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Greg Gutfeld
Greg Gutfeld
stated on March 10, 2015 a commentary on Fox News.
Under New York Mayor Bill de Blasio, homicides are up by 20 percent, and subway delays have soared 45 percent.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2015
Florida Students for Concealed Carry
Florida Students for Concealed Carry
stated on March 16, 2015 Florida Senate higher education committee hearing
"According to the state of Florida, you are almost twice as likely to be attacked by an alligator than by someone who happens to carry a conceal-and-carry permit."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2015
Ron Dermer
Ron Dermer
stated on March 22, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "didn't change his position" on a two-state solution.    
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • March 22, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 17, 2015 an interview on "Late Night with Seth Meyers"
"Many of the alarmists on global warming, they’ve got a problem because the science doesn’t back them up. In particular, satellite data demonstrate for the last 17 years, there’s been zero warming."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • March 20, 2015
H. Marlene O'Toole
H. Marlene O'Toole
stated on March 12, 2015 House Education Appropriations Committee Hearing
The delay in school testing "was not that of a vendor, the problem was not that of the test materials itself, it was the product of a cyber attack."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 16, 2015
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on March 9, 2015 an interview on Fox News
Says that "Susan Rice, the president's national security adviser, has already conceded that Iran will have a robust uranium enrichment capability."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on March 15, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
There was "just about zero press coverage" of the 2007 Bush White House email controversy.  
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • March 15, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 11, 2015 an interview with Hugh Hewitt
"Here, we have Thanksgiving, we have Christmas, we have the 4th of July. Every year in Iran, they celebrate Death to America day."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 13, 2015
David Shuster
David Shuster
stated on March 10, 2015 a Hillary Clinton press conference
Said former U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Scott Gration "was forced to resign two years ago because of his personal use of emails."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 11, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on February 27, 2015 a CPAC appearance
Eliminating affirmative action in admissions in Florida led to "more African American and Hispanic kids attending our university system" than before.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • March 11, 2015
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 8, 2015 an interview on 'Fox News Sunday'
"The Iranian parliament will get to say yes or no on this deal, and I think the United States Congress should have the exact same input into the process."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • March 10, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 27, 2015 a speech at CPAC
U.S. military involvement in Libya "allowed thousands of surface-to-air missiles to fall into the hands of radical Islamists."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • March 9, 2015
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on March 8, 2015 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"The State Department asked all secretaries of state to send their emails over." Hillary Clinton's "the only one who’s done it."  
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • March 8, 2015
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on March 8, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The labor participation rate is at an all-time low."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • March 8, 2015
Jennifer Horn
Jennifer Horn
stated on February 4, 2015 in a press release
"The governor must inform the Senate president about his or her absence from the state."
Mostly False
By Allie Morris • March 5, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 27, 2015 a speech at CPAC
"There are at least three sectors of the border, one in particular, that are just completely insecure."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • March 5, 2015
Paul Bedard
Paul Bedard
stated on February 27, 2015 an opinion piece in the "Washington Examiner"
Says "President Obama is using executive actions to impose gun control on the nation, targeting the top-selling rifle in the country ... with a ban on one of the most-used" assault rifle bullets.    
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2015
Phil Robertson
Phil Robertson
stated on February 27, 2015 a speech at the CPAC conference
According to the CDC, "110 million Americans now have a sexually transmitted illness."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2015
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on February 18, 2015 a presentation
Rhode Island has invested less in tourism, economic development and economic development personnel than four nearby states.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 1, 2015
Kurt Bauer
Kurt Bauer
stated on February 10, 2015 a panel discussion
Ninety-five percent of the money used for union-operated worker training centers comes from employers.
Mostly False
By James B. Nelson • February 27, 2015
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