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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 19, 2015 the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate
ISIS is "going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
"One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight bill was that it gave President Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees, without mandating any background checks whatsoever."
False
By Joshua Gillin • December 18, 2015
André Carson
André Carson
stated on December 13, 2015 an interview on ABC News' "This Week"
"Our larger domestic threat is from racial supremacist groups."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2015 the Republican debate in Las Vegas
The 9/11 terrorists' friends, family, girlfriends in the United States "were sent back for the most part to Saudi Arabia. They knew what was going on. They went home, and they wanted to watch their boyfriends on television."
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 17, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
"If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there's something called the Geneva Convention we're going to have to pull out of."
True
By Louis Jacobson • December 17, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
Regarding the USA Freedom Act, "There is nothing we are allowed to do under this bill that we could not do before."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • December 16, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
Says carpet bombing means bombing "not a city, but the location of the troops," with "embedded special forces to direct the air power."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on December 15, 2015 a GOP debate on CNN
"One of the things I would immediately do … is bring back the warrior class -- Petraeus, McChrystal, Mattis, Keane, Flynn. ... Every one was retired early because they told President Obama things that he didn’t want to hear."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 16, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on December 15, 2015 in the CNN debate in Las Vegas
Says Marco Rubio "is the one for an open border."  
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • December 16, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on December 15, 2015 a GOP debate on CNN
"Two months ago, Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2015 a GOP debate on CNN
"The head of the FBI has told Congress they cannot vet those (Syrian) refugees."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • December 16, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 30, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"We're practically not allowed to use coal any more. What do we do with our coal? We ship it to China and they spew it in the air."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 8, 2015 an interview with NPR
"Mike Morell testified and told Congress that the reason Obama has not bombed ISIS' oil fields is they're concerned about global warming."
False
By Linda Qiu • December 14, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 13, 2015 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The states have always defined marriage."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • December 13, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 13, 2015 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Three or four countries" out of roughly 60 in the anti-ISIS coalition "are providing military force."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 13, 2015
Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia
stated on December 9, 2015 a Supreme Court hearing
"Most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the University of Texas. They come from lesser schools."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin, Lauren Carroll • December 11, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 7, 2015 a campaign statement
Says 25 percent of U.S. Muslims "agreed that violence against Americans here in the United States is justified as a part of the global jihad."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 13, 2013 multiple posts
Barack Obama’s Columbia University ID says he was a foreign student and went by "Barry Soetoro."
Pants on Fire!
By Clayton Youngman • December 9, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on December 6, 2015 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
"In France, they have a (surveillance) program a thousandfold more invasive" than the United States.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2015
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on November 25, 2015 an interview on the "Alan Colmes Show" on Fox News
"Technically, (Ted Cruz is) not even an American."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • December 8, 2015
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