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Greg Gutfeld
Greg Gutfeld
stated on March 10, 2015 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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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