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CNN hits back

Donald Trump

CNN’s ratings are "way down."

— PolitiFact National on Monday, July 3rd, 2017

Very fake news

Bloggers

Minnesota imposed an Islamic anti-blasphemy law.

— PunditFact on Monday, July 3rd, 2017

Candidate for governor cherry picks crime figures

Travis Allen

"I have seen crime increase in every major metropolitan area (in California) … Crime is on the rise in every major market."

— PolitiFact California on Monday, July 3rd, 2017

A hair-y situation.

Mark Pocan

Says Scott Walker recently said "he got his bald spot from hitting his head on a cabinet, and it's not a joke, he actually said that his bald spot came because he hit his head on a cabinet."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Monday, July 3rd, 2017

States will face tough choices

Marco Rubio

"There is no reason for anybody to be losing any of their current benefits under Medicaid."

— PolitiFact Florida on Friday, June 30th, 2017

Not exactly

Donald Trump

"We're pretty much at the 50 percent mark" on deportations of MS-13 gang members.

— PolitiFact National on Friday, June 30th, 2017

Yep, the Senate passed each of these

Samantha Bee

The New York State Senate "passed legislation allowing minors to race snowmobiles, get their own hunting licenses, and not be employed gathering or picking rags, cigar stumps, or collecting bones."

— PolitiFact New York on Friday, June 30th, 2017

Beef about boeuf

Rick Perry

France "wouldn’t buy Texas beef for some reason, yet 76 percent of their energy comes from nuclear power."

— PolitiFact Texas on Friday, June 30th, 2017

Connects unrelated dots

Bloggers

"U.N. official John Ashe set to testify against the Clintons may not have died by accident."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, June 30th, 2017

A fair projection, somewhat mislabeled

Ron Johnson

"We are $20 trillion in debt. The Congressional Budget Office projects an additional $129 trillion of accumulated deficits over the next 30 years."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, June 30th, 2017

Keep dreaming

Bloggers

"Leonardo DiCaprio explains why he’s moving to Casselberry, Florida."

— PunditFact on Friday, June 30th, 2017

Suspend immigration from terror-prone places

Update: Trump’s travel ban to take partial effect, administration defines 'bona fide relationship'

Despite his freeze efforts, levies increased 8 of 9 years

Scott Walker

When he was Milwaukee County executive, "eight years in a row we pushed through budgets that did not increase the tax levy from the previous year."

— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, June 30th, 2017

Have mandatory minimum sentences for criminals caught trying to enter the United States illegally

Update: House passes bill for stricter penalties for criminal immigrants who re-enter country

Cancel all funding of sanctuary cities

Update: House passes bill to withhold certain federal grants from 'sanctuary cities'

'Puzzling' rate spike

Shawn Thierry

"Texas mothers are dying during childbirth at the highest rates in the nation."

— PolitiFact Texas on Thursday, June 29th, 2017

Yes, but the Senate bill would almost double this

Sean Spicer

"28.2 million Americans are still waiting under Obamacare and remain uninsured!"

— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, June 28th, 2017

Research shows positive Medicaid outcomes

Michael Needham

"Actually, on some procedures, you're more likely to die if you're on Medicaid than if you're uninsured."

— PolitiFact Florida on Wednesday, June 28th, 2017

Growth would be almost 60 percent under current law

Newt Gingrich

Under the House health care bill, Medicaid spending "actually goes up 20 percent over the next 10 years."

— PunditFact on Wednesday, June 28th, 2017

Establish a commission on radical Islam

Update: Trump's promised 'commission on radical Islam' doesn't exist yet