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Eric Bolling
stated on November 26, 2016 a commentary on Fox News:

"President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (was) a fancy name for almost a trillion-dollar spending bill. The ARRA was supposed to fix our crumbling roads and bridges," but now, "we have absolutely nothing to show for it."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2016

Jill Stein
stated on November 26, 2016 a video:

"Wisconsin uses voting machines that are outlawed, they are illegal."

Pants on Fire!

By Tom Kertscher • November 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 27, 2016 a tweet.:

There was "serious voter fraud" in Virginia.

Pants on Fire!

By Sean Gorman • November 29, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on November 27, 2016 an interview on ABC's This Week:

"In 2015 roughly 10,000 political arrests occurred in Cuba. That is five times as many as occurred in 2010, when there were only about 2,000."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • November 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 27, 2016 a tweet:

There was "serious voter fraud" in New Hampshire.

Pants on Fire!

By Ella Nilsen • November 28, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 27, 2016 a tweet:

There was "serious voter fraud" in California.

Pants on Fire!

By Chris Nichols • November 28, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 27, 2016 a tweet:

Says he "won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • November 28, 2016

Javier M. Gonzales
stated on November 16, 2016 an interview on The Kelly File:

"Study after study have shown that sanctuary cities do not lead to an increase in crime because of the presence of people that are undocumented."

Half-True

By Miriam Valverde • November 28, 2016

Don Beyer
stated on November 8, 2016 an interview.:

"We have trade agreements with 20 countries, and we have trade surpluses with each one of those 20."

False

By Warren Fiske • November 28, 2016

Lena Taylor
stated on October 13, 2016 an opinion column:

"Slavery is still allowable under Wisconsin law as long as it’s a punishment for a crime."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • November 25, 2016

Jill Stein
stated on October 17, 2016 a forum at Huston-Tillotson University:

Says climate scientist James Hansen says "we have until perhaps 50 years from now," or maybe a little longer "and at that point, we are looking at 10, 20, 30 feet of sea-level rise."

False

By Dylan Baddour • November 23, 2016

James Quintero
stated on October 10, 2016 a panel discussion at SXSW Eco:

Says that when San Francisco banned plastic grocery bags, "you saw the number of instances of people going to the ER with things like salmonella and other related illnesses" spike.

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • November 23, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on October 26, 2016 a rally for a Colorado U.S. Senate nominee:

"There is long historical precedent for a Supreme Court with fewer justices."

Mostly False

By Bobby Cervantes • November 23, 2016

Rush Limbaugh
stated on November 21, 2016 "The Rush Limbaugh Show":

"Alexander Hamilton was an immigration hawk."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • November 22, 2016

Bloggers
stated on November 9, 2016 articles on the Internet and social media posts:

Harambe received 15,000 votes in the presidential election.

Pants on Fire!

By Allison Graves • November 22, 2016

Bill Nelson
stated on November 16, 2016 a Senate floor speech:

Says Donald Trump said he intends "to open up additional areas off the coast to oil drilling" during the campaign.

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • November 22, 2016

Michael Moore
stated on November 11, 2016 remarks on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

In Flint, Mich., "the pipes still haven't been replaced. The water is still poisoned."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2016

Reince Priebus
stated on November 14, 2016 an interview:

Says Donald Trump's presidential victory was "an electoral landslide."

False

By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2016

Corey Stewart
stated on November 9, 2016 an interview.:

Ed Gillespie "would not mention (Donald Trump’s) name unless he was condemning him."

False

By Sean Gorman • November 21, 2016

Virginia "Jennie Lou" Leeder
stated on October 17, 2016 an interview with the Austin American-Statesman:

Texas spends "more per day to house an inmate than we do on a student."

True

By Fauzeya Rahman • November 18, 2016

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