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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 18, 2017 a tweet:
Insurance companies "have made a fortune with Obamacare."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2017
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 17, 2017 a tweet:
"Opioid crisis (is) the worst in ObamaCare expansion states!"  
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • October 23, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 22, 2017 a Facebook post:
Sarah Huckabee Sanders dressed up as KKK member on Halloween in 1993.
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • October 23, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 10, 2017 a fake news website:
Says Tampa Bay Lightning hockey player J.T. Brown was "fired after raising fist during national anthem."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2017
React365.com
React365.com
stated on October 23, 2017 a headline:
"Tulsa school closes after brutal fire."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • October 23, 2017
Dane County Republican Party
Dane County Republican Party
stated on August 25, 2017 a news release:
"The KKK was founded as the military arm of the Democratic Party." 
False
By D.L. Davis • October 23, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 13, 2017 a Facebook live video:
"Seventy-three percent of our veterans are graduating from drug courts. By contrast, I think most of the people in the very good drug court program — the graduation rate’s like 53, 55 percent. The point of that is that drug courts are working for veterans."
Mostly True
By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • October 21, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on October 6, 2017 a statement:
"Women in our state will continue to have cost-free access to reproductive health care"
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • October 21, 2017
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 30, 2017 remarks before the NE Tarrant Tea Party group:
On preserving 60-vote threshold to end a Senate filibuster.
Full Flop
By W. Gardner Selby • October 20, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on October 12, 2017 a tweet:
The state and local tax deduction is a major benefit for moderate-income households because "50% of households that claim State & Local Tax deduction make under $100K."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2017
John Kelly
John Kelly
stated on October 19, 2017 a White House briefing:
At a 2015 dedication of an FBI building in Florida, Rep. Frederica Wilson "stood up there ... and talked about how she was instrumental in getting the funding for that building, and how she took care of her constituents because she got the money, and she just called up President Obama, and on that phone call he gave the money -- the $20 million -- to build the building. And she sat down."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2017
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on September 30, 2017 House floor remarks:
Says "80 percent of the tax breaks in" President Donald Trump’s tax-cut "proposal go to the top 1 percent, that is, people making more than $730,000 a year."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 20, 2017
George P. Bush
George P. Bush
stated on October 16, 2017 the "Alamo Truth" website funded by George P. Bush's political campaign:
"The Alamo has been consistently listed as one of the most disappointing landmarks in our nation."    
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 20, 2017
Breitbart
Breitbart
stated on October 17, 2017 a news article:
An undocumented immigrant "was arrested on suspicion of arson in (the) Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents."
False
By Chris Nichols • October 20, 2017
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on October 12, 2017 an interview:
In 2016, there were 5,570 people in Wisconsin "who committed crimes on probation and they were not revoked."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 20, 2017
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on October 18, 2017 a speech:
"And over the last six years, Chicago’s economy has grown faster than the economies of New York City, Washington, D.C., or the national average."
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • October 20, 2017
Roy Moore
Roy Moore
stated on October 16, 2017 in an interview:
NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem is "against the law."
False
By John Kruzel • October 19, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on October 12, 2017 a speech:
In the U.S. asylum system, "claims of 'fear to return' have skyrocketed, and the percentage of claims that are genuinely meritorious are down."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 19, 2017
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on October 15, 2017 comments on ABC:
"And I think that his engagement with Congress is something that never happened under President Obama. They were never allowed to debate it. They were never allowed to discuss it. So, now Congress is going to be fully engaged on the threats of Iran."
Mostly False
By Allison Colburn • October 19, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 15, 2017 an interview with Channel 8:
"The child tax credit, if we don't do it, there will be no tax relief for working families. How much tax relief working families get under tax reform is entirely dependent on whether or not we put in place an increase to the child tax credit."  
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • October 19, 2017
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