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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 18, 2015 a tweet
"8 Syrians caught at Texas border in Laredo."
Mostly False
By Dylan Baddour • November 20, 2015
Neil Cavuto
Neil Cavuto
stated on November 12, 2015 a broadcast of "Cavuto Coast to Coast" on Fox Business Network
Taking all the money of the top 1 percent wouldn’t keep Medicare going for three years.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 19, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 16, 2015 an official statement posted on Facebook.
"There is currently no ability to vet these people," referring to Syrian refugees.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 19, 2015
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on November 10, 2015 episode of Fox News' "The Five"
Says a car driving former University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe "ran through the students, hit one of them" at the MU Homecoming Parade.
Mostly False
By Adam Aton • November 18, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 14, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa.
Climate change is "directly related" to the growth of terrorism.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 16, 2015
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on November 2, 2015 a TV interview.
"When I became governor, I inherited a large deficit. You know what? We just turned that into the largest surplus in Virginia history."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • November 16, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 14, 2015 the Democratic debate in Iowa
Out of the total U.S. military budget, "significantly less than 10 percent of that money is used to fight international terrorism."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 15, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 14, 2015 an interview on Fox News
The "Democratic Party is getting smaller and smaller and smaller."
Mostly False
By Emma Hinchliffe • November 15, 2015
Courageous Conservatives PAC
Courageous Conservatives PAC
stated on November 6, 2015 a video ad posted online
"After Sandy Hook, Ted Cruz stopped Obama’s push for new gun control laws."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 13, 2015
Courageous Conservatives PAC
Courageous Conservatives PAC
stated on November 6, 2015 a radio ad
"When Chuck Schumer and Marco Rubio tried to push amnesty, it was Ted Cruz who stopped them."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 13, 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
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth undercard GOP debate.
"Only one out of five of the so-called ‘Syrian refugees’ who went into Europe were actually Syrian."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 11, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 10, 2015 a debate in Milwaukee, Wis.
"We’re losing now over $500 billion a year in terms of imbalance with China."
Mostly False
By Anna Bruzgulis • November 11, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2015 a speech.
On the VA: "Over 300,000 veterans have died waiting for care."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • November 9, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.
"My plan actually gives the middle class the greatest break: $2,000 per family."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • November 5, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 the CNBC debate
The CNBC debate was supposed to be three hours, and he "renegotiated it down to two hours."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • November 2, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.
The debt limit deal "allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2015
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on October 15, 2015 an executive order.
"It has been estimated that nearly 40 percent of all guns sold in America are sold by private, unlicensed sellers either online or through gun shows." 
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • November 2, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 28, 2015 the CNBC GOP presidential debate
"In Florida, we have the lowest in-state tuition of any state."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 30, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 23, 2015 posts on the Internet
Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2015
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