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Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 23, 2015 an interview
"The pope and Donald Trump and Tammy Baldwin all agree" on eliminating the "carried-interest" tax break.  
Half-True
September 24, 2015
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on September 20, 2015 a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
Says Pope Francis "took the name of a saint who basically reached out to Muslims."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 22, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN Republican debate
The government "made accommodation to the Fort Hood shooter to let him grow a beard" for religious reasons.  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 7, 2015 a Facebook post
Says the case of a Texas judge who refused to perform heterosexual weddings exposes a double standard in the case against Kentucky clerk Kim Davis.
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 14, 2015
David Ralston
David Ralston
stated on July 13, 2015 an interview
There is debate among constitutional scholars about whether the First Amendment will continue to protect faith leaders from being forced to perform marriages against their religious beliefs.
Mostly False
By Nancy Badertscher • August 12, 2015
Rafael Cruz
Rafael Cruz
stated on July 31, 2015 an interview with the Austin American-Statesman
"Prior to 1962, everybody prayed before school started," and "the Bible was the principal textbook in all schools."
Mostly False
By Anna Bruzgulis • August 10, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2015 a speech in Las Vegas
"If you're from Syria and you're a Christian, you cannot come into this country" as a refugee.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2015
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 29, 2015 a chain email
Muslims "attempted to establish the first Islamic Sharia court inside the United States in the town of Irving, Texas."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 16, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 15, 2015 his announcement speech at Miami Dade College
Says Hillary Clinton "insists that when the progressive agenda encounters religious beliefs to the contrary, those beliefs ‘have to be changed.’ "
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2015
Pamela Geller
Pamela Geller
stated on June 4, 2015 an interview with Chris Cuomo
"In Muslim countries, under the Sharia, there is a death penalty for blaspheming Mohammad."
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 11, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 6, 2015 social media posts
"U.S. Embassy Celebrates America’s Independence on June 4th in Order to Accommodate Muslims."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 1, 2015 an interview
Says Bill Clinton signed a law "very similar to," and Barack Obama voted for a law "something like," Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act.    
Half-True
April 13, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2015 posts on social media
Facebook has unveiled new rules to stop their users from creating posts related in any way to religion.
Pants on Fire!
By Audrey Bowler • April 10, 2015
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on April 8, 2015 a broadcast the Sean Hannity radio show
"You can’t build a Christian church in Saudi Arabia."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • April 9, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2015 an online meme
Says Ted Cruz said, "There is no place for gays or atheists in my America. None. Our Constitution makes that clear."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 8, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on March 30, 2015 an interview with Hugh Hewitt
"Florida has a law like (Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act)."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • March 31, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 23, 2015
"Today roughly half of born-again Christians aren’t voting. They’re staying home."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2015
Juda Engelmayer
Juda Engelmayer
stated on March 13, 2015 interviews
Creflo Dollar needed a $65 million Gulfstream G650 to carry thousands of pounds of food and other supplies -- as well as the Word of God -- worldwide.  
Pants on Fire!
By Nancy Badertscher • March 23, 2015
Bishop Thomas Tobin
Bishop Thomas Tobin
stated on January 22, 2015 a newspaper column
"Abortions account for 94 percent of the services provided for pregnant women by Planned Parenthood."
False
By Katie Mulvaney • March 2, 2015
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 9, 2015 a chain email
"Over 200 years ago, the United States had declared war on Islam, and Thomas Jefferson led the charge!"
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2015
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