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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 28, 2017 in an interview:
Says Foxconn didn't keep a promise to build a plant in Pennsylvania because "Pennsylvania changed governors."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 25, 2017
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on August 22, 2017 in in an ad:
Says Kelli Ward hosted a town hall on "chemtrail conspiracy theories" and is open to sponsoring chemtrails legislation.
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 25, 2017
Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper
stated on August 23, 2017 in comments on Twitter:
Says the Joker's "Red Hood" origin story is "the true one."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 25, 2017
Rick Kriseman
Rick Kriseman
stated on August 9, 2017 in a podcast:
"We’ve got a police station that’s under construction right now, they are actually ahead of schedule and under budget."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • August 24, 2017
David Frum
David Frum
stated on August 21, 2017 in a tweet:
"No president in history has imposed larger personal lifestyle costs on the taxpayer than Donald Trump."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • August 23, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 19, 2017 in a tweet:
"We took Wisconsin from the Bottom 10 for business to the Top 10."
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • August 23, 2017
John Moorlach
John Moorlach
stated on August 4, 2017 in an op-ed:
"Crime has been getting worse since Jerry Brown was elected governor."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • August 22, 2017
David Lewis
David Lewis
stated on July 31, 2017 in in a blog:
Gov. Roy Cooper has "filed nearly one lawsuit a month, with every single one of them an attempt to extend his own power."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 22, 2017
Alex Castellanos
Alex Castellanos
stated on August 20, 2017 in comments on ABC's 'This Week':
"(For) white working-class America, death rates among white men are up 20 percent."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 20, 2017
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 15, 2017 in Press release:
House Bill 330 "grants immunity from liability to motorists who strike protesters."
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 16, 2017
Joy Reid
Joy Reid
stated on August 13, 2017 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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
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