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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 29, 2017 Internet posts:
Says video shows Mike Pence quoting the Bible as justification for "Congress not to fund Katrina relief effort."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • August 31, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 28, 2017 a press conference:
"We stopped traffic coming through -- 78 percent."
False
By Miriam Valverde • August 31, 2017
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 28, 2017 an MSNBC interview:
"Two-thirds of the (Hurricane Sandy relief) bill had nothing to do with Sandy."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2017
HoustonChronicle-tv.com
HoustonChronicle-tv.com
stated on August 29, 2017 an Internet post:
"Floyd Mayweather Jr. donates a whopping sum of money to Houston after hurricane."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • August 30, 2017
Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp
stated on August 23, 2017 a campaign email:
"Our conservative Georgia values are under attack" ... (People) are "calling for the removal of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson statues."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2017
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 18, 2017 a newsletter:
"As of 2014, illegal aliens made up roughly 3.5 percent of our population, and committed over 10 percent of all murders."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 30, 2017
Katie Pavlich
Katie Pavlich
stated on August 26, 2017 in a tweet:
Says former President Barack Obama "pardoned a traitor who gave U.S. enemies state secrets, he also pardoned a terrorist who killed Americans."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 30, 2017
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on August 6, 2017 a TV interview:
Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin is "still 16,000 manufacturing jobs lower than we were during the recession."
Mostly True
By Alan Hovorka • August 30, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 28, 2017 a series of tweets:
Photo shows severe flooding at a Houston airport.
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • August 29, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 23, 2017 Internet posts:
Says Adam Sandler said "Mormons are some of the most decent people I’ve ever come across."
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 29, 2017
Adam Schiff
Adam Schiff
stated on August 20, 2017 an interview:
"I think what the authors of the (25th) Amendment principally had in mind was some kind of physical incapacitation or serious mental illness or a breakdown, an inability to function in office."
True
By John Kruzel • August 29, 2017
Marco Rubio's heckler
Marco Rubio's heckler
stated on August 22, 2017 during Sen. Marco Rubio's speech to Seminole County GOP:
Says Marco Rubio took "three quarters of a million dollars from fossil fuel executives" during the 2016 Senate election.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 29, 2017
Joe Arpaio
Joe Arpaio
stated on August 25, 2017 a tweet:
Says his conviction is "a political witch hunt by holdovers in the Obama justice department."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 29, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 28, 2017 tweets:
Photo shows a shark swimming on a freeway in Houston.
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • August 28, 2017
OurLandOfTheFree.com
OurLandOfTheFree.com
stated on August 26, 2017 an Internet post:
"President (Donald) Trump pardons Kim Davis."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • August 28, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 26, 2017 in a tweet:
"Obama is in Texas serving meals!"
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • August 28, 2017
Illinois Family Institute
Illinois Family Institute
stated on August 19, 2017 a blog post:
Public schools, colleges and state-funded day care centers "will be made into sanctuaries by Bruce Rauner signing SB 31."
False
By Matt Dietrich • August 28, 2017
Betty Jean Grant
Betty Jean Grant
stated on August 17, 2017 a Spectrum News story after the debate:
"I'm the only candidate who has not accepted money from Carl Paladino nor LPCiminelli; two of the biggest developers in the city of Buffalo."
True
By Dan Clark • August 25, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 28, 2017 an interview:
Says Foxconn didn't keep a promise to build a plant in Pennsylvania because "Pennsylvania changed governors."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 25, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on June 14, 2017 a "Tampa Bay Times" article:
Says Rick Kriseman is $35 million over budget on St. Petersburg’s new police station.  
False
By Allison Graves • August 25, 2017
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