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Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on May 30, 2018 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in a candidates forum:
"I’ve lived" in Milwaukee "all 61 years of my life."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 23, 2018
Mo Brooks
Mo Brooks
stated on May 16, 2018 in 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 in 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 in an interview:
Says he’s not a politician.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • May 16, 2018
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on May 8, 2018 in 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 in 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 in 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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