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Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on February 23, 2017 and in several other statements over the past two months.
The proposed state budget contains "an additional tax cut for the middle class."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • March 17, 2017
Phil Berger
Phil Berger
stated on March 13, 2017 a the GOP response to Roy Cooper's State of the State speech
Says Republican legislators in North Carolina raised the average teacher's pay "by more than 15 percent in just three years."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • March 16, 2017
Dennis Baxley
Dennis Baxley
stated on March 15, 2017 a Florida House floor speech
"What has happened since 2005? We’ve seen violent crime continuously go down" due to Florida's "stand your ground" law.
Mostly False
By Allison Graves, Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2017
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 13, 2017 a press conference
The House Republican health care "plan doesn't get rid of Medicaid expansion."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • March 14, 2017
Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison
stated on March 7, 2017 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
Says President Donald Trump's travel ban could ban Somalis "from getting relief (from famine) through coming to the United States."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 8, 2017 a tweet
"‘TrumpCare’ would allow insurance execs to personally make millions off your health care."
Mostly False
March 13, 2017
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on February 13, 2017 a Facebook post
"Wisconsin’s graduation rates have grown to over 90 percent" since Tony Evers became state school superintendent.
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • March 10, 2017
Greg Walden
Greg Walden
stated on March 7, 2017 a oress conference
Under the Affordable Care Act, "some people were gaming the system" by paying "for nine months of insurance, get 12 -- the other three for free."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 7, 2017 a tweet
"122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • March 7, 2017
Shenggen Fan
Shenggen Fan
stated on March 2, 2017 a panel discussion in Washington, D.C.
Every dollar of foreign aid for agricultural research "will bring $4 in trade with the countries and the United States ... generating employment back in the U.S."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 3, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2017 a speech before a joint session of Congress
"According to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 2, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2017 a speech to Congress
Says his budget "calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2017
Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on February 26, 2017 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says "Donald Trump wants to eliminate overtime pay for people." 
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • February 26, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 25, 2017 a tweet
"The National Debt in my first month went down by $12 billion."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • February 25, 2017
Reps. Keith Rothfus, Mike Kelly and Bill Shuster
Reps. Keith Rothfus, Mike Kelly and Bill Shuster
stated on February 19, 2017 an op-ed in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Obamacare covers 24 million fewer people than it was expected to, and the projected price tag has more than doubled at $2 trillion."
Mostly False
By Anna Orso • February 24, 2017
Eric Greitens
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
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2017 a statement to press
"When the House wants to stop Enterprise Florida ... they’re hurting our rural communities."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 20, 2017 a headline
"Muslims offended that their kids have to recite national anthem."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 21, 2017
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on February 13, 2017 a roundtable discussion
"Your politicians in Tallahassee today are saying, in your area, that they don't need any more jobs. That is exactly what Rep. Paul Renner said."
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • February 17, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 16, 2017 a news conference
The media has "a lower approval rate than Congress."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2017
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