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Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on May 30, 2018 a tweet
"One legislative Republican’s district gets almost all the school supply funding."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • June 7, 2018
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on April 22, 2018 an appearance on UpFront with Mike Gousha
Says Wisconsin ‘could compel’ Foxconn to install solar panels that would power 33,000 homes.
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • June 6, 2018
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 4, 2018 an interview on NBC's Today show
"I left the White House $16 million in debt."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • June 5, 2018
Lori Lightfoot
Lori Lightfoot
stated on May 20, 2018 a radio interview
"We are the only metropolitan area in the country that’s losing population." 
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • June 1, 2018
Kathleen Vinehout
Kathleen Vinehout
stated on May 1, 2018 an interview
Says Wisconsin "doesn't even give" released prison inmates "a bus ticket to get home."  
Mostly False
June 1, 2018
Christine Quinn
Christine Quinn
stated on May 23, 2018 a presentation at the State Democratic Convention
New York state has the "second highest millionaires tax in the nation."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • May 31, 2018
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on May 18, 2018 a TV ad
"Jim Renacci has been a lobbyist even while in Congress" and "voted to make it easier for lobbyists to hold key government positions and harder to investigate conflicts of interest."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 31, 2018
Ro Khanna
Ro Khanna
stated on May 26, 2018 in a tweet
"Amazon Echo is recording every conversation in a person's home and transmitting it to the cloud."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • May 31, 2018
Florida House Majority Office
Florida House Majority Office
stated on May 17, 2018 a video
It is a "myth" that "per-student funding only rose by 47 cents this year."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • May 30, 2018
Scott Dawson
Scott Dawson
stated on May 15, 2018 campaign press release
"Gov. Kay Ivey gave nearly $1 million of taxpayers’ money to a liberal activist organization that promotes alternative lifestyles and transgenderism."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • May 29, 2018
Scott Wagner
Scott Wagner
stated on May 21, 2018 Fundraising email
Gov. Wolf is trying to implement "a severance tax that would be financed by Pennsylvania’s working class"
Mostly False
By Colin Deppen • May 25, 2018
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on May 23, 2018 a CNN town hall
A recent spending bill had at least "$1.6 billion in there ... for schools to give them an opportunity to secure them."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 24, 2018
Senate Democrats
Senate Democrats
stated on May 23, 2018 a tweet
"El precio de combustible ha aumentado un 25% este año" / "The price of gas has increased 25% this year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2018
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on May 13, 2018 a candidates forum
"I’ve lived" in Milwaukee "all 61 years of my life."  
Mostly False
May 23, 2018
Mo Brooks
Mo Brooks
stated on May 16, 2018 a congressional hearing
"You’re going to have an increase in the amount of ice in Antarctica because of global warming."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2018
Keith Faber
Keith Faber
stated on May 11, 2018 a statement to the press
"Thanks to the strong charter school reforms put in place while I was Senate President" the online charter school ECOT "was caught and is out of business."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 17, 2018
Randy Bryce
Randy Bryce
stated on May 6, 2018 an interview
Says he’s not a politician.
Mostly False
May 16, 2018
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on May 8, 2018 remarks to a conference
A legal settlement that reined in Chicago police "resulted in approximately 236 additional victims killed and over 1,100 additional shootings in 2016 alone."
Mostly False
By Casey Toner • May 15, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 15, 2018 a speech
Says of MS-13 gang members, "We are getting them out of our country by the thousands."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • May 15, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on May 11, 2018 a radio interview
"If Joe Manchin had his way, Judge Gorsuch never would have been able to get a vote."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 15, 2018
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