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The top 10 fact-checks of 2018
Not biggest ever; not first in 10 years
Says troops recently received "one of the biggest pay raises" ever, and that it was the first pay increase in "more than 10 years."
— PolitiFact National on Thursday, December 27th, 2018
The numbers fell, but that doesn't mean he can take all the credit
"There was almost a 70 percent reduction in police-related shootings under my tenure because of training, supervision and policy decisions."
— PolitiFact Illinois on Sunday, December 23rd, 2018
But the claims don't necessarily matter
Says no elections protest was filed, McCready conceded and "every" county board certified its results from the Mark Harris, Dan McCready race.
— PolitiFact North Carolina on Friday, December 21st, 2018
Putin says it's the right decision
"Russia, Iran, Syria & many others are not happy" about U.S. troops leaving Syria.
— PolitiFact National on Friday, December 21st, 2018
Mischaracterizes Schumer's record
Says Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2014 "helped put together and signed a $25 billion deal to fund a border wall" and now opposes Trump's $5 billion request for a border wall "just because he's a Republican."
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Thursday, December 20th, 2018
No evidence
"Border agents discover body of 6-year-old girl: 'She was raped By 30 men'."
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
Mix of accurate, incomplete and questionable info
Says "Cost of Mueller’s investigation: $3,200,00; Benghazi "investigation": $7,000,000; Trump’s golfing trips: $83,000,000; New debt from Republican tax bill: $1,500,000,000,000."
Quote is fabricated
Quotes Sen. Elizabeth Warren as saying "If women need to be raped by Muslims to prove our tolerance, so be it. Then thank goodness for Planned Parenthood."
Pages of Page (and Strzok) texts
Says 19,000 text messages exchanged between former FBI officials that were "purposely and illegally deleted ... would have explained (the special counsel investigation) hoax."
— PolitiFact National on Wednesday, December 19th, 2018
She never said those words
Quotes incoming U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as saying "under capitalism, man oppresses man. Under socialism, it’s the other way around."
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Tuesday, December 18th, 2018
Figure is a projection, not a certainty
California’s budget surplus is about "$30 billion"
— PolitiFact California on Tuesday, December 18th, 2018
It's been lower
"Public trust in our election system is at an all-time low."
— PolitiFact North Carolina on Tuesday, December 18th, 2018
Not exactly what he said
Says George Washington said, "A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined. But they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them. Which would include their own government."
Interview never happened
That Donald Trump said in 1998 if he were to run for president he would run as a Republican because "They’re the dumbest group of voters in the country. They believe anything on Fox News. I could lie and they’d still eat it up. I bet my numbers would be terrific."
They backed what they said were better protections than GOP bill
"Democrats flip flop on pre-existing conditions."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Tuesday, December 18th, 2018
His plan would only affect a quarter of the bill
Says he "will put a moratorium on tax hikes to keep families in their homes."
— PolitiFact Illinois on Sunday, December 16th, 2018
Salary static, but benefits aren't
"Under any objective measure, our static compensation has failed to keep pace with economic realities."
— PolitiFact New York on Friday, December 14th, 2018
Yes, though not all stats were as strong
"WV's tourism industry grew at a rate 30% above the national rate in 2017. This increase reversed a four-year decline in which travel-generated spending fell more than $600 million."
— PolitiFact West Virginia on Friday, December 14th, 2018
Whoops! Wrong house.
Uses a picture of a mansion to say that Rep. Nancy Pelosi lives surrounded by "a high perimeter wall with gun toting security."
— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Thursday, December 13th, 2018
Yes, though relatively minor ones
"At least three or four of the pieces that are in" in the Republican lame-duck legislation, Scott Walker "has vetoed previously."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Thursday, December 13th, 2018