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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
Travis Allen
Travis Allen
stated on February 13, 2017 a press release:
"The Oroville dam failure was entirely avoidable: California passed a $7.5 Billion water bond in 2014 but Jerry Brown didn't spend $1 on new water storage or improvements to existing infrastructure like Oroville."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • February 16, 2017
Stephen Miller
Stephen Miller
stated on February 12, 2017 an interview on ABC's "This Week":
"I'm calling into question the accuracy of the ruling. The district judge in Seattle said there was no indication of terrorism from these seven countries in our country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 31, 2017 a speech:
Says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson got a "government service golden parachute" payment of $180 million "from Exxon Mobil that he would have to forfeit had he taken a job elsewhere."    
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 10, 2017
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 1, 2017 tweets :
Says Melania Trump’s security detail at Trump Tower costs more than the annual budget for the National Endowment for the Arts.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • February 8, 2017
Chad Mayes
Chad Mayes
stated on January 17, 2017 a speech.:
"Legislators themselves cannot afford to buy housing in California."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • February 8, 2017
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 6, 2017 an interview:
Says Republicans are "organizing to take people’s health care away."
Mostly False
By Jonathan Anderson • February 8, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2017 remarks at U.S. Central Command in Tampa:
"I have already saved more than $700 million when I got involved in the negotiation on the F-35."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 2, 2017 a Facebook post:
"Smart! 'Kuwait issues its own Trump-esque visa ban for five Muslim-majority countries.' "
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2017
Seth Moulton
Seth Moulton
stated on January 31, 2017 a CNN interview:
"ISIS is already using the rhetoric from the Trump administration, the text of this executive order, to incite attacks against us and to recruit more terrorists to their side."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • February 7, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 24, 2017 a tweet:
"It would take $135 billion to eradicate global poverty."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 7, 2017
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