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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.
"I never said that" Marco Rubio was Mark Zuckerberg’s personal senator.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 the third Republican presidential debate
"For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses closing than starting."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.
Bernie Sanders’s plan is "to raise your taxes to 90 percent."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2015
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stated on October 23, 2015 posts on the Internet
Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on October 9, 2015 his book "A More Perfect Union"
"German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance."    
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 25, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Because of Obamacare "people’s premiums ... are going up 35, 45, 55 percent."  
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • October 25, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 22, 2015 a House hearing on Benghazi
Says John Kerry "is the first secretary of state to rely primarily on a government account."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2015
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stated on October 22, 2015 a shareable graphic on the Web
Says Denmark’s suicide rate has been about twice as high as the United States’ over the past five decades.
Mostly False
By Clayton Youngman • October 23, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on October 19, 2015 comments on the Daily Show
Says Hillary Clinton "couldn't bring herself to say we need to separate commercial banking and speculative banking, namely reinstating Glass-Steagall."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • October 22, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2015 an interview on CNN's "New Day"
Says CIA Director George Tenet told the Bush administration that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack "was coming. So they did have advanced notice."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 21, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 18, 2015 an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press'
"Republican leadership took the lead confirming Loretta Lynch as attorney general."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2015
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stated on October 15, 2015 a graphic circulating on the Internet
Says Bernie Sanders once said, "Instead of removing the conditions that make people depressed, modern society gives them antidepressant drugs."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 7, 2015 a town hall-style campaign event in Iowa
The gun industry is "the only business in America that is wholly protected from any kind of liability."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 16, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on October 13, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas
"Fifteen out of the 20 most polluted cities in the world" are in India and China.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 15, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 13, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas
"We are imprisoning or giving jail sentences to young people who are smoking marijuana."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 13, 2015 the first Democratic presidential debate
Says Edward Snowden "could have gotten all of the protections of being a whistleblower."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 14, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 14, 2015 the CNN Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas
"Every other major country" has family paid leave.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 14, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 13, 2015 in the first Democratic debate
On the Keystone XL pipeline
No Flip
By Lauren Carroll • October 14, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 13, 2015 the first Democratic debate
"Today in America, we have more people in jail than any other country on Earth."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 14, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 13, 2015 the first Democratic debate
Says as secretary of state she was reserving judgment about the Trans-Pacific Partnership and "hoped it would be the gold standard."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • October 14, 2015
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