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Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on June 6, 2017 in a debate:
"Nearly $2 billion in cash was flown over to Iran, money that the Obama administration has admitted is being used for terrorists and to support further activities there."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 1, 2017 in a speech at the White House:
"China will be allowed to build hundreds of additional coal plants. So we can’t build the plants, but they can, according to this (Paris) agreement."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 5, 2017
Gregg Jarrett
Gregg Jarrett
stated on May 30, 2017 in an interview on Fox News:
"You can collude all you want with a foreign government in an election. There's no such statute" (that makes collusion a crime).    
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 31, 2017
Uspoln Website
Uspoln Website
stated on May 22, 2017 in an article on a fake news website:
Says Pat Robertson said, "We must impose a rule on the gay population that would require them to wear specially-colored clothes."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 31, 2017
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on May 22, 2017 in an attack ad:
"Bay Area liberals have given more to Jon Ossoff's campaign than people in Georgia."
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 26, 2017
Maxine Waters
Maxine Waters
stated on May 18, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"You can see visits to Moscow made during the campaign by (Paul) Manafort and others."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 19, 2017
DCCC
DCCC
stated on May 3, 2017 in a political ad:
Says "Karen Handel’s office budget increased a whopping 42 percent."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 17, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2017 in an interview with NBC News:
"This Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made-up story. It's an excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that they should've won."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 12, 2017
Rod Blum
Rod Blum
stated on May 8, 2017 in a town hall meeting with voters:
"If you’re getting your insurance through (your employer), nothing changes" under Trumpcare.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 11, 2017
Starbucks
Starbucks
stated on May 4, 2017 in a Senate hearing:
"Coffee is the second-most traded commodity after oil."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • May 8, 2017
Sonny Perdue
Sonny Perdue
stated on May 1, 2017 in a policy announcement event.:
Easing school lunch regulations "is not reducing the nutritional standards whatsoever."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 4, 2017
Matt Damon
Matt Damon
stated on April 20, 2017 in a discussion with the president of the World Bank:
Poor people pay "in some cases, up to 25 percent of (their) income for water."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 1, 2017
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on April 25, 2017 in a panel discussion in Berlin, Germany:
"The single-largest expense in  over half of American households is child care."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 26, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 17, 2017 in an interview with Fox News:
With North Korea, "nobody has ever seen such a positive response on our behalf from China."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 19, 2017
Viral image
Viral image
stated on April 15, 2017 in a tweet:
"Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel has said the app is for rich people, don't want to expand in poor countries like India and Spain."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 17, 2017
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on March 21, 2017 in an interview:
"As chairman of the Fulton board of commissioners, I turned a $100 million deficit into a balanced budget."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 14, 2017
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on April 5, 2017 in a web video:
Says Al Jazeera, "a mouthpiece for terrorists, has been paying Jon Ossoff thousands of dollars. ... What is he hiding?"
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 13, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on April 11, 2017 in comments to reporters:
Says Adolf Hitler "didn't even sink to the level of using chemical weapons. ... He was not using the gas on his own people the same way that (Bashar al-)Assad is doing."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 11, 2017
Joseph Crowley
Joseph Crowley
stated on April 7, 2017 in a tweet:
"More than 20 million people are at risk of dying from starvation within 6 months in 4 nations."
True
By Jon Greenberg • April 11, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 in a town hall with CEOs:
"I've won awards on environmental protection."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2017
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