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The Other 98%
stated on January 9, 2017 a viral image:
"The same 3 senators who have spent the last 3 years s------- themselves over ‘Benghazi!’ just introduced a bill to reduce embassy security by 50 percent."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 6, 2017 a statement released by the transition office:
Activities by foreign governments had "absolutely no effect on the outcome of this election."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2017
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on December 23, 2016 an interview:
"We don't get any of that information" from the federal government on who refugees are, where they come from and how long they are likely to stay.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • January 6, 2017
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on December 15, 2016 an interview with KEYE TV:
"Our university campuses by federal law do not check the immigration status of their students just as our public schools don’t."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 28, 2016
Michael Long
Michael Long
stated on October 14, 2016 an interview on Capital Tonight:
Because of its higher minimum wage, New York State is "already showing signs of various companies picking up and leaving."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • December 23, 2016
Kurt Schaefer
Kurt Schaefer
stated on November 13, 2016 an ad in the Columbia Daily Tribune:
The 2016 and 2017 Missouri budget includes more funding for the University of Missouri than any time in the last 15 years.
Mostly False
By Ellen Cagle • December 19, 2016
Geraldo Rivera
Geraldo Rivera
stated on December 12, 2016 an interview on Fox News' Hannity:
Says "tens of thousands of children" were rushed across the southwest border "because they fear the wall."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • December 15, 2016
Conservative Tribune
Conservative Tribune
stated on December 2, 2016 a web post:
"Before Leaving, Obama Enacts Rules to Take $3,000 From EVERY American."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2016
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on November 16, 2016 an interview with McClatchy's Washington bureau:
"NAFTA allows a lot of trucks from Mexico, for example, to leave there and ... drive straight through without even being inspected."  
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2016
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on November 30, 2016 a radio interview.:
"We would be just like North Carolina with HB2-like (transgender bathroom) legislation. It actually passed our chamber and I vetoed it."  
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • December 5, 2016
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 30, 2016 an op-ed in USA Today:
Obamacare "was invented by liberal academic theorists."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 5, 2016
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on November 17, 2016 an interview:
"Black Lives Matter, who are attacking law enforcement officers" -- Barack Obama "had them to the White House."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • December 2, 2016
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on November 26, 2016 a commentary on Fox News:
"President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (was) a fancy name for almost a trillion-dollar spending bill. The ARRA was supposed to fix our crumbling roads and bridges," but now, "we have absolutely nothing to show for it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2016
James Quintero
James Quintero
stated on October 10, 2016 a panel discussion at SXSW Eco:
Says that when San Francisco banned plastic grocery bags, "you saw the number of instances of people going to the ER with things like salmonella and other related illnesses" spike.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 23, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 26, 2016 a rally for a Colorado U.S. Senate nominee:
"There is long historical precedent for a Supreme Court with fewer justices."
Mostly False
By Bobby Cervantes • November 23, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 26, 2016 a tweet:
 "America’s tax code hasn’t been updated in 30 years."
Mostly False
By Cara Lombardo • November 16, 2016
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on October 28, 2016 a campaign mailer:
"Casey Weinstein: No faith in our military" ... "When some of our cadets wanted to watch a religious film, Casey Weinstein sued the U.S. military. Sued our soldiers?"  
Mostly False
By Nadia Pflaum • November 7, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 6, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":
"There’s a section in the Constitution called the Emoluments Clause that says no one, nor their spouses, can take money from foreigners. (Hillary Clinton) has to be guilty of 70 or 100 counts just on that one charge."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll, Tyler Adkisson • November 6, 2016
Jason Kander
Jason Kander
stated on August 10, 2016 a campaign ad:
Roy Blunt "voted to raise his own pay 12 times" while in Congress.
Mostly False
By George Ash • November 6, 2016
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on October 12, 2016 a YouTube video:
Democrat Stephen Webber "voted to allow sex offenders to be within 500 feet of childcare centers and playgrounds, and even voted to allow sex offenders to be coaches."
Mostly False
By George Ash • November 6, 2016
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