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Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on November 16, 2018 a tweet
"There have been no hearings" on a criminal justice bill being considered in the Senate.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 14, 2018 an interview with the Daily Caller
"If you buy, you know, a box of cereal, if you do anything, you have a voter ID. … The only thing you don’t is if you’re a voter of the United States."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2018
Eric Swalwell
Eric Swalwell
stated on November 12, 2018 a tweet
"15,000 troops will not see their families for #Thanksgiving because of @realDonaldTrump’s Scaravan Stunt. Oh yeah, it’s also costing you 200 million dollars."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • November 15, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 7, 2018 a press conference
"In the House, Republicans dramatically outperformed historical precedents."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 7, 2018 in a press conference
"This election marks the largest Senate gains for a president's party in a first midterm election since at least President Kennedy's in 1962."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • November 8, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 6, 2018 a Facebook post
Says "Kurt Russell supports Trump" by wearing a Trump T-shirt.
Pants on Fire!
By Tessa Weinberg • November 6, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 5, 2018 in a Facebook post
"Judicial Watch reports show 1.7 million California votes are not registered voters!"
Pants on Fire!
By John Kruzel • November 6, 2018
stated on October 22, 2018 a campaign ad
Says Brendan Kelly "allowed half of the criminals he faced to walk free" and "failed to protect women who were violently assaulted," allowing "those guilty of sexual assault to cut inexcusable plea deals."  
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • November 5, 2018
House Majority PAC
House Majority PAC
stated on October 26, 2018 a TV ad
Says Ohio U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot "voted to cut health care for kids, affecting up to half the families at Cincinnati’s own Children’s Hospital."
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • November 5, 2018
Mike Braun
Mike Braun
stated on October 30, 2018 a debate
Says he didn't support the lawsuit to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Mostly False
November 5, 2018
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on October 30, 2018 a campaign ad
Says New York Rep. John Faso "cast the deciding vote" to try to kill health care protections provided by Obamacare.  
Mostly False
By Stephen Koff • November 5, 2018
Environmental Defense Fund Action
Environmental Defense Fund Action
stated on October 29, 2018 a mailer to Texas homes
Says Texas U.S. Rep. John Culberson "was caught using campaign cash on collectibles, including Civil War memorabilia and fossils."
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • November 3, 2018
North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party
North Dakota Democratic–Nonpartisan League Party
stated on November 1, 2018 a Facebook ad
"Attention hunters: Voting in North Dakota could cost you your out-of-state hunting licenses."
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • November 2, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 26, 2018 a campaign rally
"The Democrat plan would just obliterate Medicare and terminate Medicare Advantage ... seniors who have been paying for this for years (and) will not be taken care of anymore."
False
By Manuela Tobias • November 2, 2018
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 30, 2018 a TV ad
Says Maine Democrat Jared Golden "supports using your Social Security to fund other government programs."
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • November 2, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2018 a tweet
"Democrats let him (cop killer Luis Bracamontes) into our country," and "Democrats let him stay."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde • November 1, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 26, 2018 a rally in North Carolina
"The Democrats want to invite caravan after caravan of illegal aliens into our country. And they want to sign them up for free health care, free welfare, free education, and for the right to vote."
False
By Miriam Valverde • November 1, 2018
Heidi Heitkamp
Heidi Heitkamp
stated on October 28, 2018 an op-ed in the Bismarck Tribune
"President Donald Trump even referred to one of (Kevin) Cramer’s health care repeal bills as 'mean' because the bill gutted protections for North Dakotans with preexisting conditions."
Mostly True
November 1, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on October 3, 2018 a tweet
West Virginia "has the highest overdose rate per capita of any state in our nation."
True
By Davis Versprille • November 1, 2018
Duncan Hunter
Duncan Hunter
stated on September 26, 2018 a campaign ad
Says "Ammar Campa-Najjar is working to infiltrate Congress" and "is being supported by CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2018
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