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Bruce Rauner
Bruce Rauner
stated on July 22, 2017 a press release
As written, the (Illinois school funding) bill includes a bailout of Chicago’s broken teacher pension system.
False
By Matt Dietrich • August 1, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 29, 2017 a speech
Says Dontre Hamilton "was shot 14 times by police for resting on a park bench in Milwaukee."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • August 1, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2017 remarks in the Oval Office
"Business spirit is the highest it's ever been, according to polls."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2017
J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling
stated on July 28, 2017 a tweet
Says Donald Trump was seen "looking deliberately over a disabled child's head, ignoring his outstretched hand."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • July 31, 2017
Chris Sununu
Chris Sununu
stated on July 10, 2017 an interview on New Hampshire Public Radio
California and New York are "the two biggest polluting states in the country."
Mostly False
By Nick Reid • July 28, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 19, 2017 a headline
"Barack Obama tweets sick attack on John McCain, says he should have died."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • July 28, 2017
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on July 12, 2017 an interview on MSNBC
The Inland Empire is "the second fastest growing region" for jobs in California.
True
By Chris Nichols • July 27, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 26, 2017 a tweet
"Foxconn is bringing 13,000 high-tech jobs to Wisconsin."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 27, 2017
Anthony Scaramucci
Anthony Scaramucci
stated on July 26, 2017 a tweet
"In light of the leak of my financial disclosure info which is a felony I will be contacting @FBI and the @TheJusticeDept"
False
By Manuela Tobias • July 27, 2017
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 23, 2017 an interview on Fox News
In economic growth, "Obama's best year was slower than Bill Clinton's worst year."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 27, 2017
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 31, 2017 a U.S. Senate campaign kickoff event in Dallas
"I’m one of two members of Congress out of 535 that takes no corporate cash, no political action committee money."
Half-True
By Fauzeya Rahman • July 27, 2017
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on July 13, 2017 a press conference
"Of all the money we spend on education, less than 32 percent goes to teachers."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 20, 2017 a Facebook live speech
"In order to sell insurance in Florida there are over 40 separate individual conditions that must be covered. ... far beyond the essential health benefits included in Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 27, 2017
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on July 23, 2017 posts on Twitter and Facebook
There were 2,761 auto thefts in 2006 under Rick Baker and 1,095 auto thefts in 2016.
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • July 27, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2017 a speech
"We've achieved a historic increase in defense spending to get our troops the support they so richly deserve."
False
By Jon Greenberg, Manuela Tobias • July 27, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on July 17, 2017 a TV interview
Republicans have " won a thousand seats since Obamacare."
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • July 27, 2017
Mark Cuban
Mark Cuban
stated on June 30, 2017 a tweet
"Twitter reaches only 15 percent of the population."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 26, 2017
Ted Lieu
Ted Lieu
stated on July 26, 2017 comments on CNN
"You've got thousands of people serving in the military who are transgender."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • July 26, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on July 26, 2017 a press release
"More than 15,000 transgender Americans" are "serving in the military today."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • July 26, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 14, 2017 a blog post
Cher "is moving to Canada because of President Trump."  
False
By Miriam Valverde • July 26, 2017
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