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Dan Forest
Dan Forest
stated on February 14, 2017 a written statement
"If Governor Cooper's proposed bill for repealing HB2 becomes law, it will create a state-sanctioned 'Look But Don't Touch' policy in our bathrooms."
Pants on Fire!
By Will Doran • February 17, 2017
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on January 11, 2017 a letter
Says Betsy DeVos and her family "have donated extensively to groups which promote the idea that students who identify as LGBT must undergo 'conversion' therapy."
Mostly False
By Dave Umhoefer • January 25, 2017
George Takei
George Takei
stated on January 20, 2017 a Tweet
"The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • January 23, 2017
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
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention
Says Indiana Gov. Mike Pence "advocated diverting taxpayer dollars to so-called conversion therapy."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • December 2, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 2, 2016 a campaign speech
Says Donald Trump "wants to undo marriage equality."
True
By Joshua Gillin • November 3, 2016
John Skvarla
John Skvarla
stated on October 24, 2016 a speech in Charlotte
Says HB2 "hasn’t moved the needle one iota" on North Carolina’s economy.
Mostly False
By Will Doran • October 28, 2016
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on October 11, 2016 a debate
"Gov. (Pat) McCrory took $500,000 directly out of the disaster relief fund. And you know what it’s for? House Bill 2."
Half-True
By Will Doran • October 19, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on September 18, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press."
Says Hillary Clinton and millennials have the same positions on climate change, abortion rights, immigration reform, gay rights and college affordability. "Donald Trump doesn't."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Linda Qiu • September 18, 2016
AlternativePAC
AlternativePAC
stated on September 25, 2016 an online ad
Says Dick Cheney "supported gay marriage sooner" than Hillary Clinton.
True
By Alan Gathright • September 8, 2016
Sean Patrick Maloney
Sean Patrick Maloney
stated on July 28, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention
Donald Trump is "against marriage equality. He wants to go back."
True
By Dan Clark • August 15, 2016
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on July 20, 2016 a news release
Says Gov. Mike Pence and Rep. Mike Coffman "take the same positions on a number of things ... Coffman and Pence oppose equal rights for LGBT Americans."  
Mostly False
By Alan Gathright • July 27, 2016
Loretta Lynch
Loretta Lynch
stated on June 19, 2016 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"The LGBT community is more often the victims of hate crimes than any other recognized group."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2016
Clay Aiken
Clay Aiken
stated on June 12, 2016 a posting on Twitter
"A gay man who survived #orlando hate crime can STILL show up to work in FL tomorrow and have his boss fire him simply because he is gay."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 20, 2016
Nevada Assembly Republican Candidates
Nevada Assembly Republican Candidates
stated on May 31, 2016 multiple pieces of campaign literature.
Says Nevada lawmakers voted to allow teenaged boys to "shower with your teenaged girls in public school locker rooms."
False
By Riley Snyder • June 13, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on May 24, 2016 a radio interview on Charlotte's WBT
Says the Human Rights Campaign is secretly funded
Mostly False
By Will Doran • May 27, 2016
Chris Sgro
Chris Sgro
stated on May 4, 2016 a press release
"We've already lost $500 million in economic impact" from HB2 fallout in North Carolina.
False
By Will Doran • May 16, 2016
Tim Moore
Tim Moore
stated on May 5, 2016 a conversation with reporters
Says 80 percent of North Carolinians support "the concept that men should not be in women’s restrooms, changing rooms, bathrooms, etc."
Half-True
By Will Doran • May 14, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on May 3, 2016 a radio talk show appearance on the John Boy and Billy Big Show
Says Bruce Springsteen "only had 8,000 tickets sold" for a Greensboro show and canceled after "they didn’t get the ticket sales they wanted."
Pants on Fire!
By Will Doran • May 4, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 22, 2016 an attack ad
Says Donald Trump thinks "a grown man pretending to be a woman (should) be allowed to use the women's restroom."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • April 25, 2016
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