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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 22, 2018 in a tweet:
"Under N.Y. State ‘Assault Weapon’ ban 1 simple cosmetic change pictured here is difference between legal & banned"
True
By Dan Clark • February 28, 2018
Larry Pittman
Larry Pittman
stated on February 15, 2018 in a Facebook post:
"So many of these shooters turn out to be communist Democrats."
Pants on Fire!
By Dan Clark, Paul Specht • February 23, 2018
Claudia Tenney
Claudia Tenney
stated on February 21, 2018 in a radio interview:
"So many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats."
Pants on Fire!
By Dan Clark, Paul Specht • February 23, 2018
Kellyanne Conway
Kellyanne Conway
stated on February 11, 2018 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':
"I don’t need a lecture from Kirsten Gillibrand or anybody else who protected and defended and harbored a sitting president who had sexual relations in the Oval Office and was impeached for lying."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • February 16, 2018
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on February 10, 2018 in opening remarks at a Republican gubernatorial debate:
About New York state: "We have the highest debt per capita."
True
By Dan Clark • February 16, 2018
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
stated on January 23, 2018 in a press conference:
"New York consistently ranks as one of the worst voting turnout states in the nation."
True
By Dan Clark • February 1, 2018
Brian Kavanagh
Brian Kavanagh
stated on January 17, 2018 in a press conference:
"New York has the third lowest rate of gun-caused death in America."
True
By Dan Clark • February 1, 2018
Robert Mujica
Robert Mujica
stated on January 18, 2018 in a radio interview:
"70 percent of the income tax that the state collects happens to come from Westchester, Nassau, Suffolk and New York City"
True
By Dan Clark • February 1, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on January 3, 2018 in his State of the State address:
"A case before Washington’s Supreme Court seeks to effectively end public labor unions."
False
By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018
Edward Cox
Edward Cox
stated on January 9, 2018 in a radio interview:
"Of all the 62 counties in New York state, all of them, unemployment is going up except for the five counties of New York City."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018
Bill de Blasio
Bill de Blasio
stated on January 3, 2018 in a press conference:
"The graduation rate in New York City has increased by 50 percent in 13 years"
True
By Dan Clark • January 17, 2018
Brian Kolb
Brian Kolb
stated on December 9, 2017 in an op-ed:
"New York state spends more than $8 billion in taxpayer money each year on job-creation programs - more than the combined total of the next three largest states"
Half-True
By Dan Clark • January 5, 2018
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on December 15, 2017 in Buffalo:
"The truth is this tax [plan] raises middle-class taxes."
Half-True
By Dan Clark • December 22, 2017
Claudia Tenney
Claudia Tenney
stated on December 3, 2017 in a local news interview:
On the Republican tax plan: "Unfortunately, the wealthy are, again, not going to do well in this bill"
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • December 21, 2017
Kathy Sheehan
Kathy Sheehan
stated on November 16, 2017 in an interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight:
"Simply being in this country without documentation is not a crime"
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • December 2, 2017
Brian Higgins
Brian Higgins
stated on November 3, 2017 in remarks at a House hearing:
"The elimination of income and sales taxes in New York is equal to 9 percent of taxable income, meaning that if you make $100,000 a year you lose $9,000"
False
By Dan Clark • November 20, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 6, 2017 in a conference call:
"Bump stocks are already illegal in the state of New York. You can't buy one."
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • November 17, 2017
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on November 14, 2017 in a tweet:
Congressional Republicans "want to take health care from millions of Americans in order to pay for" a tax bill.
Half-True
By Dan Clark, Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2017
The Creative Resistance
The Creative Resistance
stated on October 24, 2017 in a video:
"IDC members also get tons of campaign money from real estate, charter school, and health care lobbyists, some of whom are Republicans with connections to Trump"
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • November 5, 2017
New York Republican State Committee
New York Republican State Committee
stated on November 1, 2017 in a political mailer:
"Liberals in County Hall want our community to be a sanctuary county"
Pants on Fire!
By Dan Clark • November 3, 2017
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