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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
Drug Policy Alliance
Drug Policy Alliance
stated on February 19, 2015 an article in Politico:
Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "voted repeatedly to send terminally ill patients to prison."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • February 26, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on February 12, 2015 a headline on DownTrend.com:
"Students In Fla. High School Forced To Recite Islamic Prayer, Make Prayer Rugs."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 24, 2015
George Nee
George Nee
stated on February 5, 2015 testimony before R.I. House Labor Committee:
Rhode Island "is one of the worst states" for income equality.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 22, 2015
CNN
CNN
stated on February 18, 2015 a graphic on CNN Newsroom:
"ISIS lures women with kittens, nutella."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 13, 2015 a radio interview:
ISIS is "now the predominant Islamist group in Benghazi."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 19, 2015
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on February 4, 2014 a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show":
Says Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has an "immigrant family background."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 17, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 2, 2015 his radio commentary:
"A married couple that" use the same last name "is rarer and rarer in our country."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • February 13, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 8, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"92 million Americans aren't working."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2015
Alcee Hastings
Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2015 an interview with CNN:
One Texas city "has a law that says that women can only have six dildos."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Steve Contorno • February 9, 2015
Bob Sears
Bob Sears
stated on February 2, 2015 an interview on CNN:
"Every year in the United States between 3,000 and 4,500 severe vaccine reactions are reported to the Centers for Disease Control. Not mild reactions. Severe reactions that land somebody in the hospital, the intensive care unit or cause a permanent disability or death."
Mostly False
By Aaron Sharockman • February 3, 2015
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