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Jimmy Kimmel
stated on May 1, 2017 a monologue on his show:

"President Trump last month proposed a $6 billion cut in funding to the National Institutes of Health. And thank God our congressmen made a deal last night to not go along with that. They actually increased funding by $2 billion."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • May 3, 2017

Greg Murphy
stated on April 10, 2017 a speech:

"Every day, four North Carolinians die from a medication or drug overdose."

Mostly True

By Will Doran • April 13, 2017

Eric Greitens
stated on January 17, 2017 his state of the state address:

"Over 200 of our 520 school districts did not have a single student in physics."

Mostly False

By Grace Hase • February 24, 2017

Al Gore
stated on October 11, 2016 a speech:

Global warming leads to much quicker spread of the Zika virus because the increased temperature, "makes mosquitoes mature faster, . . . bite more due to having a higher metabolism, and makes the Zika virus inside of them incubate faster."

Half-True

By Joseph Cariz • October 28, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate:

"I did not — I did not — I do not say that. I do not say that" climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese.

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • September 27, 2016

Jerry Brown
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention.:

Says Indiana Gov. Mike Pence "denies that there's such a thing as evolution."

Half-True

By Chris Nichols • July 29, 2016

Larry Yarborough
stated on June 9, 2016 a meeting in the legislature about hemp regulations:

Says if you try to hide marijuana in a hemp field, "it becomes worthless. The THC goes away."

Mostly True

By Will Doran • June 14, 2016

Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 31, 2016 the Rush Limbaugh Show:

The presence of gorillas calls into question the concept of evolution.

False

By Lauren Carroll • June 3, 2016

Vicki Saporta
stated on May 9, 2016 an episode of "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee":

"There are more than twice as many (crisis pregnancy centers) as there are legitimate abortion providers in the United States."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 17, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on April 29, 2016 a speech at the Vatican:

"In the United States alone we lose more than 3,000 people a day to cancer."

False

By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on April 21, 2016 a "Good Morning America" town hall:

Marijuana is a Schedule I drug, "which you understand means that you can’t do any research about it."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • April 26, 2016

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
stated on April 15, 2016 in an episode of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt":

"Dolphins are rapists. Look it up."

False

By Lauren Carroll • April 22, 2016

Jerry Jones
stated on March 22, 2016 remarks to reporters at NFL annual meeting:

Says it’s "absurd" to say there’s enough data to establish a link between playing football and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.

Pants on Fire!

By W. Gardner Selby • April 22, 2016

Jeff Bridges
stated on March 28, 2016 a Facebook video:

"Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 14, 2016

Don Beyer
stated on March 24, 2016 a website post.:

"Over 97 percent of the scientific community … believe that humans are contributing to climate change."

Mostly True

By Sean Gorman • April 4, 2016

Samir Chachoua
stated on January 29, 2016 comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher":

Says he cured Charlie Sheen and the island of Comoros of HIV with "milk from goats, which had arthritis."

Pants on Fire!

By Linda Qiu • February 23, 2016

B.o.B.
stated on January 25, 2016 in a Jan. 25 tweet:

"You've been tremendously deceived" by people who say the Earth is not flat.

Pants on Fire!

By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 24, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Donald Trump "thinks that climate change is a hoax, invented by the Chinese."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2016

Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2015 an interview with Bill Maher:

The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air."

False

By Linda Qiu • September 2, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2015 an interview with Bill Maher.:

"The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2."

False

By Linda Qiu • September 1, 2015

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