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Linda Qiu is a PolitiFact staff writer based in Washington. She has previously written for PunditFact, National Geographic, and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago.

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Danielle Nierenberg
stated on January 9, 2017 in a tweet:

"Tanzania farmers face 12 years in prison for trading seeds thanks to foreign aid."

By Linda Qiu • February 10, 2017
Social Media
stated on February 1, 2017 in tweets :

Says Melania Trump’s security detail at Trump Tower costs more than the annual budget for the National Endowment for the Arts.

By Linda Qiu • February 8, 2017
Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2017 in an interview with Bill O'Reilly:

Says "109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers" were affected by the immigration executive order.

By Linda Qiu • February 6, 2017
Donald Trump
stated on February 1, 2017 in a tweet:

"The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia."

By Linda Qiu • February 2, 2017
Sean Spicer
stated on January 30, 2017 in a daily press briefing:

The language that's part of the president's National Security Council memo "is identical to the language" used by President George W. Bush in 2001 and President Barack Obama in 2009.

By Linda Qiu • January 31, 2017
Donald Trump
stated on January 29, 2017 in a statement:

"My policy is similar to what President Obama did in 2011 when he banned visas for refugees from Iraq for six months."

By Linda Qiu • January 30, 2017
Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2017 in an interview with CBN:

"If you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were a Christian, it was impossible."

By Linda Qiu • January 29, 2017
Jerry Brown
stated on January 24, 2017 in his State of the State address:

"One hundred and ninety-four countries signed the Paris Agreement to control greenhouse gases. Our own voluntary agreement to accomplish the same goal — the Under2 MOU — has 165 signatories, representing a billion people."

By Linda Qiu • January 26, 2017
Sean Spicer
stated on January 24, 2017 in the daily press briefing:

"There's one (study) that came out of Pew in 2008 that showed 14 percent of people who voted were noncitizens."

By Lauren Carroll • January 25, 2017
Ashley Judd
stated on January 21, 2017 in a speech at the Women's March.:

"Pads and tampons (are) still taxed when Viagra and Rogaine are not."

By Linda Qiu • January 22, 2017