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Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on September 20, 2017 a newspaper article:
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom was "for (high-speed rail), before he’s against it, and then he’s for it again."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • September 29, 2017
Vets for Trump
Vets for Trump
stated on September 28, 2017 a Facebook post:
Says a photograph shows Seattle Seahawks player Michael Bennett burning the United States flag.
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • September 29, 2017
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on September 18, 2017 a letter to a constituent :
"The average tax bill for Americans in 2016 was a 41 percent increase from 2013."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on September 26, 2017 a comment during a mayoral forum:
While Mayor Rick Kriseman said he would dip into reserves this year because of Hurricane Irma, he "went into the emergency reserves before Irma ever hit."  
True
By Allison Graves • September 29, 2017
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 25, 2017 an interview:
"California, New York and Massachusetts, they represent about 20 percent of the population, they get close to 36 percent of Obamacare funding. It's just simply inequitable."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2017
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on September 19, 2017 a conversation with reporters:
New York has "the biggest outmigration of citizens of any state."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • September 29, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on August 22, 2017 a town hall in Monett, Mo.:
"We’re the only developed nation in the world that doesn’t have paid maternity leave."
Mostly True
By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • September 28, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2017 an interview with reporters:
Says "No, I don't benefit, I don't benefit" from his tax proposal.
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 3, 2017 a web post:
"Human meat found in McDonald’s meat factory"
Pants on Fire!
By Emily Tanaka • September 28, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2017 a speech in Indianapolis:
Ending the estate tax would "protect millions of small businesses and the American farmer."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2017 an interview:
"We have one senator who’s a ‘yes’ vote ... but he’s in the hospital. And he’s a ‘yes’ vote. So we can’t do it by Friday. So we have the votes" to pass a health care bill. 
False
By John Kruzel • September 28, 2017
John Eaves
John Eaves
stated on September 13, 2017 an Atlanta mayoral candidate forum:
"The current city mayor (Kasim Reed) has been virtually absent in terms of regional cooperation the last eight years."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 28, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 24, 2017 a website post:
"Washington State Legislature votes to change its name because George Washington owned Slaves."
Pants on Fire!
By Sophie Kaplan • September 27, 2017
Dallas Woodhouse
Dallas Woodhouse
stated on September 13, 2017 in a newspaper:
"Since 2010, Republicans have won unaffiliated voters in every general election."
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • September 27, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2017 a rally:
"So now they take drugs, literally, and they throw it, a hundred pounds of drugs. They throw it over the wall, they have catapults, but they throw it over the wall, and it lands and it hits somebody on the head."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2017
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on September 24, 2017 an interview:
North Korea is "the fifth or fourth most sanctioned nation."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • September 27, 2017
Feministing
Feministing
stated on June 21, 2017 a web post:
"Missouri Votes to Let Employers Fire People Who Use Birth Control."
Pants on Fire!
By Carolina Vargas, Emma Diltz • September 27, 2017
Andrew Koenig
Andrew Koenig
stated on August 30, 2017 a tweet:
"The bill that I carried cutting MO’s income tax for 1st time in over 100 years will start its 1st phase in jan 1 2018. #moleg @Eric_Schmitt"
Mostly True
By Katelyn Brown, Patrick Mueller • September 26, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on September 17, 2017 an NBC interview:
"If you pass the so-called Dream Act, it will be the single biggest amnesty in the history of the United States, even bigger than the 1986 amnesty."  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 26, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 21, 2017 a post on the Internet:
"12 more hurricanes headed towards U.S."
Pants on Fire!
By Emily Tanaka • September 25, 2017
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