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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 a CEO town hall:
"There was a very large infrastructure bill that was approved during the Obama administration, a trillion dollars. Nobody ever saw anything being built."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on April 26, 2015 posts on social media:
"Florida Sheriff: Blacks should learn to act like white people in order to stay alive."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • April 2, 2017
Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
stated on March 28, 2017 a House committee hearing:
"There are about as many members of the Armed Forces marching bands as there are American diplomats."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 31, 2017
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on March 28, 2017 a letter:
Says there is a "traditional 60-vote threshold for confirming Supreme Court nominees."
Mostly False
By Ella Nilsen • March 31, 2017
Lowell Holtz
Lowell Holtz
stated on March 26, 2017 a post on a campaign web site:
About a third of Wisconsin’s high schools "are missing the mark of graduating young adults who are college ready," a "pass rate of 66.6%."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • March 30, 2017
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on March 27, 2017 a press briefing:
"Just last May, the Department of Justice inspector general found that these (‘sanctuary city’) policies also violate federal law."  
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • March 30, 2017
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on February 2, 2017 a budget speech at Nixa’s Early Childhood Center:
  "K-12 education is getting more money this year than they did last year. ... It is a total increase of 4.1 percent."
Mostly False
By Jen Para • March 28, 2017
Brendan Reilly
Brendan Reilly
stated on February 24, 2017 on Twitter :
Said Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump have both described deportations as "a military operation."     
Mostly False
By Marc Filippino • March 23, 2017
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 16, 2017 a press conference:
"There's no demonstrable evidence they (after-school programs that feed kids) are helping kids do better at school."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2017
Philip Levine
Philip Levine
stated on March 2, 2017 a post on Facebook:
Says Airbnb "decreases real estate values and increases costs for workforce housing."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 20, 2017
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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
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