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William Taylor
William Taylor
stated on November 13, 2019 impeachment inquiry testimony
"The Russians are violating all of the rules, treaties, understandings that they committed to that actually kept the peace in Europe for nearly 70 years."
Mostly True
November 14, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 12, 2019 a tweet
"Many of the people in DACA, no longer very young, are far from ‘angels.’ Some are very tough, hardened criminals."   
False
By Miriam Valverde • November 14, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 13, 2019 a fundraising email
Says William Taylor and George Kent, the public witnesses in the House impeachment inquiry, are "Never Trumpers."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2019
Committee to Defend the President
Committee to Defend the President
stated on November 8, 2019 a Facebook ad
Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election time we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket, sell our souls for a Christmas turkey."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2019
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on November 10, 2019 an interview on Meet the Press
President Donald Trump's phone call with the Ukrainian president "sounds exactly like what Joe Biden did."
False
By Amy Sherman • November 11, 2019
Donald Trump Jr.
Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 7, 2019 an interview on ABC's "The View"
"It’s only a federal crime for the" inspector general to out a whistleblower.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2019 a rally in Mississippi
Says "Stacey Abrams wants to give illegal aliens the right to vote."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 6, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on October 30, 2019 an interview
"When it comes to electability, every single time my party has won the presidency in the last 50 years, it’s been with a candidate who was new on the national scene, hadn’t spent a lot of time in Washington, and represented a new generation of leadership."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • November 5, 2019
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on October 31, 2019 an interview with Stephen Colbert
Says under the Democratic impeachment inquiry, Republicans get "more rights than we ever received in any of the other impeachment proceedings."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 4, 2019
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on October 31, 2019 a speech on the House floor
The impeachment process against Donald Trump "provides fewer due process protections and fewer protections for minority rights than what we have seen in previous impeachment efforts."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 4, 2019
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on October 26, 2019 an email
Candidates who are supporting the Green New Deal are "promoting abortion in third world countries to control the population!"    
Mostly False
November 1, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 30, 2019 a re-election campaign ad
Says he is "cutting illegal immigration in half."
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 31, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 16, 2019 answering questions from reporters
"I entered as one of the poorest men in Congress, left one of the poorest men in government, in Congress and as vice president."
Mostly True
October 30, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 25, 2019 an ad on Facebook
Say Sen. Lindsey Graham supports the Green New Deal.
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • October 28, 2019
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on October 24, 2019 a Senate resolution
Says House Democrats leading the impeachment inquiry are "denying President Trump basic fairness and due process accorded every American."
False
By Bill McCarthy • October 28, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 27, 2019 a press conference
Says in his 2000 book "I was talking about Osama bin Laden. I said, ‘You have to kill him. You have to take him out.’"
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Warren Fiske • October 28, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 19, 2019 a rally in New York City
Says Congress gave Wall Street "trillions of dollars of zero interest loans."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 25, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 1, 2019 a tweet
Says his impeachment is a "coup."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2019
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on October 22, 2019 an interview with The Washington Post
"I'm one of only two candidates in the field that 10% or more of Donald Trump voters say they would support in the general" election.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2019
Association of Mature American Citizens
Association of Mature American Citizens
stated on August 29, 2019 a Facebook ad
AARP backed "federal funding for Planned Parenthood."
False
October 22, 2019
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