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stated on July 9, 2020 on social media
Say that according to the Los Angeles Times, “95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens,” more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles County “are to illegal alien Mexicans” on Medicaid, “nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal,” and Nancy Pelosi “wants to put a windfall tax” on retirement fund profits.
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By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2020
Kim Reynolds
Kim Reynolds
stated on July 14, 2020 at a press conference
“Kids are less likely to get it (COVID-19). You know, they’re less likely to spread. So I think there’s some pretty good data out there that will help alleviate some of the concerns.”
Mostly True
By Lyle Muller • July 16, 2020
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on July 7, 2020 a TV segment
“To children and the vast majority of young and middle-aged adults and the vast majority of teachers, (the coronavirus) poses virtually zero threat."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • July 13, 2020
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stated on March 25, 2020 a Facebook post
“if your child gets this virus their going to hospital alone in a van with people they don’t know...to be with people they don’t know… you will be at home without them in their time of need.”
Pants on Fire!
By Emily Venezky • April 2, 2020
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 4, 2020 a blog post
Says Quaden Bayles committed suicide.
Pants on Fire!
March 5, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 13, 2020 a rally
Says “black babies die at rates twice as high as white babies because of a lack of access to affordable health care.”
Mostly True
By Madlin Mekelburg • February 20, 2020
James White
James White
stated on January 27, 2020 a tweet
Says "10% of U.S. children are Texans." 
True
By Madlin Mekelburg • January 31, 2020
David Crowley
David Crowley
stated on October 22, 2019 a tweet
"Child care costs account for 24% of a WI family’s budget." 
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • January 3, 2020
Woody Thrasher
Woody Thrasher
stated on August 21, 2019 a tweet
"West Virginia is sixth overall in the average number of at-risk youth."
Mostly True
By Alayna Degenhardt, Farrah Frattaroli • December 6, 2019
Nicole Galloway
Nicole Galloway
stated on October 12, 2019 a mass email
"Missouri has one of the highest rates of uninsured children in the country."
Half-True
By Caitlyn Rosen • November 16, 2019
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stated on October 4, 2019 a Facebook post
Barnes & Noble and Target have the book "If You Give a Pig the White House" in their children’s sections.  
False
October 24, 2019
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stated on October 15, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photo shows "Kurdish kids" after Turkey’s invasion.
False
October 21, 2019
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stated on April 28, 2019 a Facebook post
A photograph shows a woman doing cocaine with a child.
Pants on Fire!
September 26, 2019
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on July 31, 2019 the Detroit debate
"When the Senate was debating middle-class affordability for child care," then-Sen. Joe Biden "voted against it, the only vote, but what he wrote (in) an op-ed was that he believed that women working outside the home would, quote, ‘create the deterioration of family.’ He also said that women who were working outside the home were, quote, ‘avoiding responsibility.’"  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 2, 2019
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 11, 2019 a public forum
"We are incarcerating more children than any time ... since we interned Japanese-Americans during World War II"
Mostly True
By Mica Soellner • July 26, 2019
Tracy McCreery
Tracy McCreery
stated on April 8, 2019 a legislative debate
"Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among 15-19 year olds and 25-34 year olds in Missouri."
True
By Gaëlle Fournier, Zara McDowell-Barker • May 15, 2019
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stated on May 7, 2019 a Facebook post
An app called Talking Angela asks children personal questions and takes their photo.
False
May 14, 2019
Dale Kooyenga
Dale Kooyenga
stated on April 12, 2019 a radio interview
"Tony Evers is cutting child support."  
Half-True
By D.L. Davis • May 10, 2019
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stated on May 6, 2019 a Facebook post
Says a photo of a young girl crying alongside an ISIS member is a Christian being forced into sexual slavery as a child bride.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • May 7, 2019
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stated on April 10, 2019 a Facebook post
For the first time in U.S. history, a one-year-old appears in court as a defendant.
False
By Samantha Putterman • April 26, 2019
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