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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 25, 2016 a CNN town hall
When terrorists killed more than 250 Americans in Lebanon under Ronald Reagan, "the Democrats didn’t make that a partisan issue."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 31, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have the identical position on health care, which is they want to put the government in charge of you and your doctor."
False
By Linda Qiu • January 31, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 31, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We have more illegal immigrants here" than we did five years ago.
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 31, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate
Obamacare "is the biggest job-killer in this country -- millions of Americans have lost their jobs, have been forced into part-time work."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 28, 2016 an interview on CNN
"I never once asked that (Megyn Kelly) be removed" as a debate moderator.
False
By Linda Qiu • January 29, 2016
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on January 28, 2016 a Republican debate
"Last year, there were an additional 81,000 pages of government regulations. If you stack that up, it would be a three-story building."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll, Sean Gorman • January 29, 2016
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2016 a Republican debate
"A third of the budget for the city of Ferguson (Missouri) was being reaped by civil fines."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 29, 2016
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 28, 2016 the Republican debate in Des Moines, Iowa
Neighbors of the San Bernardino shooters "knew that they were talking about trying to take our country and attack it."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate
"I have not insulted Donald personally."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 a Fox News debate
"Barack Obama, right now, No. 1, over seven years has dramatically degraded our military."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 20, 2016 a speech in Burlington, Iowa
"I am the only candidate on either side who has laid out a specific plan about what I would do to defeat ISIS."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 24, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press."
Says his views on reparations for slavery are the same as Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's. 
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • January 26, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 19, 2016 a town hall meeting in Underwood, Iowa.
"Almost all of the polls that have come out suggest that I am a much stronger candidate against the Republicans than is Hillary Clinton."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 26, 2016
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on January 14, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com
"Fifty years ago, the average GM employee could pay for a year of a son or daughter’s college tuition on just two weeks wages."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 24, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says a Ted Cruz ad has "got me bull-dozing down a house. I never bulldozed it down. It's false advertising."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • January 24, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 24, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says Donald Trump "thinks that climate change is a hoax, invented by the Chinese."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
China has "total control, just about, of North Korea."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 19, 2016 a town hall in Underwood, Iowa
"I have a D-minus voting record from the NRA."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • January 20, 2016
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on January 20, 2016 an Iowa Right to Life event in Des Moines
The United States has a "record number of abortions year after year after year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 18, 2016 comments at a campaign organizing event
"Every piece of legislation, just about, that I ever introduced (in the U.S. Senate) had a Republican co-sponsor." 
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 20, 2016
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