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Bob Casey
Bob Casey
stated on July 5, 2017 a tweet
The GOP health care proposal would slash more than $135 million in federal funding available to PA schools.
False
By Anna Orso • July 11, 2017
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on June 26, 2017 a video
Says because of Donald Trump, "the IRS decided to stop enforcing the individual mandate that was the underpinning of the ACA. That has resulted in insurance companies all across the country jacking their rates up, explicitly because they don't believe that healthy people will buy insurance."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 10, 2017
FreedomCrossroads.us
FreedomCrossroads.us
stated on June 21, 2017 a post on the Internet
Says "James Comey Has Been Having An Affair With" Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 6, 2017 a press conference in Poland
Says Barack Obama found out about Russia "in August. Now, the election was in November. That's a lot of time. He did nothing about it."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • July 10, 2017
Diane Savino
Diane Savino
stated on May 17, 2017 an interview on NY1
Giving a committee chair’s stipend in the New York State Senate to another member of that committee "has been, in fact, a legislative practice for decades."
False
By Dan Clark • July 10, 2017
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on July 5, 2017 At a "town hall"
"Sanctuary cities are extremely dangerous."
Mostly False
By Mark Dent • July 8, 2017
Raymond Walter
Raymond Walter
stated on June 23, 2017 a press release
"Western New Yorkers pay some of the highest property taxes in the state."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • July 7, 2017
Hagar Chemali
Hagar Chemali
stated on July 6, 2017 an interview on MSNBC
"Cuba is far more sanctioned than North Korea."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2017
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 19, 2017 an interview
"There are so many data that demonstrate that poor people, surprisingly, are less likely to use drugs than people with means."
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 7, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 21, 2017 a blog
Spicer: "Trump has the legal right to cancel SCOTUS because they serve at his pleasure"
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • July 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 4, 2017 a tweet
"Gas prices are the lowest in the U.S. in over ten years!"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias • July 6, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 3, 2017 Internet posts
Australia is microchipping its public.
Pants on Fire!
By John Kruzel • July 6, 2017
Channel24News.com
Channel24News.com
stated on June 22, 2017 an Internet post
Says the manager of a Checkers in Miami Gardens, Fla., killed 10 employees.
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • July 6, 2017
Pete Olson
Pete Olson
stated on June 9, 2017 a radio interview brought to light June 20, 2017
Says that Bill Clinton "basically" told then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch in 2016 that "we killed Vince Foster."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • July 5, 2017
StGeorgeGazette.com
StGeorgeGazette.com
stated on June 29, 2017 an Internet post
"Donald Trump plans to step down as President of the United States and resign from office within the next 30 days."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • July 5, 2017
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on June 29, 2017 a White House press briefing
"The president in no way, form or fashion has ever promoted or encouraged violence."
False
By Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias • July 5, 2017
Marc Short
Marc Short
stated on July 2, 2017 an episode of "Fox News Sunday"
7 million people the Congressional Budget Office says won't have health insurance coverage under the Senate health care bill "don't exist."  
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 5, 2017
Paul Soglin
Paul Soglin
stated on June 18, 2017 an interview
Since he and Scott Walker took office in 2011, "60,000 new jobs have been created in this state -- 40,000 of them were created in Madison and the Madison area."      
False
By Tom Kertscher • July 5, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 27, 2017 a tweet
CNN’s ratings are "way down."
Pants on Fire!
By John Kruzel • July 3, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 24, 2017 Internet posts
Minnesota imposed an Islamic anti-blasphemy law.
Pants on Fire!
By John Kruzel • July 3, 2017
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