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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 24, 2017 a tweet
"It would take $135 billion to eradicate global poverty."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 7, 2017
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on January 29, 2017 an interview
The seven nations identified in Donald Trump's travel ban were "identified by the Obama administration as the seven most dangerous countries in the world in regard to harboring terrorists."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • February 7, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2017 a speech in Tampa, Fla.
Terrorism and terrorist attacks in the United States and Europe have "gotten to a point where it's not even being reported."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2017 an interview with Bill O'Reilly
Says "109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers" were affected by the immigration executive order.
False
By Linda Qiu • February 6, 2017
CNNews3.com
CNNews3.com
stated on February 6, 2017 an Internet post
The HIV virus has been "detected in Walmart bananas after 10 year old boy contracts the virus."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • February 6, 2017
John Humphries
John Humphries
stated on January 12, 2017 a Facebook post
"We've dropped from a top 10 state in elementary reading to 30th in the nation" under State Schools Superintendent Tony Evers’ watch.  
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • February 6, 2017
Texas Association of Business
Texas Association of Business
stated on December 6, 2016 a press release and study
Says a study indicates up to $8.5 billion in lost GDP and up to 185,000 lost jobs if Texas lawmakers approve a measure limiting transgender bathroom choices.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 3, 2017
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 1, 2017 a tweet
"Not a single Democrat opposed Neil Gorsuch's confirmation in 2006."
True
By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2017
Tom McClintock
Tom McClintock
stated on January 31, 2017 an interview
Refugee "vetting was very haphazard," under the Obama Administration. "In many cases, we simply accepted the word of applicants."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • February 3, 2017
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on February 2, 2017 There was no massacre
"Two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized and they were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green massacre. … It didn't get covered"
False
By Louis Jacobson, Steve Contorno • February 3, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 26, 2017 blog posts
Says former President Barack Obama "will be on new $1 dollar bill."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • February 3, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 5, 2017 a news conference
Obamacare is "hurting people right now" with premium increases of up to 116 percent.
Mostly True
By Eric Litke • February 3, 2017
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on February 2, 2017 an interview on "Fox and Friends"
"This is longest that the nation has gone without a secretary of the Treasury, at least in modern times. If it's not the longest, it's darn close to it."
False
By Allison Graves • February 2, 2017
Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison
stated on January 29, 2017 a CBS 'Face The Nation' interview
"About three-quarters of (Syrian refugees) are women and children. A full third of them are kids under 12 years old."
True
By Miriam Valverde • February 2, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 27, 2017 an interview
"In Florida, 70 percent of the people here illegally came on an airplane. They overstayed a visa."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 2, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 1, 2017 a tweet
"The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu, Miriam Valverde • February 2, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on January 25, 2017 an address to education leaders
Says North Carolina gives taxpayer dollars to private schools, but "we really don’t know what these schools are doing or how they are performing."
Half-True
By Will Doran • February 2, 2017
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on January 31, 2017 a CNN town hall
Says Neil Gorsuch "comes down on the side of felons over gun safety."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • February 2, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 17, 2016 blog posts
Says Mike Pence said that "allowing rape victims to have abortions will lead to women trying to get raped."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • February 2, 2017
Sylvia Garcia
Sylvia Garcia
stated on January 5, 2017 a press release
Says that in Texas, it’s "already illegal to enter a bathroom to harm someone."
Half-True
By Bobby Cervantes • February 1, 2017
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