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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on November 18, 2015 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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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