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Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 26, 2014 In a viral YouTube video
A Muslim immigrant in Michigan can list his second, third or fourth wives as "extended family" and qualify for welfare.
Mostly False
By Clayton Youngman • December 7, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 6, 2015 an interview with George Stephanopoulos
The Charleston, S.C., shooter "should have never been given a gun, but the universal background check was not fast enough."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • December 6, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 6, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"There are over 700,000 Americans on some watch list or another that would all be captured" in a Democratic amendment intended to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • December 6, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 1, 2015 a post on her campaign website
"Ted Cruz tried to ban contraception" five times.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 29, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation"
"It is already in the law that there is a requirement to screen (refugees) for religion."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 1, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 24, 2015 a radio interview in New Hampshire
Says there are "ample means" to "tell when someone is a Christian in the Middle East ... by name, by where they’re born, their birth certificates."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • December 1, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 30, 2015 a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt
"Here’s the simple and undeniable fact: The overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 29, 2015 an interview on CNN
"The Family Research Council, according to some government agencies, is a terrorist group."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 19, 2015 a speech at Georgetown University
"Instead of fighting ISIS, (the Saudis) have focused more on a campaign to oust Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen."
True
By Linda Qiu • November 24, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 22, 2015 a tweet
Says crime statistics show blacks kill 81 percent of white homicide victims.  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • November 23, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 19, 2015 a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations
"The Libyan people have voted twice in free and fair elections for the kind of leadership they want."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 23, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 6, 2015 a Democratic primary forum
"I spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against Iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • November 23, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 21, 2015 comments during a speech
"I watched in Jersey City, N.J., where thousands and thousands of people were cheering" as the World Trade Center collapsed.    
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • November 22, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 16, 2015 an interview on MSNBC
The New York Police Department used to have "surveillance going on in and around mosques in New York City. ... Our mayor totally cut that out."
Half-True
By Clayton Youngman • November 20, 2015
John Bel Edwards
John Bel Edwards
stated on November 11, 2015 a campaign ad
Says David Vitter "answered a prostitute’s call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom."
Mostly True
By Charles Maldonado • November 19, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 16, 2015 an official statement posted on Facebook.
"There is currently no ability to vet these people," referring to Syrian refugees.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 19, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 17, 2015 an interview on Laura Ingraham's radio show
The federal government is sending refugees to states with governors who are "Republicans, not to the Democrats."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 18, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 15, 2015 a joint statement with the president of Turkey.
"The United States (is) the largest provider of humanitarian assistance to displaced persons and refugees."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 17, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on November 16, 2015 posts on the Internet
In Japan, "permanent residency is not given to Muslims," the "propagation of Islam" is banned, "one cannot import a Koran published in the Arabic language," and "Muslims cannot even rent a house."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 17, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 14, 2015 a debate in Iowa
"Since we last debated in Las Vegas, nearly 3,000 people have been killed by guns."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 17, 2015
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