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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2015 his presidential announcement speech
"When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Japan? It doesn’t exist, folks."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • June 17, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 15, 2015 a social media post
Says Bill Clinton "gave a speech in 1996 about Iraq having WMDs" and said "we needed a regime change," even though everyone blamed those things on George W. Bush.
Mostly False
By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2015
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on June 4, 2015 an interview.
Millennials "will be 75 percent of the workforce in the next 10 years."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • June 15, 2015
John Podesta
John Podesta
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says Hillary Clinton's "been very clear where she stands on trade."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • June 14, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech
Thanks to the Act 10 collective bargaining law that took effect four years ago, ACT scores in Wisconsin "are now second-best in the country for states where more than half the kids take the exam."
Mostly False
June 12, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on June 7, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
If Fox News' presidential debate rules had been in place during the 1992 election, "Bill Clinton wouldn't have been on the stage."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 7, 2015 a visit to Deerfield, NH
"The entirety of North America -- Canada, the United States and Mexico -- there's more known reserves in those three countries than in Russia and Saudi Arabia."
Mostly False
By Clay Wirestone • June 5, 2015
Don Zimmerman
Don Zimmerman
stated on April 27, 2015 an Austin City Council briefing
"You don't have to be as smart as a fifth-grader to know what causes the climate is the sun. The sun.  I have people tell me, ‘Carbon dioxide warms the Earth.’  No, it doesn't.  The sun warms the Earth."
Mostly False
By Asher Price • June 5, 2015
Al Sharpton
Al Sharpton
stated on May 29, 2015 a broadcast of MSNBC's "PoliticsNation"
The Texas Senate "approved a bill to put a special label on the insurance cards of anyone who bought a plan through Obamacare" that includes the letter "S" for subsidy.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 3, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on May 30, 2015 his presidential announcement speech
"The CEO of Goldman Sachs let his employees know that he’d be just fine with either Bush or Clinton."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • June 2, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on May 24, 2015 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
The Supreme Court "can’t overrule the other two" branches of government.  
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • May 29, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 a roundtable in New Hampshire
"ISIS didn't exist when my brother was president. Al-Qaida in Iraq was wiped out when my brother was president."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 28, 2015
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on May 13, 2015 a segment on his radio show
Says Hillary Clinton "makes more per hour at a speaking gig than the average CEO does in a year."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 28, 2015
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 19, 2015 an interview
Says Democratic challenger Russ Feingold "was the deciding vote on Obamacare."
Mostly False
May 27, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 16, 2015 a speech at the Iowa GOP Lincoln Day dinner
"One person has been fired" at the Veterans Administration for withholding services.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 22, 2015
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on May 14, 2015 a panel discussion
As a senator, Hillary Clinton "actually paid female staffers a lot less than men."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 21, 2015
Trey Gowdy
Trey Gowdy
stated on May 15, 2015 an interview on Fox News
Says the State Department has "had half a year" to respond to a Benghazi document request, yet "I have not gotten a single, solitary scrap of paper."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • May 21, 2015
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on May 14, 2015 a column on Medium
Says Jeb Bush "once held $1 million in family planning grants hostage until the programs receiving the money agreed not to discuss birth control at all."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 20, 2015
Akbar Al Baker
Akbar Al Baker
stated on March 16, 2015 an interview
The average age of planes in the Qatar Airways fleet is about four years while Delta Air Lines flies planes that are 35 years old.
Mostly False
By Nancy Badertscher • May 19, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 13, 2015 a response to a question after a town hall meeting
"We had an agreement that the president could have signed that would have kept 10,000 troops" in Iraq.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 18, 2015
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