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stated on November 3, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Taco Bell is selling menudo for the month of November.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 5, 2019
Facebook posts
stated on October 8, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says popular food and drink items such as Kraft, Pepsi and Nestle use a flavor enhancement company that “puts aborted baby fetus cells in their food and drinks.”  
False
By Samantha Putterman • October 23, 2019
Glenn Grothman
stated on October 2, 2019 in a newspaper:
Millionaires are eligible for food stamps, but “Donald Trump came along and decided to put a stop to it.” 
True
By D.L. Davis • October 11, 2019
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stated on August 25, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Red Bull contains bull sperm.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 3, 2019
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stated on August 26, 2019 in a post on Facebook:
Says you can determine a bell pepper’s gender by its “bumps.”  
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 27, 2019
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stated on August 23, 2019 in a Facebook post:
“Popeyes manager arrested for allegedly dipping chicken in cocaine based flour to increase business sales.”
Pants on Fire!
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 23, 2019
Facebook posts
stated on August 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Domino’s Pizza is giving each person who shares a Facebook post “a coupon valid for 2 large pizzas.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • August 22, 2019
Bloggers
stated on July 20, 2019 in in a story:
“Triggering leftists, Trump’s reelection campaign is selling plastic straws.”
True
By Stefanie Pousoulides • July 23, 2019
Ron Johnson
stated on June 12, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Obama-era ban on whole and 2% milk in schools has caused “notable decline” in student milk consumption.
Half-True
By Eric Litke • July 12, 2019
Joe Manchin
stated on March 29, 2019 in a tweet:
“19% of WVians rely on SNAP,” or food stamps.
Mostly True
By Kenneth Harmonay, Patrick Downey • May 10, 2019
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stated on April 27, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Bill de Blasio is “banning hot dog sales to stop climate change.”
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • May 7, 2019
Bloggers
stated on April 1, 2019 in news articles and blogs:
Americans “would run out of avocados in three weeks” if imports from Mexico were stopped due to a border closure. 
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • April 3, 2019
Facebook posts
stated on February 26, 2019 in Facebook posts:
Says the WIC program was created by the Black Panthers to help feed single mothers and children in their communities.
False
By Samantha Putterman • March 5, 2019
Delaware Health and Social Services
stated on January 14, 2019 in a flyer:
“March 2019 and on-going food benefits WILL NOT be available until further notice. Clients are encouraged to use their food benefits as soon as possible in case SNAP benefits are unavailable in March.”
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2019
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stated on January 10, 2019 in a meme:
“Lettuce killed more Americans this year than undocumented immigrants.”
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2019
David McKinley
stated on November 15, 2018 in a tweet:
The United States “spends more on potato chips than we do on ALL energy R&D.”
True
By Kristen Mohammadi, Lili Zecevic • December 6, 2018
Vicky Hartzler
stated on August 14, 2018 in a tweet:
Current school lunch requirements “cause large amounts of food waste and diminished use of school lunches!”
Mostly False
By Kathryn B. Palmer • September 9, 2018
Fox News Channel
stated on August 19, 2018 in California:
“California is proposing to legislate what drinks restaurants can serve your kids, only giving two options: milk or water.”
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • August 21, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
stated on April 16, 2018 in a campaign ad:
Says that “when federal bureaucrats wanted to prohibit the use of wooden cheese boards, which help make tens of millions of pounds of cheese a year” she “stepped in, helped eliminate the regulations.”
Mostly True
By D.L. Davis • June 7, 2018
Kevin McCarthy
stated on June 3, 2018 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
“If you are talking about Canada .. our wine cannot sit on their supermarkets.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2018
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