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John Eaves
John Eaves
stated on September 13, 2017 in an Atlanta mayoral candidate forum:
"The current city mayor (Kasim Reed) has been virtually absent in terms of regional cooperation the last eight years."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 28, 2017
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on September 17, 2017 in an NBC interview:
"If you pass the so-called Dream Act, it will be the single biggest amnesty in the history of the United States, even bigger than the 1986 amnesty."  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 26, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2017 in a tweet:
"NFL attendance and ratings are WAY DOWN. Boring games yes, but many stay away because they love our country."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • September 24, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 21, 2017 in a tweet:
The Graham-Cassidy health care bill does "include coverage of pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 21, 2017
New York Post
New York Post
stated on September 12, 2017 in a tweet:
Says Ted Cruz is the "same senator who once supported a ban on sex toys."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 21, 2017
Bill Cassidy
Bill Cassidy
stated on September 20, 2017 in an interview on CNN:
Under the Graham-Cassidy health insurance bill, in "states like Maine, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, there will be billions more dollars to provide health insurance coverage for those in those states who have been passed by by Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 20, 2017
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 14, 2017 in an attack ad:
Says Roy Moore is "on the wrong side of Trump’s border wall."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 18, 2017
Tom Bossert
Tom Bossert
stated on September 11, 2017 in a White House press briefing:
The mobilization of the military in response to the storms in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands "is the largest ever mobilization of our military in a naval and marine operation" and an Air Force carrier there "was the first-ever as well."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • September 14, 2017
Freedom Daily
Freedom Daily
stated on September 6, 2017 in a blog post:
"Muslims’ disturbing plan comes out after grocery stores go bare to prepare for Irma."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • September 12, 2017
X posts
X posts
stated on September 11, 2017 in tweets:
"Paul Ryan doesn't know what the minimum wage is in Wisconsin."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 11, 2017
Crystal Quade
Crystal Quade
stated on August 9, 2017 in a letter:
"The governor’s cuts would kick over 8,000 people out of their homes."
Mostly False
By Allie Pecorin, Katie Parkins • September 10, 2017
Glenna Hodge
Glenna Hodge
stated on July 20, 2017 in testimony before a Texas Senate committee:
"Schools in Austin Independent School District are teaching children as young as 4 years old that their gender is fluid – that they’re not a boy or a girl and they can choose whichever gender they want."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 8, 2017
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on August 21, 2017 in a digital ad:
Says Tony Evers "allowed a middle-school teacher found guilty of spreading pornographic material at school to keep teaching students."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 8, 2017
Adam Putnam
Adam Putnam
stated on August 12, 2017 in a Republican party meeting in Orlando:
"We're still doing dumb things like telling the parent of an 11-year-old that it's against the law for them to tell their parents what they were tested on ... That will end when I'm governor."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • September 7, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 3, 2017 in an op-ed in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
"In 1986, President Ronald Reagan" cut the business tax rate to 34 percent and "it worked -- our economy boomed, the middle class thrived and median family income increased."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 6, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on September 5, 2017 in remarks at the Justice Department:
Says President Barack Obama’s policy known as DACA "contributed to a surge of minors at the southern border."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2017
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 21, 2017 in a town hall:
Says Aaron Rodgers "is not the highest tax rate payer" in Wisconsin, it's "the single mom getting 24 grand in benefits with two kids who will lose 80 cents on the dollar if she goes and takes a job."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2017
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 28, 2017 in an MSNBC interview:
"Two-thirds of the (Hurricane Sandy relief) bill had nothing to do with Sandy."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2017
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 18, 2017 in a newsletter:
"As of 2014, illegal aliens made up roughly 3.5 percent of our population, and committed over 10 percent of all murders."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 30, 2017
Katie Pavlich
Katie Pavlich
stated on August 26, 2017 in in a tweet:
Says former President Barack Obama "pardoned a traitor who gave U.S. enemies state secrets, he also pardoned a terrorist who killed Americans."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 30, 2017
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