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John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 24, 2016 a Kasich for America ad, "Progress"
"As governor, Kasich delivered the largest tax cut in the nation."
Mostly False
By Nadia Pflaum • March 10, 2016
Conservative Solutions PAC
Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on February 29, 2016 a Conservative Solutions PAC ad, first aired on Feb. 29
"Trump refuses to denounce the KKK."
Mostly False
By Riley Snyder • March 10, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 on CNN's "State of the Union."
Donald Trump has "described Hillary Clinton as one of the best secretaries of state in history."
Mostly False
By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • March 8, 2016
Conservative Solutions PAC
Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on February 26, 2016 a TV ad
Says Donald Trump "bans disabled veterans from his high rise."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 8, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 6, 2016 the Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.
"NAFTA, supported by the Secretary (Clinton), cost us 800,000 jobs nationwide."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 7, 2016
Tom Daschle
Tom Daschle
stated on February 29, 2016 an op-ed
U.S. global AIDS spending helped reduce "political instability and violence" by "40 percent" in recipient nations.  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 25, 2016 remarks during the GOP debate at the University of Houston
"Spending on welfare, on prisons, and education, all of those have dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars" because of Arizona’s immigration laws that drove out undocumented immigrants.
Mostly False
By Anthony Cave • March 4, 2016
John McCain
John McCain
stated on January 4, 2016 a newspaper interview
The Every Student Succeeds Act "did away basically with Common Core."
Mostly False
By Anthony Cave • February 29, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 23, 2016 a speech.
"We work longer hours than any people in the industrialized world, including the Japanese."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • February 29, 2016
Jason Nassour
Jason Nassour
stated on February 18, 2016 a Facebook post
Says Travis County Commissioner Gerald Daugherty "claims to have taken a pay cut, but for 2016, he voted to raise his salary by 19.6 percent."
Mostly False
By Rachel Rice • February 27, 2016
Blake Rocap
Blake Rocap
stated on February 16, 2016 a voter mailer
"When Republican extremists tried to take away abortion rights … Blake Rocap stopped them."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 25, 2016 comments during the Houston GOP debate
"When they passed Obamacare, they put a bailout fund in Obamacare. … We led the effort and wiped out that bailout fund."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 26, 2016
Gavin Newsom
Gavin Newsom
stated on December 5, 2015 a campaign email
"So far in 2015, there have been more mass shootings than days." 
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • February 23, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 21, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
With Obamacare, "You have no options .. you can't get competitive bidding."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 21, 2016
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on February 16, 2016 a press release
Blocking a U.S. Supreme Court nomination during the remaining months of President Obama’s term "would leave the nation’s highest court with an unprecedented year-long vacancy."
Mostly False
By Clay Wirestone • February 19, 2016
Empower Texans
Empower Texans
stated on January 28, 2016 a web page
In 2005 and 2007, " Joe Straus received a 100 percent rating by NARAL (the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League)."
Mostly False
By Filipa Ioannou • February 18, 2016
Gary Cobb
Gary Cobb
stated on February 16, 2016 a video ad on his campaign website
Travis County residents "trusted me to take on Tom DeLay — and we won."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • February 17, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 14, 2016 on ABC's "This Week"
Says "the one person (Donald Trump) has suggested that would make a good justice is his sister, who is a court of appeals judge appointed by Bill Clinton. She is a hardcore pro-abortion liberal judge."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • February 16, 2016
Sheri Gallo
Sheri Gallo
stated on January 28, 2016 an Austin City Council meeting
Since January 2015, the "majority of our" Austin City Council "meetings have extended past 10 p.m." and "many of our meetings have gone past midnight."
Mostly False
By Mary Huber • February 15, 2016
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on February 3, 2016 a TV interview.
"Under Virginia law, if you are a non-federally licensed (gun) dealer, you cannot get a background check even if you want one."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • February 15, 2016
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