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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 19, 2017 a speech to the United Nations General Assembly:
"Companies are moving back, creating job growth the likes of which our country has not seen in a very long time."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on September 7, 2017 in a press release:
"Even with a permanent income tax increase... the budget is more than $1 billion out of balance…"
Mostly True
By Matt Dietrich • September 20, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on September 14, 2017 a Facebook Live town hall:
Vermont had to "scrap" its single-payer health insurance program because it was "going bankrupt."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • September 20, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on September 18, 2017 a speech at Sacramento State University:
"Seventy-six percent of the American people support us passing the DREAM Act … with citizenship and legalization as part of it all. … More than 60 percent of Republicans support that."
True
By Chris Nichols • September 19, 2017
TheLastLineOfDefense.org
TheLastLineOfDefense.org
stated on September 18, 2017 a headline:
"Susan Rice arrested for criminal ‘unmasking’ of Trump officials."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • September 19, 2017
NYDailyNews-TV.com
NYDailyNews-TV.com
stated on September 18, 2017 a headline:
"U.S. comedian Kevin Hart in critical condition after gory car crash."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin, Susan Areson • September 19, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 17, 2017 a tweet:
"Long gas lines forming in North Korea."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 19, 2017
Joy Behar
Joy Behar
stated on September 6, 2017 comments on 'The View':
Says PolitiFact reported that "95 percent of what (Donald Trump) says is a lie."
False
By Joshua Gillin • September 18, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 14, 2017 remarks to reporters:
Says "92 percent of the people agree on DACA."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 18, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on September 13, 2017 a tweet:
Says U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin "wants to use a government jet that costs $25,000 per hour for his honeymoon."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • September 18, 2017
Derrick Johnson
Derrick Johnson
stated on August 2, 2017 a travel advisory:
"African Americans in Missouri are 75 percent more likely to be stopped and searched by law enforcement officers than caucasians."
Half-True
By Emily McCarter, Lucille Sherman • September 18, 2017
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 14, 2017 an attack ad:
Says Roy Moore is "on the wrong side of Trump’s border wall."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 18, 2017
Dana Rohrabacher
Dana Rohrabacher
stated on September 14, 2017 a news article:
Democrats "setup" and "manipulated" the political violence in Charlottesville
Pants on Fire!
By Chris Nichols • September 16, 2017
Young Conservatives
Young Conservatives
stated on September 8, 2017 an Internet post:
"Mass voter fraud just discovered, to the amount that could void Hillary’s victory In New Hampshire."
False
By Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias • September 15, 2017
Kris Kobach
Kris Kobach
stated on September 7, 2017 Breitbart column:
"Facts have come to light that indicate that a pivotal, close election was likely changed through voter fraud on November 8, 2016: New Hampshire’s U.S. Senate Seat, and perhaps also New Hampshire’s four Electoral College votes in the presidential election."
False
By Manuela Tobias • September 15, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on August 30, 2017 a tweet:
San Francisco and Takoma Park, Md., are "allowing illegals to vote."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 15, 2017
William Lacy Clay
William Lacy Clay
stated on August 18, 2017 an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
"Calling for the assassination of the president is a federal crime."
Half-True
By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • September 15, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on September 8, 2017 a tweet:
"Nearly 2/3 of rural Missourians don’t have access to broadband. That needs to change."
True
By Katelyn Brown, Patrick Mueller • September 15, 2017
Ken Paxton
Ken Paxton
stated on September 5, 2017 a press release:
"President Obama used" his DACA order "to unilaterally confer U.S. citizenship."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2017
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on September 7, 2017 an interview on MSNBC:
"So the number on DACA is 800,000, but every one person can bring in their entire extended family once they reach a certain status. So it's 3 or 4 million, right?"  
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 15, 2017
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