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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 9, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com
"Today, if you were raised poor, you’re just as likely to stay poor as you were 50 years ago."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate
"Very little of (the defense) budget — less than 10 percent — actually goes into fighting ISIS and international terrorism."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • January 18, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate
"I helped write" the Affordable Care Act.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate
"We now have driven (health care) costs down to the lowest they've been in 50 years."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 17, 2016 the South Carolina Democratic debate
Says Bernie Sanders "voted for what we call the 'Charleston Loophole.'"
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 18, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate
Says Bernie Sanders "has reversed his position on immunity" for gun manufacturers and sellers.
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 17, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
Hostages were released as soon as Ronald Reagan took office because Iran perceived that America was "no longer under the command of someone weak."
Pants on Fire!
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says Hillary Clinton called Barack Obama "naive" for saying he was would "sit down and talk to the Iranians" during the 2008 Democratic primary.  
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • January 17, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 14, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
Says Sen. Ted Cruz used to be "in favor of birthright citizenship" but is now against it.
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • January 15, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 14, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
Says Marco Rubio "knows full well I voted for his amendment to increase military spending to $697 billion."
True
By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 15, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
Says President Barack Obama "appointed Eric Holder as attorney general. Eric Holder said he viewed his mission as brainwashing the American people against guns."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 15, 2016 a Republican debate on Fox Business Network in South Carolina on Fox Business Network
"I didn’t support Sonia Sotomayor."    
False
By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 14, 2016 the Fox Business Network debate
Says Hillary Clinton "is under investigation with the FBI right now."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 14, 2016 the Fox Business Network debate
"We have the lowest percentage of Americans working today of any year since 1977."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2016 the South Carolina presidential debate
Among Syrian refugees and migrants coming into Europe, "there look like very few women. Very few children."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • January 15, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 the State of the Union address
"The United States of America, right now, has the strongest, most durable economy in the world."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016
Conservative Solutions PAC
Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on January 4, 2016 an attack ad
Says Chris Christie "instituted an Internet sales tax."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 14, 2016
Chelsea Clinton
Chelsea Clinton
stated on January 12, 2016 a campaign event for Hillary Clinton
Says Bernie Sanders’ health care plan would "empower Republican governors to take away Medicaid, to take away health insurance for low-income and middle-income working Americans."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • January 14, 2016
Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi
stated on January 13, 2016 an interview on CNN
Until the new Iran deal, China and Russia "have never voted with us at the U.N. on any sanctions on Iran in the past."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 13, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 4, 2016 a column posted on Medium
"As governor of Florida, I used a combination of strategies to help reduce heroin use among youth in Florida by approximately 50 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016
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