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Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on July 31, 2017 an interview on MSNBC:
"In the eight years that I was mayor, (there was a) nearly 50 percent drop in violent crime, gang crime — crime went down because we grew our police department, we focused on constitutional community policing, we did some of the most innovative prevention, intervention, job re-entry programs in the nation."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • October 18, 2017
Nancy McFarlane
Nancy McFarlane
stated on October 16, 2017 in a press conference:
Says she debated her opponent "multiple times."
Half-True
By Paul Specht • October 18, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2017 an interview with E.W. Scripps television:
"We're the highest developed nation taxed in the world."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 18, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 16, 2017 a White House cabinet meeting:
"The cost-sharing reductions (were) a gift (that) they gave the insurance companies."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 18, 2017
AsAmericanAsApplePie.org
AsAmericanAsApplePie.org
stated on October 16, 2017 a headline:
"Hillary (Clinton) caught on tape laughing about (Hurricane) Irma ‘wiping out all of those Florida hillbillies’."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • October 18, 2017
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on October 4, 2017 a video:
"Job creation fell by 70 percent in Wisconsin in 2016" under Scott Walker.  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 18, 2017
AsAmericanAsApplePie.org
AsAmericanAsApplePie.org
stated on October 15, 2017 a headline:
"San Juan city council votes unanimously to impeach Trump-hating mayor."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • October 17, 2017
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on October 2, 2017 a public forum:
Says Stacey Evans "voted for (school) vouchers...in the beginning."
Half-True
By Emily Tanaka • October 17, 2017
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
stated on October 5, 2017 an op-ed in the "Tulsa World":
"State government spending is at an all-time high. The state is on track to spend more in this fiscal year — more than $17.9 billion — than at any time in state history."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on September 8, 2017 a tweet:
"Our tax code has nearly doubled since 1985."
True
By Katelyn Brown • October 17, 2017
Rex Tillerson
Rex Tillerson
stated on October 15, 2017 a CNN "State of the Union" interview:
"The president early on called on NATO member countries to step up their contributions ... and as a result of that countries have stepped up contributions toward their own defense."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • October 15, 2017
Charles Francis
Charles Francis
stated on October 11, 2017 in a press conference:
Says he got "support all over Raleigh"
Half-True
By Paul Specht • October 14, 2017
Colin Jost
Colin Jost
stated on October 7, 2017 a Weekend Update report on NBC-TV's "Saturday Night Live":
"There is a real law in Texas that says it’s illegal to own more than six dildos."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 13, 2017
Ohioans Against Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue
Ohioans Against Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue
stated on May 23, 2017 a campaign ad:
"A California health care CEO is promising to reduce our prescription drug costs."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • October 13, 2017
Ohio Taxpayers for Lower Drug Prices
Ohio Taxpayers for Lower Drug Prices
stated on August 29, 2017 a campaign video:
An Ohio ballot issue would address the fact that "we’ve gone from paying about $100 for Epipens to over $600 ... We don’t have a choice but to pay it and the drug companies know it."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • October 13, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 27, 2017 an interview:
The Republican tax reform proposal is focused on tax breaks for the middle class "and not about people who are really high-income earners getting a tax break."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • October 13, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2017 a tweet:
The NFL is "getting massive tax breaks."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • October 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 11, 2017 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:
The Obama administration "borrowed more than $10 trillion, right? And yet, we picked up $5.2 trillion just in the stock market. ... Maybe in a sense we’re reducing debt."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 12, 2017
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on October 9, 2017 a WSB-TV interview:
A Homeland Security study "showed 120 murders took place that could have been prevented had communities been working with ICE and Homeland Security."
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 12, 2017
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 9, 2017 Internet posts:
A viral image shows LeBron James wearing a T-shirt that reads, "We march, y’all mad. We sit down, y’all mad. We speak up, y’all mad. We die, y’all silent."
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 12, 2017
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