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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 9, 2016 the Democratic debate at Miami Dade College
When Honduran children came into this country, "Secretary Clinton said send them back."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 10, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 9, 2016 a Democratic debate in Miami
When New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer wanted to "provide driver’s licenses to those who are undocumented. (Hillary Clinton) said don’t do it."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2016
Future45
Future45
stated on March 8, 2016 a television ad
Banks paid Hillary Clinton "over $1 million and are contributing millions more to elect her."  
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • March 10, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Flint, Mich.
"Almost every poll has shown that Sanders vs. Trump does a lot better than Clinton vs. Trump … and, that’s true nationally."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 3, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in Detroit
Says Donald Trump has written 10 checks to Hillary Clinton "and four of those checks were not to her Senate campaign. … It was to her presidential campaign."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 3, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in Detroit
In head-to-head polls for the general election, "I beat Hillary Clinton by more than anybody, by 11 points."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 6, 2016 the GOP primary debate in New Hampshire
Says Hillary Clinton "believes that all abortions should be legal, even on the due date of that unborn child."
False
By Linda Qiu • February 10, 2016
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on December 17, 2015 a column posted on Medium
"When we held recent economic dialogues with China, we agreed on over 100 different things  —  including wildlife trafficking and volcano research. None of these 100-plus points of agreement addressed cybersecurity."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2016
Baby Got PAC
Baby Got PAC
stated on November 10, 2015 a campaign ad
Says Hillary Clinton and the Democrats "admitted there’s one candidate who scares Hillary Clinton, and that’s Sen. Marco Rubio."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • November 16, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 10, 2015 the Fox Business Network debate
Says Hillary Clinton told her daughter and a government official that Benghazi "was a terrorist attack, and then tells everybody else that it was a video."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 11, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 29, 2015 an interview on CNN
"There was never a single shred of evidence presented to anyone" that the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, were "spontaneous, and in fact, the CIA themselves understood that early on."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Clayton Youngman • November 4, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on October 19, 2015 comments on the Daily Show
Says Hillary Clinton "couldn't bring herself to say we need to separate commercial banking and speculative banking, namely reinstating Glass-Steagall."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • October 22, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 21, 2015 an image on the Internet
"CNN's Crap Polling" is so bad that it shows that "no one under the age of 50 has an opinion of Hillary Clinton."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 26, 2015 a meme on social media
Says Hillary Clinton "refuses to testify before Congress" about the 2012 attack in Benghazi. 
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2015
Dinesh D'Souza
Dinesh D'Souza
stated on July 7, 2015 a tweet
A photograph of 21-year-old Hillary Clinton featured a Confederate battle flag in the background.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 6, 2015 a meme on social media
Says Hillary Clinton’s top 10 donors are mainly "banks, corporations and media," while Bernie Sanders’ top 10 donors are labor unions.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 4, 2015 a statement
Says "Hillary Clinton's rejection of efforts to make it easier to vote and harder to cheat not only defies logic, but the will of the majority of Americans."  
Mostly True
By Lucas Daprile • June 29, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on CNN's State of the Union
Says Hillary Clinton "was completely exonerated, when I was in the White House" by an official inquiry on Whitewater.
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • June 23, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on CNN's State of the Union
After a federal inquiry corroborated Hillary Clinton on Whitewater, "the next day, there was nothing in the media about it."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • June 23, 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
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