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Rearfront.com
Rearfront.com
stated on August 9, 2017 a web post:
"Dwayne 'The Rock' (Johnson) Has Officially Filed For The 2020 Presidential Campaign"
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2017
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on July 31, 2017 a press conference:
"Every one of the financial bad management practices that I inherited, every one of them, have either been eliminated or cut significantly."
Half-True
By Matt Dietrich • August 14, 2017
Chris Collins
Chris Collins
stated on August 2, 2017 an op-ed for The Buffalo News:
"Violent crimes where a firearm is used have remained static since 2013 in both New York State and Erie County"
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • August 11, 2017
Melissa Sargent
Melissa Sargent
stated on August 2, 2017 a tweet:
On Foxconn deal, "3,000 jobs cost #WI taxpayers more than $3 billion in tax giveaways. Break it down: more than $1 million in taxpayer dollars per job."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • August 11, 2017
Sebastian Gorka
Sebastian Gorka
stated on August 8, 2017 an interview with MSNBC:
"There's no such thing as a lone wolf. ... That was a phrase invented by the last administration to make Americans stupid."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 10, 2017
Stacey Evans
Stacey Evans
stated on August 5, 2017 a statement sent to the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
There are"thousands of Georgia workers that are misclassified as independent contractors," who lose benefits, including health care.  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 6, 2017 in a blog post:
"Barron Trump Rushed To The Hospital, Hospital Releases Statement On His Condition"
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • August 10, 2017
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on June 24, 2017 a "Tampa Bay Times" article:
Says that compared to Rick Baker's time as mayor, Kriseman "had wet weather events that he did not experience" that caused sewage spills. Baker "went through significant periods of drought during his time as mayor."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • August 10, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 6, 2017 a blog post:
Tornado carries mobile home 130 miles, family inside unharmed.
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • August 10, 2017
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on July 14, 2017 a TV interview:
Says Scott Walker "has taken money away from internet expansion in our state."
Mostly False
By Devi Shastri • August 10, 2017
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on July 18, 2017 a speech:
"It costs us about $33,000 a year (on average nationally) to lock somebody up. In California it costs about $75,000 a year."
True
By Chris Nichols • August 9, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2017 a briefing on opioids:
"At the end of 2016, there were 23 percent fewer federal prosecutions than in 2011, so (prosecutors) looked at this scourge (opioid deaths) and they let it go by."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on July 28, 2017 in a newsletter:
Last year, Democrats won nearly 50% of the vote, yet they hold only 38% of the seats in the state House and 30% of the seats in the state Senate.
Mostly True
By Paul Specht • August 9, 2017
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 9, 2017 a Twitter post:
"Bill Clinton gave North Korea $5 billion and two nuclear reactors in 1994, essentially giving them nukes."
False
By Joshua Gillin • August 9, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 9, 2017 a tweet:
"My first order as president was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal. It is now far stronger and more powerful than ever before."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 6, 2017 a fake news blog post:
Says President Donald "Trump orders 13 Obama deep state operatives arrested for treason."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • August 9, 2017
Scott Wagner
Scott Wagner
stated on August 2, 2017 a campaign video.:
Eighty percent of the school tax bills in the state of Pennsylvania went up over last year.
Half-True
By Anna Orso • August 9, 2017
Mike Gallagher
Mike Gallagher
stated on July 9, 2017 a TV interview:
"We’re spending 18 percent of our GDP on healthcare while the average among industrialized countries is closer to 8 percent."
Mostly True
By Devi Shastri • August 9, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 7, 2017 a tweet:
Says his time away from Washington coincides with a "long planned renovation" for the White House.
True
By Manuela Tobias • August 8, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on August 5, 2017 Internet posts:
Says Russian President Vladimir Putin said Pope Francis "is not a man of God."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • August 8, 2017
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