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Tim Moore
Tim Moore
stated on June 7, 2018 a TV interview:
States with voter ID laws have seen "zero decrease" in participation. "Most have seen an increase."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • June 20, 2018
Corey Stewart
Corey Stewart
stated on June 13, 2018 in an interview:
"I have always condemned … any of these white supremacists or bigots or anything like that."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • June 20, 2018
Corey Stewart
Corey Stewart
stated on June 13, 2018 in a tweet:
Says Sen. Tim Kaine "approves of and even applauds his son's participation in a known terrorist organization, #Antifa."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • June 20, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 11, 2018 an interview aired on "Think," produced by KERA radio in Dallas:
"There’s actually a court order that prevents keeping the kids with the parents when you put the parents in jail."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 18, 2018
New Republican PAC
New Republican PAC
stated on June 11, 2018 a political ad:
Says Bill Nelson voted for "cuts to Medicare providers" and voted to weaken "Social Security protections" as a U.S. senator.
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • June 15, 2018
Newsflash
Newsflash
stated on June 13, 2018 a blog post:
"Trump’s DHS secretary confirms they are preparing to arrest sanctuary city leaders."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • June 13, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 12, 2018 Singapore press conference:
Says Bill Clinton "spent $3 billion and got nothing. And (North Korea) started making nuclear weapons a day later."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • June 13, 2018
Lou Barletta
Lou Barletta
stated on June 7, 2018 an interview:
"The city that I was mayor of was 50 percent Latino, and I won with 90 percent of the vote..." 
Mostly False
By Colin Deppen • June 12, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on June 4, 2018 an event in Springfield:
On Mike DeWine's record as attorney general: "Opioid deaths have tripled on his watch and there have been cuts to funds for first responders and people in the community fighting the crisis."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 12, 2018
President Trump's lawyers
President Trump's lawyers
stated on January 29, 2018 a memo:
Say President Donald Trump "dictated a short but accurate response to the New York Times article" about the Trump Tower meeting with Russians.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2018
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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
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