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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on September 23, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Warren Buffett asked people to forward a chain email about the "Congressional Reform Act of 2019."
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • December 6, 2019
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on September 29, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Thom Tillis voted to support Trump’s emergency declaration to fund the border wall even though it would "raid $80 million from North Carolina."
Mostly True
By Julianna Rennie • November 6, 2019
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on October 2, 2019 in a newspaper:
Millionaires are eligible for food stamps, but "Donald Trump came along and decided to put a stop to it." 
True
By D.L. Davis • October 11, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 16, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says the U.S. gives Israel "$3 billion annually" in aid and zero to Detroit.   
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • September 3, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 28, 2019 in a tweet:
Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 5, 2019 in a Medium post:
"The Trump Administration cut funding allocated to the Department of Homeland Security to combat white nationalism."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2019
Greg Steube
Greg Steube
stated on May 28, 2019 in a press release:
"It’s estimated that in 2018 alone, dead people received $1 billion in benefits from Medicare, Medicaid, social security payments, and federal pensions."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 13, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2019 in a tweet:
Democrats "don’t want money" to go to the Florida Panhandle for Hurricane Michael aid
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 9, 2019
Allen Thomas
Allen Thomas
stated on April 9, 2019 in a candidate questionnaire:
"Currently, 23 percent of our military's infrastructure is graded as 'poor' while 9 percent is 'failing.'"
True
By Bill McCarthy • April 23, 2019
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
stated on April 11, 2019 in a town hall:
"There is $50 billion a year wasted in the Medicare program."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • April 19, 2019
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson
stated on April 4, 2019 in an interview:
"For every dollar we spend on actual peace creation, we spend over $1,000 on ways to prepare for war."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2019 in a tweet:
"Puerto Rico got 91 Billion Dollars for the hurricane, more money than has ever been gotten for a hurricane before."
False
By Amy Sherman • April 3, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 20, 2019 in posts online:
"President Trump’s wall costs less than the ObamaCare website."
False
By Julianna Rennie • March 29, 2019
Joni Ernst
Joni Ernst
stated on March 6, 2019 in a speech:
"At $93 trillion, the Green New Deal would cost more than the entire recorded spending of the U.S. since the Constitution went into effect in 1789."  
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 12, 2019
Turning Point USA
Turning Point USA
stated on March 11, 2019 in a post on Facebook:
Says Michelle Obama "had a staff of 23" while Melania Trump "has a staff of 4."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2019
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on March 5, 2019 in his State of the State address:
"I’ve already traveled to Washington, D.C., and secured a historic commitment from the Trump administration to provide assistance to the communities that Michael battered."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 7, 2019
James Lankford
James Lankford
stated on March 6, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"Tax revenue went up, actually, $14 billion last year after the tax cut actually occurred. We had greater revenue."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2019
Jason Smith
Jason Smith
stated on January 30, 2019 in a tweet:
Federal workers "are paid well above the HOUSEHOLD income in southern Missouri."
Mostly True
By Olivia Garrett • February 21, 2019
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on January 2, 2019 in a tweet:
The partial government shutdown in early 2019 affected "18,000 federal employees in West Virginia."
Mostly True
By Kenneth Harmonay, Patrick Downey • February 20, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 18, 2019 in a CNN town hall:
"Comprehensive immigration reform, the bill we had back in 2013 ... brought the debt down $158 billion."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2019
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