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Joy Reid
Joy Reid
stated on August 13, 2017 on NBC’s Meet The Press:
"The idea of putting up (Confederate) monuments actually didn’t happen right after the Civil War. It happened during the 1960s."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • August 15, 2017
Florida Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
Florida Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
stated on August 10, 2017 a TV ad:
Says Jose Felix Diaz supports President Donald Trump's "plan to slash Medicare, charge older Americans an age tax and cut coverage for pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 14, 2017
Chris Collins
Chris Collins
stated on August 2, 2017 an op-ed for The Buffalo News:
"Violent crimes where a firearm is used have remained static since 2013 in both New York State and Erie County"
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • August 11, 2017
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on June 24, 2017 a "Tampa Bay Times" article:
Says that compared to Rick Baker's time as mayor, Kriseman "had wet weather events that he did not experience" that caused sewage spills. Baker "went through significant periods of drought during his time as mayor."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • August 10, 2017
Andy Gronik
Andy Gronik
stated on July 14, 2017 a TV interview:
Says Scott Walker "has taken money away from internet expansion in our state."
Mostly False
By Devi Shastri • August 10, 2017
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on July 20, 2017 an interview:
"You have almost half the counties in America that have one provider or no provider for insurance" on the Obamacare exchanges.  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 4, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2017 remarks in the Oval Office:
"Business spirit is the highest it's ever been, according to polls."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2017
Chris Sununu
Chris Sununu
stated on July 10, 2017 an interview on New Hampshire Public Radio:
California and New York are "the two biggest polluting states in the country."
Mostly False
By Nick Reid • July 28, 2017
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 20, 2017 a Facebook live speech:
"In order to sell insurance in Florida there are over 40 separate individual conditions that must be covered. ... far beyond the essential health benefits included in Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 27, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2017 a tweet:
"The person in charge of the Hillary investigation, Andrew McCabe, got $700,000 from (Hillary Clinton) for wife!"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on July 21, 2017 In a speech:
Preliminary murder rates in Philadelphia "will put the murder rate at the highest of this decade in the city."
Mostly False
By Mark Dent • July 24, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on July 12, 2017 a speech:
"According to a recent study from the University of California Riverside, (sanctuary) cities with these policies have more violent crime on average than those that don’t."  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • July 24, 2017
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on July 22, 2017 Fox News interview:
Just 6 percent of Americans say Russia is the country’s most important issue, yet the story receives "75 percent of the coverage" in the media.
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 23, 2017
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on July 5, 2017 a Facebook ad:
"Elizabeth Warren doesn't think Obamacare goes far enough: ‘The next step is single payer.' Does Sen. Nelson agree? He has in the past ... Sen. Nelson votes with Warren 90 percent of the time."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • July 19, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 12, 2017 a CBN interview:
"I've gotten rid of the Johnson Amendment … I signed an executive order so that now ... ministers and and preachers and rabbis and whoever it may be, they can speak. You know, you couldn’t speak politically before, now you can."  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • July 18, 2017
Save Our City, Milwaukeeans Can't Wait
Save Our City, Milwaukeeans Can't Wait
stated on July 7, 2017 a recall filing:
Says Tom Barrett "has directed that tens of millions of City of Milwaukee tax dollars be used for the construction of a downtown trolley at the expense of: health and public safety; repair and replacement of public infrastructure; public education; and, job creation and economic development."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 14, 2017
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on July 11, 2017 comments on 'Fox News Specialists':
"Collusion is not illegal."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • July 12, 2017
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on July 10, 2017 Morning Joe:
Medicaid "is contributing to 70 percent of our budget deficit right now. It’s the one that is in our lap because of Obamacare."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 12, 2017
Rick Baker
Rick Baker
stated on June 25, 2017 an interview with News Channel 8:
"Midtown crime is up by 30 percent the last quarter."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • July 11, 2017
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on June 26, 2017 a video:
Says because of Donald Trump, "the IRS decided to stop enforcing the individual mandate that was the underpinning of the ACA. That has resulted in insurance companies all across the country jacking their rates up, explicitly because they don't believe that healthy people will buy insurance."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • July 10, 2017
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