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Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 his 2016 State of the Union address
"We spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 a State of the Union speech
We've "lifted high school graduation rates to new highs."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 13, 2016
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on January 12, 2016 the Republican response to the State of the Union address
The economy is "too weak to raise income levels."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 his State of the Union speech
"Our businesses have created jobs every single month since (Obamacare) became law."
True
By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 the State of the Union address
We have cut "our deficits by almost three-quarters."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2016 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" in Ottumwa, Iowa
"We get practically nothing compared to the cost of" keeping U.S. military forces in South Korea.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 10, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2016 Ottumwa, Iowa, on NBC's "Meet the Press"
The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl are "back on the battlefield."  
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 10, 2016
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on December 17, 2015 a column posted on Medium
"When we held recent economic dialogues with China, we agreed on over 100 different things  —  including wildlife trafficking and volcano research. None of these 100-plus points of agreement addressed cybersecurity."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 4, 2016 a posting on the Clinton website
"Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 7, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 5, 2016 a speech proposing executive action on gun regulations
"A violent felon can buy (a gun) over the Internet with no background check, no questions asked."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • January 5, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 4, 2016 a television ad
A Trump television ad shows Mexicans swarming over "our southern border."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2016
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on January 3, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Everywhere that we have more citizens carrying guns, crime is less. There's a study showing that where states have open carry or concealed carry, but particularly open carry, the crime is down 25 percent."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • January 3, 2016
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 3, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Both Cruz and Rubio are missing the vast majority of their votes."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • January 3, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 20, 2015 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press".
"We didn't go out and take" information from the Hillary Clinton campaign.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 19, 2015 a Democratic debate in New Hampshire
Says Bernie Sanders "voted for regime change with respect to Libya." 
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • December 22, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
Says the Obama administration invited "Russia into Syria."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 20, 2015 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says American polling shows Russian President Vladimir Putin has "an 80 percent approval rating."
True
By Lauren Carroll • December 20, 2015
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 20, 2015 comments on 'Meet the Press'
The Affordable Care Act is "making families pay double-digit premium increases."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • December 20, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 19, 2015 the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate
The United States spends "almost three times per capita what they spend in the U.K." on health care and "50 percent more than they pay in France."
True
By Jon Greenberg • December 20, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on December 19, 2015 the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate
"Secretary Clinton changes her position on (gun issues) every election year, it seems, having one position in 2000 and then campaigning against President Obama and saying we don't need federal standards."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • December 20, 2015
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