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Mac Heller
stated on April 7, 2019 an interview on CNN:

"The 2008 election was the first election in which voters of color comprised over 25 percent of the electorate, and that number is going up."

True

By Amy Sherman • April 23, 2019

William Barr
stated on April 18, 2019 a press conference:

"The White House fully cooperated with the Special Counsel’s investigation."

False

By John Kruzel • April 22, 2019

Eric Burlison
stated on February 13, 2019 a Senate hearing:

Says SJR 11 "seeks to fix what is very quickly becoming a problem in Missouri — initiative petitions and referendums are being filed at record highs."

Mostly True

By Yue Yu • April 17, 2019

Candace Owens
stated on April 9, 2019 a House Judiciary Committee hearing:

The Southern strategy is a "myth" that "never happened."

False

By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on March 14, 2019 a Facebook post:

In 20 years "there will be enough Muslim voters in the U.S. to elect the president."

False

By Samantha Putterman • April 10, 2019

Jared Kushner
stated on April 1, 2019 an interview with Laura Ingraham on Fox News:

Florida "passed a law where former felons can now vote. We've had more ex-felons register as Republicans than Democrats."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • April 8, 2019

Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on April 3, 2019 a tweet:

"FYI: the last statewide recount in WI was in 2016. After that recount, the vote margin changed by only 131 out of the 2.7 million votes cast."

Mostly True

By D.L. Davis • April 7, 2019

Viral image
stated on March 18, 2019 a Facebook post:

Says Donna Brazile is a "criminal."

False

By Ciara O'Rourke • March 29, 2019

John Carter
stated on February 18, 2019 a speech:

"I was the first elected Republican in Williamson County history."

Half-True

By Madlin Mekelburg • March 22, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 10, 2019 speech at a rally in Concord, New Hampshire:

I received "more votes from young people — black, white, Latino, Asian American and Native American — than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton combined."

Mostly True

By Kit Norton • March 16, 2019

North Carolina Republican Party
stated on March 12, 2019 an email:

"Democrats have forced a special election"

False

By Paul Specht • March 15, 2019

Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 a TV ad:

Says Beto O'Rourke's "father-in-law, a billionaire real estate developer who bankrolled a Super PAC to buy Beto a congressional seat…"

Mostly False

By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019

Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad:

Says Beto O’Rourke crashed into barriers, "causing a collision while driving drunk, then fleeing the scene to avoid accountability."

Mostly True

By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019

Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad:

Says Beto O’Rourke perpetuated stereotypes, "casting aspersions on working women whose ‘only qualifications seemed to be large breasts and tight buttocks’."

Mostly True

By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019

Club for Growth
stated on March 10, 2019 in a TV ad:

Says Beto O’Rourke did his father-in-law’s "bidding on the El Paso City Council, pushing a downtown redevelopment scheme to bulldoze a poor Hispanic neighborhood while enriching developers like his father-in-law."

Half-True

By Madlin Mekelburg • March 14, 2019

Dan Crenshaw
stated on March 9, 2019 a tweet:

Says HR 1 would "legalize" the kind of fraud found in North Carolina

False

By Paul Specht • March 13, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on March 9, 2019 a text post on Facebook:

Says 228 House Democrats voted "to allow illegal aliens to have right to vote"

False

By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2019

Mitch McConnell
stated on February 26, 2019 a speech:

Says NC absentee voters have "no way" to know if ballots are delivered

Mostly False

By Paul Specht • March 7, 2019

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 3, 2019 a speech:

In Wisconsin, because a key provision of the Voting Rights Act was not in effect, "somewhere between 40,000 and 80,000 people were turned away from the polls (in 2016) because of the color of their skin" and other factors.

Pants on Fire!

By D.L. Davis • March 6, 2019

Viral image
stated on February 28, 2019 a post on the Internet:

"Obama settled 43,000 Somalian refugees in Minnesota. As of 2016, there were around 80,000. No wonder Ilhan Omar was elected. It was planned."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • March 5, 2019

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