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Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on June 14, 2016 an interview with Bob Cole on Austin's KOKE-FM
Austin was the "site of the first mass shooting in the country."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 23, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 18, 2016 an interview with the New York Times Magazine
"There are places in America that are among the most dangerous in the world. You go to places like Oakland. Or Ferguson. The crime numbers are worse. Seriously."
False
By Linda Qiu • May 25, 2016
Duf Sundheim
Duf Sundheim
stated on May 10, 2016 a debate
"There is a 34 percent increase in violent crime in the state of California. … And that’s just within the last year."
False
By Chris Nichols • May 11, 2016
John O'Bannon
John O'Bannon
stated on February 1, 2016 a constituent survey
Says "some Planned Parenthood chapters have been selling the body parts of aborted fetuses for profit."
False
By Warren Fiske • February 8, 2016
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
Harry Houck
Harry Houck
stated on July 21, 2015 a panel debate on "CNN Tonight with Don Lemon"
"The law says ... when a police officer stops you, do whatever he says and then deal with it later."
False
By Will Cabaniss • July 30, 2015
Gavin McInnes
Gavin McInnes
stated on June 22, 2015 a broadcast of "The Greg Gutfeld Show"
"50 percent of murders in Texas have been linked to illegal aliens."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 1, 2015
Hillary Davis
Hillary Davis
stated on May 6, 2015 a hearing at the General Assembly
"The profit [from automated traffic enforcement cameras] is going to the private corporations, not to the city or state."  
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 14, 2015
Russell Brand
Russell Brand
stated on May 26, 2015 an episode of 'The Trews'
"The American murder rate is 50 times that of any other developed nation."
False
By Katie Sanders • June 2, 2015
Rebecca Quigley
Rebecca Quigley
stated on May 14, 2015 a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.
"Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 31, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 13, 2015 a Facebook post
Says Marco Rubio said that "felons should not have their voting rights restored" but that "convicted felons should be allowed to own guns after they have done their time."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 27, 2015
Kathleen Sullivan
Kathleen Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2015 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee
"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."
False
By Mark Reynolds • May 17, 2015
Sally Kohn
Sally Kohn
stated on March 19, 2015 an opinion piece on CNN.com
"White men account for 69 percent of those arrested for violent crimes."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 2, 2015
Fran Lebowitz
Fran Lebowitz
stated on February 20, 2015 a panel on "Real Time with Bill Maher"
"Not a single unarmed white person has been shot by the police" in New York in about 45 years.
False
By Katie Sanders • April 1, 2015
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 24, 2014 an interview on 'Fox and Friends'
"The conviction rate is almost exactly the same" for whites and blacks who commit murder.
False
By Lauren Carroll • November 26, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on October 28, 2014 a radio ad
The "stand your ground" law caused the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
False
By Amy Sherman • October 30, 2014
Mary Burke
Mary Burke
stated on October 21, 2014 a campaign TV ad
Six convictions are connected to an allegation by prosecutors "that Gov. Scott Walker is at the center of a criminal scheme."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • October 23, 2014
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on September 19, 2014 a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.
"I’ve been involved in prosecuting a terrorist member of ISIS."
False
By Dylan Baddour • October 3, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on August 17, 2014 a TV ad
Says Rick Scott has "teamed up with a felon convicted of running a Ponzi scheme to smear Charlie Crist."
False
By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2014
David Dewhurst
David Dewhurst
stated on July 21, 2014 a news story
At "least a quarter of those apprehended" at the border "have criminal records."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • August 29, 2014
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