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Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on September 22, 2015 an interview with Fox's "The Kelly File"
There is not "one of the Muslim nations" that doesn't have "discrimination against women, discrimination against gays, subjugation of other religious beliefs."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 25, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 21, 2015 an interview with CBS' Stephen Colbert
"When (Ronald) Reagan came in, from 1978 to 1982, economic growth averaged less than 1 percent a year. There’s only one other four-year period where that’s true. That’s true from 2008 to 2012."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN Republican debate
The government "made accommodation to the Fort Hood shooter to let him grow a beard" for religious reasons.  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN debate
One of the Planned Parenthood videos shows "a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, 'We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.' "
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 14, 2015 a campaign proposal
Says he will pursue change in federal law to protect employees from "extortion from a union" because "the Supreme Court has ruled that federal prohibitions outlawing extortion usually do not apply to unions."  
Mostly False
September 17, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN debate
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker turned a $1 billion surplus into a $2.2 billion budget deficit.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 8, 2015 a tweet
"Jeb's policies in Florida helped lead to its almost total collapse."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • September 15, 2015
Victoria Cobb
Victoria Cobb
stated on August 22, 2015 a speech.
"Inspections of abortion centers around Virginia have found multiple violations of parental consent laws … but Gov. Terry McAuliffe and his administration have done nothing."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • September 14, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 25, 2015 a tweet
"After Texas defunded Planned Parenthood, both the unintended pregnancy and abortion rates dropped."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 13, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 6, 2015 a Facebook post
"Unions did not create" the eight-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. "Henry Ford did."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2015
Credo Action
Credo Action
stated on August 27, 2015 a YouTube video
The Obama administration is "proposing to mine another 10 billion tons of Wyoming coal, which would unleash three times more carbon pollution than Obama's Clean Power Plan would even save through 2030."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 1, 2015
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on August 26, 2015 comments to reporters
Says Scott Walker "brags a lot about having an independent agency investigate police shootings. Of course, he didn’t fund it."
Mostly False
September 1, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 27, 2015 a campaign video
"I released all my emails."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • August 31, 2015
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 7, 2015 a news release
Says Russ Feingold cast the "deciding vote" for the "largest tax increase" in history
Mostly False
By Lucas Daprile • August 31, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 25, 2015 a tweet
"How do Jeb Bush and Donald Trump differ on immigration? Spoiler alert: They don't."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2015
Curt Schilling
Curt Schilling
stated on August 25, 2015 a tweet
"In 1940, only 7 percent of Germans were Nazis."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 28, 2015
Corey Lewandowski
Corey Lewandowski
stated on August 23, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says "there’s 400,000" anchor babies born in the United States a year, which are "individuals coming to our country and having their children so their children can be U.S. citizens."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • August 23, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 17, 2015 an interview with Iowa Public Radio
"If I had not asked for my emails all to be made public, none of this would have been in the public arena."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • August 20, 2015
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on August 12, 2015 an interview on "Morning Joe"
"There’s a tremendous other number of public officials who have done the same thing" as Hillary Clinton with a private email server.
Mostly False
By Will Cabaniss • August 18, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 6, 2015 a Republican presidential debate
"One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who get a wage. The people who get wages is declining dramatically."
Mostly False
August 12, 2015
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