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Zerlina Maxwell
Zerlina Maxwell
stated on March 2, 2019 in a panel discussion
Says Bernie Sanders "did not mention race or gender until 23 minutes into this speech" announcing his 2020 presidential run.
False
By John Kruzel • March 5, 2019
Heidi Heitkamp
Heidi Heitkamp
stated on February 24, 2019 a roundtable on ABC's "This Week"
"We have record bankruptcies in farming country."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2019
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 17, 2019 in an interview
"Climate change is nothing but a bunch of computer models that attempt to tell us what's going to happen in 50 years or 30. Notice the predictions are never for next year or the next 10 years. They're always for way, way, way, way out there, when none of us are going to be around or alive to know whether or not they were true."
False
By John Kruzel • February 19, 2019
Michael Moore
Michael Moore
stated on February 1, 2019 an interview
"Seventy percent of the American public agree with" Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "on having the top marginal (tax) rate for the rich" at 70 percent, and "that's a Fox News Poll saying that."  
Mostly False
February 6, 2019
Maria Bartiromo
Maria Bartiromo
stated on January 22, 2019 in an interview
"According to the Tax Foundation, the top 10 percent of earners already pay almost 80 percent of all taxes."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • January 24, 2019
Chuck Woolery
Chuck Woolery
stated on January 17, 2019 in a tweet
"Nancy Pelosi's bill for alcohol on her flights from Washington to San Fran every week? We pay for it. 1000 dollars. On average 52,000 Bucks, a year for BOOZE. Tax payer money."
Pants on Fire!
By John Kruzel • January 22, 2019
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on January 10, 2019 a monologue
"17,000 individuals with criminal records were apprehended trying to cross the border" in 2018.
Half-True
By John Kruzel • January 11, 2019
Danielle Pletka
Danielle Pletka
stated on November 25, 2018 in a panel discussion
"We need to also recognize that we just had two of the coldest years, biggest drop in global temperatures that we have had since the 1980s, the biggest in the last 100 years. We don't talk about that."
False
By John Kruzel • November 28, 2018
Lou Dobbs
Lou Dobbs
stated on November 15, 2018 on Fox Business Network
"We are watching, you know, millions of illegal immigrants cross our borders, and many of them voting in the past election that's what, just a couple weeks ago."
Pants on Fire!
By John Kruzel • November 16, 2018
Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell
stated on November 12, 2018 on MSNBC
Says "Brenda Snipes in Broward County is a Republican."
False
By John Kruzel • November 14, 2018
Ken Blackwell
Ken Blackwell
stated on November 9, 2018 in an interview
"Democrats and their allies (...) are manufacturing voters."
Pants on Fire!
By John Kruzel • November 13, 2018
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on November 5, 2018 in a tweet
On being on stage campaigning with the president
Full Flop
By John Kruzel • November 6, 2018
Alex Jones
Alex Jones
stated on October 24, 2018 in a blog post
Says explosive devices mailed to prominent Democrats and Trump critics confirm the "deep state (is) launching false flag against (mainstream media)/Dems to blame Trump & pro-America forces."
False
By John Kruzel • October 25, 2018
Andrea Mitchell
Andrea Mitchell
stated on October 14, 2018 in a panel discussion
A letter to President Donald Trump from 22 senators "is a way of saying to the president, ‘You are now under an affirmative requirement, legal requirement, to investigate' " journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and suspected murder.
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • October 16, 2018
Stephen Carter
Stephen Carter
stated on October 9, 2018 in an interview
The 5-4 decisions the Supreme Court reaches "are going up."  
False
By John Kruzel • October 12, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 7, 2018 a blog post
Says Sean Hannity told listeners of his radio show that "Beto O’Rourke is asking for help in getting undocumented to vote."
True
By Miriam Valverde • September 14, 2018
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on September 11, 2018 a newspaper column
"President Trump’s Republican Party will create more debt in one year than was generated in the first 200 years of America’s existence."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 12, 2018
Fight for the Future
Fight for the Future
stated on August 28, 2018 in a tweet
"We saw the true danger of the FCC's net neutrality repeal when Verizon was caught throttling California fire fighters."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • September 7, 2018
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on August 27, 2018 in a blog post
"It appears that the (Jacksonville) shooter was part of the Trump 'Resistance'."
False
By John Kruzel • August 28, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 21, 2017 a blog post
"John McCain was pardoned for treason"
Pants on Fire!
By Katie Akin • August 27, 2018
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