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Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on February 26, 2017 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says "Donald Trump wants to eliminate overtime pay for people." 
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • February 26, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 25, 2017 a tweet
"The National Debt in my first month went down by $12 billion."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • February 25, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 16, 2017 Internet posts
"Starbucks just placed Trump’s photo on (the) floor so every customer (has) to step on it."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • February 24, 2017
Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on February 22, 2017 a CNN-sponsored debate
"If you're in Texas, you have got to drive 120 miles to get an ID."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2017
Reps. Keith Rothfus, Mike Kelly and Bill Shuster
Reps. Keith Rothfus, Mike Kelly and Bill Shuster
stated on February 19, 2017 an op-ed in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Obamacare covers 24 million fewer people than it was expected to, and the projected price tag has more than doubled at $2 trillion."
Mostly False
By Anna Orso • February 24, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on January 17, 2017 his state of the state address
"Over 200 of our 520 school districts did not have a single student in physics."
Mostly False
By Grace Hase • February 24, 2017
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on January 31, 2017 his State-of-the-State address
"Midland, Texas, now beats the San Francisco area in the percentage of jobs created by startups."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 24, 2017
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on February 16, 2017 a speech
"Studies have shown Latinos are more than 40 percent less likely to call 911 when they have been a victim of a crime."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • February 24, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on January 24, 2017 a news release
"Abortion providers like Planned Parenthood do little other than provide abortions."
Pants on Fire!
By Jonathan Anderson, Nora Hertel • February 24, 2017
Richard Durbin
Richard Durbin
stated on February 15, 2017 an interview with Willie Geist
"You can almost pinpoint half of the gun violence deaths to two or three specific sections in the city. They are just areas of devastation, economically and otherwise."
True
By Marc Filippino • February 23, 2017
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on February 14, 2017 an open letter to Austin residents
"Local authorities in 43 states refused to honor more than 16,000 detainer requests from ICE from October 2013 to December 2015. Only in Alaska, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Vermont and Wyoming did local officials honor all requests, and detainers are relatively rare in those states."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 23, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 16, 2017 a headline
"Target to discontinue sale of Holy Bible."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • February 23, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 11, 2017 a headline
"Japanese whaling crew eaten alive by killer whales, 16 dead."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • February 23, 2017
David A. Clarke Jr.
David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on February 17, 2017 a tweet
Says Michelle Obama "said she was never proud of her country til they elected her husband POTUS."
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 23, 2017
Carl Bildt
Carl Bildt
stated on February 20, 2017 a tweet
There were "50 percent more murders" in Orlando and Orange County, Fla., last year "than in all of Sweden."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • February 22, 2017
Bono
Bono
stated on February 17, 2017 a speech at the Munich Security Conference
"For every extra year a girl goes to school, her income goes up 12 percent."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 22, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 10, 2017 Internet posts
John Hagee calls for "prosecuting women who say God’s name during intercourse."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • February 22, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on January 11, 2017 a press release
"This year, 97 Missouri counties have only one insurer participating in the Obamacare exchanges. Last year, every Missouri county had at least two insurance options. In addition, most Missourians will see an increase in their premiums, with some facing an increase upward of 40 percent"
Half-True
By Gary Garrison • February 22, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2017 a statement to press
"When the House wants to stop Enterprise Florida ... they’re hurting our rural communities."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on February 2, 2017 various public comments
On whether the Senate should vote in a timely manner on a Supreme Court nominee.
Full Flop
By Eric Litke • February 22, 2017
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