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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 16, 2015 comments during the CNN debate
"A majority of the men and women on this stage have previously and publicly embraced amnesty. I am the only candidate on this stage who has never supported amnesty."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 17, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN debate
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker turned a $1 billion surplus into a $2.2 billion budget deficit.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 13, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation"
"The top man at Yale Law School came out ... with just a raging report" about former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, saying she is "one of the worst executives in his memory in history running the company."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • September 13, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 13, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"I'm the only governor in America ... who signed a law that says there needs to be an independent investigation any time there's a death of someone in police custody."
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 13, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 9, 2015 a tweet
"The Iran Deal will facilitate and accelerate the nation of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons."  
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 6, 2015 a Facebook post
"Unions did not create" the eight-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. "Henry Ford did."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 31, 2015 comments on Twitter.
"I cut state spending more than anybody (in the 2016 GOP field)."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • September 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 1, 2015 an op-ed in the New Hampshire Union-Leader
"Twenty-three million Americans suffer from addiction, but only 1 in 10 get treatment."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2015
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on September 2, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
The nuclear agreement with Iran "never sunsets. There's no sunset in this agreement."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 3, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2015 an interview with Bill Maher
The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air."
False
By Linda Qiu • September 2, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 25, 2015 posts on the Internet
Democratic Sens. Ed Markey, Al Franken and Jeanne Shaheen "took Bribes From Iran … They Back Insane NUKE Deal."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2015 an interview with Bill Maher.
"The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2."
False
By Linda Qiu • September 1, 2015
Credo Action
Credo Action
stated on August 27, 2015 a YouTube video
The Obama administration is "proposing to mine another 10 billion tons of Wyoming coal, which would unleash three times more carbon pollution than Obama's Clean Power Plan would even save through 2030."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 1, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 28, 2015 an interview with Sarah Palin
"We have 93 million people out of work. They look for jobs, they give up, and all of a sudden, statistically, they're considered employed."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2015
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on August 30, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"I'm the only (Republican) candidate that has actually reduced the size of government."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 30, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 30, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Saudi Arabia has the third-largest military budget in the entire world."
True
By Will Cabaniss • August 30, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 24, 2015 an interview on "Fox & Friends"
"We’re the most highly taxed nation in the world."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 28, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2015 an interview on CNN.
"Our companies are moving into Mexico more than almost any other place right now."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 27, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 25, 2015 remarks at a town hall in Colorado
Planned Parenthood is "not actually doing women’s health issues."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • August 26, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2015 a town hall in Derry, N.H.
"Many of the great scholars say that anchor babies are not covered" by the 14th Amendment.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 25, 2015
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