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Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch
stated on December 28, 2019 in a Facebook post:
 "More than 100,000 DACA applicants have been arrested—Murder, Rape, DUI."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • January 14, 2020
Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamic Republic News Agency
stated on January 7, 2020 in a tweet:
Says photo shows U.S. planes on fire after Iranian missile strikes in Iraq.
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 9, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 26, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says guns are required to be registered.  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • January 8, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"Abolishing the Electoral College would make Los Angeles County stronger than 43 states."
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 8, 2020
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on January 3, 2020 in a tweet:
Says Qassem Soleimani "assisted in the clandestine travel to Afghanistan of 10 of the 12 terrorists who carried out the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States."
False
By Miriam Valverde • January 7, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 5, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib tweeted and then deleted a post that said "Americans have spent decades raping and pillaging my people. What goes around comes around."
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • January 6, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says a photo shows a white man smiling while holding a black man with a bloody face.
False
By Miriam Valverde • December 20, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on December 9, 2019 in an interview published by The Root:
Says that in South Bend, Ind., the "black poverty fell by more than half on my watch."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • December 12, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 29, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says photo shows "the Golden Gate Bridge opening to the public for the first time back in 1937, and yes, it almost collapsed."
False
By Miriam Valverde • December 4, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says ABC 7 reported the Santa Clarita high school shooting "3 weeks in advance."
Pants on Fire!
By Miriam Valverde • November 26, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on November 20, 2019 in Democratic primary debate in Atlanta:
"The president had to confess in writing, in court to illegally diverting charitable contributions that were supposed to go to veterans."
False
By Miriam Valverde • November 21, 2019
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on November 7, 2019 in Tucker Carlson Tonight:
Says Marie Yovanovitch was "dishonest" when she claimed under oath that she never personally responded to an email from a Democratic staffer. But "in fact, it turns out that she did respond."
False
By Miriam Valverde • November 15, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 12, 2019 in 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
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on October 30, 2019 in 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 30, 2019 in a re-election campaign ad:
Says he is "cutting illegal immigration in half."
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 31, 2019
Ryan Fournier
Ryan Fournier
stated on October 20, 2019 in a tweet:
"Starting January 1, 2020, California will tax legal citizens if they don’t have health insurance. Why? The state needs to come up with $98,000,000 to pay for free health insurance for illegal aliens."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 30, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"Antifa Fascist Fangirl Tulsi Gabbard posing with Evan Duke, leader of Portland Antifa and Occupy ICE."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • October 30, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 8, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"The Trump family was disallowed from operating any charity in the State of New York because they stole from a kids cancer charity."
False
By Miriam Valverde • October 24, 2019
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on September 21, 2019 in Iowa Steak Fry speech:
Says about universal basic income, "Thomas Paine was for it at our founding ... Martin Luther King, champion in the ‘60s, called it a guaranteed minimum income for all Americans… It passed the U.S. House of Representatives twice in 1971."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • October 16, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 27, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Republican Gov. Phil Scott "just voted to impeach President Trump."
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 30, 2019
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