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Brian Sims
Brian Sims
stated on March 31, 2017 In a fundraising message
"Finally, I will continue to fight against Republicans like Martina White, who like Trump, wants to deport all of our hard working immigrant brothers and sisters and white wash America."
Pants on Fire!
By Mark Dent • April 5, 2017
Restoration PAC
Restoration PAC
stated on March 21, 2017 a video
Says Tammy Baldwin "supported legislation allowing citizens to withhold funding for our troops."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 5, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 a CEO town hall
"There was a very large infrastructure bill that was approved during the Obama administration, a trillion dollars. Nobody ever saw anything being built."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2017
Caitlyn Jenner
Caitlyn Jenner
stated on March 31, 2017
Says North Carolina's replacement for HB2 "orders NC cities to discriminate against LGBT people until at least 2020 and unfair ‘bathroom bans’ remain."
False
By Will Doran • April 4, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 a CEO town hall
"When you look for a job, you can't find it and you give up. You are now considered statistically employed."
False
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 2, 2017 a headline
"Doctors who discovered cancer enzymes in vaccines all found murdered."
Pants on Fire!
By PolitiFact Staff • April 4, 2017
Ted Yoho
Ted Yoho
stated on March 28, 2017 a House hearing
"Afghanistan has more hectares (of opium poppies) planted today than they had before we started this war."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • April 4, 2017
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on March 26, 2017 an interview on Meet the Press
California’s Central Valley and Inland Empire "are experiencing tremendous job growth."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • April 4, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 24, 2017 a headline
"Autopsy results from Vince Foster’s exhumed body — Cause of death to be changed!"
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • April 3, 2017
John Conyers, Jr.
John Conyers, Jr.
stated on March 28, 2017 a subcommittee hearing
"Apprehension rates at the southern border have plummeted since the 1980s, and apprehensions of Mexicans specifically have reached their lowest point in nearly half a century."  
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • April 3, 2017
Jon Ossoff
Jon Ossoff
stated on February 20, 2017 a campaign appearance
"I've got five years of experience as a national security staffer in the U.S. Congress."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 3, 2017
Patrick Gallivan
Patrick Gallivan
stated on March 27, 2017 a press conference
Of "30,000 individuals arrested a year for crimes that are 16 or 17, over 95 percent of them do not result in a criminal conviction. Only 1.5 percent of them ultimately go to state prison."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • April 3, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 17, 2017 a headline
"Muslims get their way--Illinois will permit wearing burqas in driving licenses photos"
Pants on Fire!
By Madeleine Doubek • April 2, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 8, 2017 a headline
"NBC just fired Megyn Kelly before her new show begins."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • April 2, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 13, 2017 a headline
Says "Georgia becomes first state to ban Muslim culture in historic move to restore Western values."
False
By Joshua Gillin • April 2, 2017
EmpireSports.co
EmpireSports.co
stated on February 28, 2014 a headline
"Colorado Rockies baseball team to sell marijuana brownies at their concession stands."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • April 2, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 27, 2017 a web post flagged by Facebook
Says extras are needed to portray aliens in a Star Wars movie being shot near Rosenberg, Texas.
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 2, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 26, 2015 posts on social media
"Florida Sheriff: Blacks should learn to act like white people in order to stay alive."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 9, 2015 a post shared on Facebook
Government orders South African firm "to lay off 3,389 white employees."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 2, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 27, 2017
"The Notebook is finally getting a sequel. Producers of the upcoming film confirmed .... that filming will begin in Jacksonville, North Carolina this summer."
Pants on Fire!
By Will Doran • April 2, 2017
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