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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 16, 2019 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 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 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 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 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 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 a town hall
"There is $50 billion a year wasted in the Medicare program."  
Mostly True
April 19, 2019
Marianne Williamson
Marianne Williamson
stated on April 4, 2019 an interview
"For every dollar we spend on actual peace creation, we spend over $1,000 on ways to prepare for war."
Half-True
April 15, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2019 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 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 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
March 12, 2019
Turning Point USA
Turning Point USA
stated on March 11, 2019 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 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 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 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 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 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
Glenn Grothman
Glenn Grothman
stated on January 15, 2019 a statement
A provision in the first bill passed by House Democrats would "allow the billions of dollars of aid we send to other countries to be used for abortions."
False
By Mica Soellner • February 19, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 11, 2019 tweets and Facebook posts
Says Congress set aside $50 billion for the Secure Fence Act in 2006
False
By Amy Sherman • January 22, 2019
Chris Murphy
Chris Murphy
stated on December 23, 2018 a tweet
"The 2017/2018 budgets gave (President Donald) Trump billions for border upgrades. He’s spent ALMOST NONE of it. 6%."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2019
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