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Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on July 24, 2018 a campaign ad from his political committee Florida Grown
"Congressman (Ron) DeSantis sponsored legislation to increase sales taxes by 23 percent, hurting families, destroying jobs, devastating tourism"
Mostly False
By Katie Akin • July 27, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on May 2, 2018 a cable interview
Says "political interference" from Scott Walker’s administration has led to "gagging (DNR) scientists so they can no longer comment on proposed legislation" and "we’re letting polluters write their own permits."
Mostly False
By Anna Groves • July 27, 2018
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on July 23, 2018 a Senate floor speech
Says detained immigrant parents separated from their children at the border are being charged "as much as $8 a minute to call their children."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • July 26, 2018
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on July 24, 2018 a campaign ad
Says Sen. Joe Donnelly’s "family got caught outsourcing jobs to Mexico, and ‘Mexico Joe’ profited up to $80,000."
Mostly False
By Katie Akin • July 26, 2018
Jeff Greene
Jeff Greene
stated on July 10, 2018 TV ad
"Every time Trump comes here to play golf, Florida taxpayers are paying for it. ... Jeff Greene will put a stop to that day 1."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 26, 2018
Corey Stewart
Corey Stewart
stated on July 21, 2018 a debate
"President Trump proposed the increase to $700 billion to our military budget, which included the 355-ship Navy, which included a military pay increase, a modest one, which included, a yet even more modest housing allowance, but yet (Sen. Tim Kaine) even voted against giving more money to our men and women who are in the military service and against our housing allowance."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • July 25, 2018
SupremeInsider.com
SupremeInsider.com
stated on July 22, 2018 a blog post
"Barack Obama: I'm 'the First Sitting American President to Come From Kenya.'"
Mostly False
By Heaven Taylor-Wynn • July 25, 2018
Kelda Helen Roys
Kelda Helen Roys
stated on July 19, 2018 a TV ad
"In Wisconsin, abortion is still a crime."  
Mostly False
July 25, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on July 17, 2018 an ad
Says Joe Manchin said "yes to repealing Obamacare. He lied."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2018
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on July 9, 2018 a web video
"Richard Cordray wants to raise your taxes by reversing President Trump's tax reform."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 24, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 20, 2018 a tweet
"The price of soybeans has fallen 50% since 5 years before the election. A big reason is bad (terrible) trade deals with other countries."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 24, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 19, 2018 a headline
"NASA prepping 17-year-old Alyssa Carson to become first human on Mars."
Mostly False
July 20, 2018
Leah Vukmir
Leah Vukmir
stated on June 1, 2018 a tweet
Tammy Baldwin "opposed displaying the flag and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance or singing the National Anthem in our classrooms."
Mostly False
By Diana Dombrowski • July 20, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on July 16, 2018 an interview on Fox News
Says John Brennan "was a member of the Communist Party during the Cold War."
Mostly False
By Heaven Taylor-Wynn • July 19, 2018
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on July 16, 2018 on television
"In 2016, when Hillary Clinton appeared to have a firm lead in the polls — oh, just before the election, it was President Obama who laughed off any notion that American elections could possibly be tampered with."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • July 17, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 13, 2018 a blog post
"An elderly British politician has been savagely beaten to a bloody pulp by a gang of anti-Trump protestors because he ‘welcomed’ the U.S. president to the United Kingdom."
Mostly False
By Katie Akin • July 17, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 10, 2018 Facebook post
Says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion that a president "may decline to enforce a statute . . . when the president deems the statute unconstitutional" is "contrary to 200 years of Supreme Court precedent."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 16, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 12, 2018 a press conference after the NATO summit
"The United States was paying for anywhere from 70 to 90 percent of (NATO), depending on the way you calculate."
Mostly False
By Heaven Taylor-Wynn • July 12, 2018
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on July 10, 2018 an interview on "Fox and Friends."
Says Brett Kavanaugh is "pro-Obamacare."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 11, 2018
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on July 9, 2018 a tweet
On assault weapons, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s position is "way out of the judicial mainstream, far to the right of even late Justice Scalia."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 11, 2018
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