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Maxine Waters
Maxine Waters
stated on April 18, 2017 an interview on MSNBC
"I have not called for impeachment" of President Donald Trump.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 17, 2017 an interview with Fox News
With North Korea, "nobody has ever seen such a positive response on our behalf from China."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 19, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 a speech
"We’ve lost 70,000 factories since China joined the World Trade Organization."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • April 19, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 10, 2017 Internet posts
"Malia Obama expelled from Harvard."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • April 19, 2017
USF Divest
USF Divest
stated on April 11, 2017 a video on Facebook
Says the University of South Florida invests in oil companies like BP, tobacco companies, weapons manufacturers and private prisons.
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • April 19, 2017
Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on March 12, 2017 an interview
In America, "more people die from" prescription narcotic painkillers "than from heroin and cocaine combined."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 19, 2017
Center for American Progress Action Fund
Center for American Progress Action Fund
stated on April 16, 2017 the website IsTrumpAtMarALago.org
"A trip to Mar-a-Lago costs taxpayers approximately $3.6 million, according to a Government Accountability Office report."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • April 18, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 18, 2017 a tweet
"The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!"
False
By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde • April 18, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 16, 2017 an interview with CNN's "State of the Union"
"When Trump won, we had the lowest voter turnout in 20 years."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2017
Now8News.com
Now8News.com
stated on April 10, 2017 a headline
"United Airlines flight attendant slaps crying baby during flight."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • April 18, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 13, 2017 Internet posts
"Tampa man loses testicles after trying to 'fill scuba tank with weed smoke.'"
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • April 18, 2017
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 15, 2017 a tweet
"Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has said the app is for rich people, don't want to expand in poor countries like India and Spain."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 17, 2017
Randolph Bracy
Randolph Bracy
stated on April 4, 2017 in a New York Times op-ed
"African-Americans are grossly overrepresented on Florida’s death row."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 17, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 17, 2017 a tweet
Says Jon Ossoff wants to "allow illegal immigration."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • April 17, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 4, 2017 a headline
"Texas law enforcement officer fatally shot upon arriving for work by 3 Muslim refugee."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • April 17, 2017
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on April 6, 2017 an op-ed
"When public schools face increased competition, they get better and kids learn more." 
Mostly False
By Lola Duffort • April 17, 2017
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
Sheriff David Clarke for U.S. Senate
stated on April 5, 2017 a fund-raising email
Says Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. has said Black Lives Matter "is a terrorist movement, a hate group and calls it, Black LIES Matter."
True
By Tom Kertscher • April 17, 2017
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on March 27, 2017 an interview in the Press-Republican newspaper in Plattsburgh
The Keystone XL pipeline "doesn’t even have any oil for America."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • April 16, 2017
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on April 11, 2017 an appearance on 'Fox & Friends'
A United Airlines passenger forcibly removed from an airplane "was in his seat, he has every right to stay there."
False
By Joshua Gillin • April 14, 2017
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on March 31, 2017 a U.S. Senate campaign speech
El Paso is the "safest city in the state of Texas, safest city in the United States."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 14, 2017
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