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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 13, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas
"African-American youth unemployment is 51 percent. Hispanic youth unemployment is 36 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 13, 2015 the first Democratic debate
"Sen. Sanders did vote five times against the Brady bill."
True
By Linda Qiu • October 14, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 5, 2015 on NBC's Today Show
"There have been seven investigations (of Benghazi) led mostly by Republicans in the Congress" that concluded "nobody did anything wrong, but there were changes we could make."
Mostly True
By Clayton Youngman • October 12, 2015
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 11, 2015 comments on "State of the Union"
"When we had a conservative Republican president we were losing 750,000 jobs a month."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2015
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on October 11, 2015 comments on "Meet the Press"
Says Republican Rep. Charlie Dent wants to kick the Freedom Caucus out of the Republican conference "for voting our conscience."     
False
By Linda Qiu • October 11, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on October 8, 2015 an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer
"In the class of 1968 at Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, Mahmoud Abbas was one of the members of that class, and so was Ali Khamenei. And that's where they first established relationships with the young Vladimir Putin."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 5, 2015 her gun policy platform.
"While 38 percent of (firearms) dealers that were inspected in 2011 were noncompliant with federal law, only 0.05 percent of inspected dealers had their licenses revoked."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • October 8, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 7, 2015 an interview on PBS Newshour
On the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Full Flop
By Lauren Carroll • October 8, 2015
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on September 15, 2015 a television ad
Says Donald Trump "supports eminent domain" and the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision. 
True
By Lauren Carroll • October 7, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 2, 2015 a press conference
Today, the deficit is "below the average deficits over the past 40 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 1, 2015 remarks following a school shooting in Oregon
"States with the most gun laws tend to have the fewest gun deaths."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • October 6, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on September 30, 2015 an interview on Fox News' "Hannity"
Planned Parenthood "is an organization that funnels millions of dollars in political contributions to pro-abortion candidates."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 1, 2015 a Facebook post
Number of Americans killed by terrorism in the last decade: 24. Number of Americans killed by guns in the last decade: 280,024.
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • October 5, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 4, 2015 an interview on ABC "This Week"
Among Syrian refugees, "there aren't that many women, there aren't that many children."
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 4, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 30, 2015 a campaign Tweet
The Benghazi probe is "the longest-running congressional investigation ever."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 2, 2015
Jason Chaffetz
Jason Chaffetz
stated on September 29, 2015 a Congressional hearing.
In 2006, Planned Parenthood performed more prevention services and cancer screenings than abortions, but in 2013, there were more abortions.
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • October 1, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 28, 2015 comments on Twitter.
"Unlike virtually every other campaign, we don't have a super PAC."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • September 30, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 28, 2015 a press conference
The unemployment rate may be as high as "42 percent."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2015
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on September 27, 2015 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"When I left Washington, we had a $5 trillion surplus."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2015
Tom Cole
Tom Cole
stated on September 27, 2015 an interview on Fox News Sunday
"There’s no money" for Planned Parenthood in the bill that would keep the government open.
True
By Lauren Carroll • September 29, 2015
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