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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 9, 2018 remarks at the White House:
Says the 2018 defense authorization bill includes raises for the military "for the first time in 10 years."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2018
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer
stated on May 4, 2018 an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
Says Heidi Heitkamp "cast the deciding vote to kill the Congressional Review Act that would have repealed a BLM flaring rule that was designed just for North Dakota."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • May 10, 2018
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on May 9, 2018 an interview with Hoppy Kercheval:
"By 2022, just the interest payment on our debt will be greater than the defense of our country."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 10, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 4, 2018 the NRA convention:
"I doubled my African-American poll numbers. We went from 11 to 22 in one week."
Mostly False
By John Kruzel • May 7, 2018
Mike Braun
Mike Braun
stated on April 30, 2018 GOP debate:
Says Luke Messer and Todd Rokita "voted to fast-track Obama’s trade deals."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • May 4, 2018
Don Blankenship
Don Blankenship
stated on May 1, 2018 a debate:
"Mitch McConnell was one of the few senators that voted after Tiananmen Square not to have punitive actions against China for human rights violations."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 3, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 30, 2018 a tweet:
"You know what Amazon paid in federal income taxes last year? Zero."
True
By Manuela Tobias • May 3, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
Patrick Morrisey
stated on May 1, 2018 a debate:
"You (Evan Jenkins) said your philosophy was ‘progressive mainstream’ back in 2003."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2018
Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on May 1, 2018 a debate:
"All the things Patrick (Morrisey) is saying — (that I supported) Hillary Clinton, cap and trade, Planned Parenthood — PolitiFact went through each and every allegation and said, ‘False, False, False, False.’ "
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 30, 2018 a press conference:
"In seven years that (nuclear) deal will have expired, and Iran is free to go ahead and create nuclear weapons."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 2, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 28, 2018 a speech in Washington, Mich.:
"We have spent $7 trillion, trillion with a T, $7 trillion in the Middle East."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2018
Sue Bell Cobb
Sue Bell Cobb
stated on April 24, 2018 Democratic debate for governor:
"Alabama is operating government on the lowest amount of tax revenue of any state in the nation."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • May 1, 2018
Don Blankenship
Don Blankenship
stated on April 23, 2018 a debate:
Says illegal immigration is "costing us $130 billion a year to house and feed and give benefits to people that shouldn’t be even in the country."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • April 30, 2018
Todd Rokita
Todd Rokita
stated on April 23, 2018 a debate:
"I am the only one onstage who has never voted to raise your taxes. These two, each, a billion dollars worth of votes to raise your taxes."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • April 30, 2018
Diamond and Silk
Diamond and Silk
stated on April 26, 2018 in a hearing:
"We have never been paid by the Trump campaign."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • April 27, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2018 an interview on "Fox & Friends":
The nuclear deal gave Iran "$150 billion, giving $1.8 billion in cash — in actual cash carried out in barrels and in boxes from airplanes."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2018
Jenny Wilson
Jenny Wilson
stated on April 20, 2018 in a press release:
Says Mitt Romney is using "a million of his presidential campaign dollars to finance his Utah Senate race."
True
By John Kruzel • April 27, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 26, 2018 an interview on "Fox & Friends":
"Kanye (West) looks and he sees black unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees Hispanic unemployment at the lowest it’s been in the history of our country. He sees (women’s unemployment) the lowest it’s been in now almost 19 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018
Oath Keepers
Oath Keepers
stated on April 19, 2018 a blog post:
"California State Assembly bill would ban the (sale of the) Bible!"  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 26, 2018
Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on April 23, 2018 a U.S. Senate debate:
"I’ve cut a half a billion (dollars) out of the EPA just in the last two years. We’ve cut 3,000 jobs out of the EPA."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 26, 2018
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