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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 15, 2015 in an interview:
If women seeking an abortion see their ultrasound, "the odds are pretty high they're going to keep the baby."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • July 22, 2015
Pamela Geller
Pamela Geller
stated on July 16, 2015 in a tweet :
"ISIS supporter tweeted at 10:34 a.m. Shooting began at 10:45 a.m." in Chattanooga, Tenn.
False
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 21, 2015
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on June 5, 2015 in a speech at the state Democratic Party convention:
"The United States still ranks 20th in the world in access to broadband -- over 50 percent below the best nations."
Half-True
By Lucas Daprile • June 17, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2015 in posts on social media:
Facebook has unveiled new rules to stop their users from creating posts related in any way to religion.
Pants on Fire!
By Audrey Bowler • April 10, 2015
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden
stated on April 5, 2015 in an interview on "Last Week Tonight":
"Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 9, 2015
Donna Nesselbush
Donna Nesselbush
stated on March 6, 2015 in a commentary:
"In an average grocery store, roughly 75 percent of processed foods contain genetically modified organisms, or GMOs."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Mark Reynolds • March 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 24, 2015 in a conference in Silicon Valley:
"You had more women getting computer sciences degrees in the '80s by a factor of 2-plus than you do now."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 3, 2015
Mike Lee
Mike Lee
stated on February 16, 2015 in an email through Protect Internet Freedom:
The FCC’s net neutrality policy includes what is "essentially a massive tax increase."  
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • February 26, 2015
Jeff Clemens
Jeff Clemens
stated on January 20, 2015 in a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing:
Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 17, 2014:
"The reason why Cubans don't have access to 21st century telecommunications — like smart phones, like access to the Internet — is because it is illegal in Cuba."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll, Steve Contorno • December 19, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 10, 2014 in a Facebook post:
Says Obama's net neutrality proposal "puts the government in charge of determining Internet pricing, terms of service and what types of products and services can be delivered."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 13, 2014
EMILY's List
EMILY's List
stated on October 21, 2014 in a TV ad:
Says Scott Walker is "forcing some women to undergo a transvaginal probe to get an abortion."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 24, 2014
Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
stated on September 9, 2014 in a tweet:
A poll found that "20% of young adults use (smartphones) during sex."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2014
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on June 12, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show":
Americans "invented the automobile."
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 13, 2014
Larry Pratt
Larry Pratt
stated on May 6, 2014 in an interview on 'All in with Chris Hayes':
"20 percent of the time (smart guns) won't work."
False
By Katie Sanders • May 20, 2014
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on May 11, 2014 in a segment on "Last Week Tonight":
"28 percent of Kentuckians don’t have any online access."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • May 14, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 5, 2014 in a Facebook post:
A judge's order means there's a "Constitution exemption zone" if you live "within 100 miles of the United States border."
False
By Julie Kliegman • January 13, 2014
Jody Conradt
Jody Conradt
stated on September 28, 2013 in a Texas Tribune Festival panel:
"All" University of Texas "student-athletes get an iPad."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 22, 2013
Steve Israel
Steve Israel
stated on November 6, 2013 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Things went wrong with the Medicare prescription D plan that George Bush rolled out."
True
By Steve Contorno • November 13, 2013
Joe Barton
Joe Barton
stated on October 24, 2013 in a Fox News interview:
"Hidden" in the healthcare.gov code is language that means users "waive any reasonable right to privacy of your personal information."
False
By Julie Kliegman • October 29, 2013
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