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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 2, 2017 an article on an unreliable website:
"30,000 scientists have come forward confirming that man-made climate change is a hoax perpetuated by the elite in order to make money."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • September 8, 2017
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 21, 2017 a digital ad:
Says Tony Evers "allowed a middle-school teacher found guilty of spreading pornographic material at school to keep teaching students."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 8, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 5, 2017 an Internet post:
"Computer models show Irma destroying New York City on Sept. 10."
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • September 7, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on August 12, 2017 a Republican party meeting in Orlando:
"We're still doing dumb things like telling the parent of an 11-year-old that it's against the law for them to tell their parents what they were tested on ... That will end when I'm governor."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • September 7, 2017
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on September 3, 2017 a CNN interview:
"We have over a million (legal immigrants) a year, more than at any time in the history of this country. We have the largest percentage of immigrants, almost tied now with the historical high as a percentage of immigrants living in this country."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • September 6, 2017
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on August 23, 2017 an interview on Spectrum Cable's "Capital Tonight":
Says a poll showed 70 percent to 75 percent of people want to see Confederate statues "remain up and not taken down."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 6, 2017
OurLandOfTheFree.com
OurLandOfTheFree.com
stated on August 30, 2017 a blog post:
The Clinton Foundation is sending water to Houston "for $7 a bottle."
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • September 6, 2017
Jeff Denham
Jeff Denham
stated on September 5, 2017 an interview on NPR:
Says Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton "all voted for" a border wall as senators.
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • September 6, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 6, 2017 a web post:
"Hurricane Irma could be a Category 6 by the time it hits East Coast."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 6, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 3, 2017 a blog post:
Says Lady Gaga was arrested after a confrontation with First Lady Melania Trump.
Pants on Fire!
By John Kruzel • September 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 3, 2017 an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
"In 1986, President Ronald Reagan" cut the business tax rate to 34 percent and "it worked -- our economy boomed, the middle class thrived and median family income increased."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 6, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on July 20, 2017 a TV interview:
"We're flying 1987 planes with 1987 technology."
Half-True
By Alan Hovorka • September 6, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on September 5, 2017 remarks at the Justice Department:
Says President Barack Obama’s policy known as DACA "contributed to a surge of minors at the southern border."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2017
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on August 2, 2017 an ad:
In addition to his compensation as a judge, "Roy Moore and his wife (paid themselves) over $1 million from a charity they ran."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • September 5, 2017
Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on August 28, 2017 a bill signing event:
"My grandparents were proud immigrants to the United States of America, here to Illinois in the late 1800s. My grandparents did not speak English when they were young."
Pants on Fire!
By Bob Secter, Matt Dietrich • September 5, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 31, 2017 a Facebook post:
Hurricane Irma is "predicted to come through Mexico, hit us and everything in between up to Houston."
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • September 1, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 1, 2017 Internet posts:
"Navy destroyer strikes a building in downtown Houston."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • September 1, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 30, 2017 in a blog post:
Says Manny Pacquiao, Usain Bolt and Princes William and Harry have donated tens of millions of dollars to Hurricane Harvey victims.
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • September 1, 2017
Martina White
Martina White
stated on August 31, 2017 In a statement to the Northeast Times:
"It is shocking to me that Police Commissioner Richard Ross and Mayor Jim Kenney allowed this illegal occupation to go on for hours without taking any action to enforce the law…"
False
By Mark Dent • September 1, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 21, 2017 a town hall:
Says Aaron Rodgers "is not the highest tax rate payer" in Wisconsin, it's "the single mom getting 24 grand in benefits with two kids who will lose 80 cents on the dollar if she goes and takes a job."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2017
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