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Vicky Hartzler
Vicky Hartzler
stated on March 24, 2016 an interview with ABC17 News:
"We have less Americans working now than in the ’70s."
Mostly False
By Conner Smith • March 26, 2016
Wisconsin Alliance for Reform
Wisconsin Alliance for Reform
stated on March 8, 2016 a TV ad:
Says Judge JoAnne Kloppenburg agreed to use a technicality to give a convicted sex offender a new hearing because "he didn’t understand the charge."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • March 23, 2016
Danny Tarkanian
Danny Tarkanian
stated on February 9, 2016 an interview on Ralston Live:
Nevada Republicans "didn’t do one single thing to cut spending" in 2015.
Mostly False
By Riley Snyder • March 22, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 15, 2016 a victory speech after the March 15 primaries:
"Our campaign depends on small donations for the majority of our support."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2016
Mark Herring
Mark Herring
stated on March 10, 2016 a letter:
"Every (U.S. Supreme Court) nominee since 1875 has received a nomination hearing."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman, Warren Fiske • March 20, 2016
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on January 15, 2016 a news release:
"The [Obama] administration’s regulatory assault on coal-fired energy has put thousands of Americans out of work"
Mostly False
By Mary McIntyre • March 17, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 21, 2015 a TV ad that ran mostly in Iowa:
Says Donald Trump and Marco Rubio opposed Cruz’s "efforts to defund Planned Parenthood."
Mostly False
By Emma Hinchliffe • March 16, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 7, 2016 a campaign ad:
"As a legislator, (Marco Rubio) flipped on a key vote after making a quick $200,000 from selling the house to the mother of the bill's lobbyist."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman, Joshua Gillin • March 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 9, 2016 a Univision/Washington Post Democratic debate:
Regarding her State Department email practices, "my predecessors did the same thing."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • March 10, 2016
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
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