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Committee of Austin's Children PAC
Committee of Austin's Children PAC
stated on September 24, 2017 a handout in advance of November 2017 vote on a bond proposition:
Says a proposed $1.05 billion Austin school district bond proposition "will require no tax rate increase."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 8, 2017 a tweet:
"Bob Corker gave us the Iran Deal."
False
By John Kruzel • October 12, 2017
Joyce Mauk
Joyce Mauk
stated on October 3, 2017 an Austin American-Statesman news story:
"One in 10 babies born in this country is born in Texas."  
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 12, 2017
Andrew Gillum
Andrew Gillum
stated on September 29, 2017 a post on Gillum's campaign website:
"Under his leadership, Tallahassee reduced its carbon intensity by roughly 40 percent."  
False
By Allison Graves • October 12, 2017
Seth Moulton
Seth Moulton
stated on October 8, 2017 in an interview:
"Background checks have been unequivocally shown to reduce gun violence."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • October 11, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 11, 2017 a web post :
"Grandparents must pickup up all their grandchildren every weekend no matter what or they will be fined $5,000."
Pants on Fire!
By Sophie Kaplan • October 11, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 8, 2017 a document:
"Loopholes in current law prevent ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ (UACs) that arrive in the country illegally from being removed."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • October 11, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 9, 2017 a headline:
"President Trump signs executive order stripping NFL of ‘non-profit’ status."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • October 10, 2017
AsAmericanAsApplePie.org
AsAmericanAsApplePie.org
stated on October 8, 2017 a headline:
"Jason Aldean gig canceled after he sells out to liberals on ‘SNL’."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • October 10, 2017
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2017 a speech at the University of California at Davis:
"There have been more than 270 mass shootings in the United States in the last year alone. That’s where four or more are killed."
False
By Chris Nichols • October 10, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 28, 2017 a press conference:
"I personally am pro-choice. I always have been. And I made no qualms about that when I was elected governor."
True
By Matt Dietrich • October 10, 2017
Colin Kaepernick
Colin Kaepernick
stated on October 8, 2017 a tweet:
Says Winston Churchill said, "A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on."
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 9, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on October 1, 2017 an interview on CBS' Face the Nation:
Trump’s tax plan is "completely focused on the wealthy and the powerful - not the middle class."
False
By Dan Clark • October 9, 2017
Chris Cox
Chris Cox
stated on October 8, 2017 a "Fox News Sunday" interview:
Says Sen. Dianne Feinstein said "if she had 51 votes in the Senate for 'Mr. and Ms. America, turn in all of your guns,' they would do it."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 8, 2017
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on October 5, 2017 a press release:
"The Obama administration approved the sale of bump fire stocks on at least two occasions."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • October 6, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on October 4, 2017 a Senate floor speech:
"The Republicans are proposing to pay for their giant tax cut to the rich by gutting Medicare and Medicaid."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2017
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor
stated on October 4, 2017 a news conference:
In Wisconsin, "we have a bill that would allow hidden, deadly weapons -- every single person to carry one -- no training, no background check, even around schools."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • October 6, 2017
Newsweek
Newsweek
stated on October 2, 2017 an article:
"White men have committed more mass shootings than any other group."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • October 6, 2017
Andrew Koenig
Andrew Koenig
stated on August 18, 2017 a tweet:
"It's time to remove any statue of Margaret Sanger who was a white suprematist (sic), spoke at kkk events & supported by democrats. #prolife"
Mostly False
By Allie Pecorin, Katie Parkins • October 5, 2017
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on September 15, 2017 In a press release:
North Carolina has "the strictest anti-gerrymandering standards in the entire country."
False
By Paul Specht • October 5, 2017
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