the top 10 percent of earners already pay almost 80 percent of all taxes."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • January 24, 2019
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
stated on January 9, 2019 a tweet:
"The debate on securing our border can't be measured in partisan jabs. It has to be measured in the human toll caused by porous borders: 1/3 migrant women are sexually assaulted;  7/10 migrants are victims of violence; 20k migrant children were illegally smuggled last month."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • January 21, 2019
Patricia Fahy
Patricia Fahy
stated on January 14, 2019 a radio interview:
As for recreational marijuana revenue projections, "we are seeing all those numbers reach disappointing levels in the states that have legalized. They’re not meeting their targets for the most part."   
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 21, 2019
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on January 16, 2019 a speech:
"The caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 8, 2019 in a story:
Says new U.S. Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib has been linked to an "unindicted terrorist."
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • January 14, 2019
Susana Mendoza
Susana Mendoza
stated on January 6, 2019 a radio interview:
"Every city that has a commuter tax — look at Detroit, Philadelphia — they are actually stagnating in terms of their economy. It’s been a job-killer."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • January 13, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 8, 2019 a televised speech:
Says Sen. Charles Schumer "repeatedly supported a physical barrier in the past along with many other Democrats. They changed their mind only after I was elected president."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • January 9, 2019
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on December 19, 2018 a press release:
Says former North Carolina elections board chairman "tried to drag a cancer-stricken woman out of her hospital bed to testify at her son’s hearing on the first day of early voting over a bogus complaint that the board hadn’t even fully investigated."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 8, 2019
North Carolina Democratic Party
North Carolina Democratic Party
stated on December 27, 2018 a tweet:
Legislators are "ramming through a provision that’ll make investigations like #NC09 less transparent."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • January 7, 2019
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