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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2015 a campaign rally in South Carolina
The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl "are right now back on the battlefield."
False
By Lauren Carroll • July 23, 2015
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on July 15, 2015 an interview on CNN's "New Day"
President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions."
False
July 22, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on July 17, 2015 a campaign rally in Houston
"We borrow a million dollars every minute."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 21, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 19, 2015 comments on ABC's This Week.
Says John McCain "has done nothing to help the vets."
False
By Linda Qiu • July 21, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2015 a speech in Las Vegas
"If you're from Syria and you're a Christian, you cannot come into this country" as a refugee.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 19, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Four times, I said, he (John McCain) is a hero, but you know ... people choose selective pieces."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • July 19, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on July 19, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
The Iran deal "violates promises the president made to the American people." ... "It is not an anytime, anywhere inspection process."  
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 10, 2015 a headline on the website NewsExaminer
"Christian Pastor in Vermont Sentenced to One Year in Prison After Refusing to Marry Gay Couple"
Pants on Fire!
By Keely Herring • July 16, 2015
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on July 14, 2015 an op-ed
"Thanks to the Obama administration’s negotiations, Iran’s nuclear program will be under lock, key and camera 24 hours a day, 365 days a year."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2015
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on July 15, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"In New Orleans, nearly 100 percent of our kids are in charter schools."
True
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 16, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 13, 2015 a speech
"Sen. Rubio’s (tax plan) would cut taxes for households making around $3 million a year by almost $240,000, which is way more than three times the earnings of a typical family."
Mostly True
July 16, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 13, 2015 remarks in Manhattan
Says she "called for addressing risks of derivatives, cracking down on subprime mortgages and improving financial oversight" early on in the financial crisis.
True
By Lauren Carroll • July 15, 2015
Limberbutt McCubbins
Limberbutt McCubbins
stated on July 9, 2015 comments on his website.
"Limberbutt McCubbins (a five-year-old cat) is a candidate" in the 2016 presidential election.
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • July 14, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2015 a speech in Phoenix
"The $5 billion website for Obamacare … never worked. Still doesn't work."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2015
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet
stated on June 30, 2015 a Facebook meme
Says Chris Christie "vetoed equal pay for women 3 times. He only let the bill pass once it became a damaging campaign issue."
Mostly False
By Keely Herring • July 13, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 6, 2015 a rally in Portland, Maine
For African-Americans between the ages of 17 and 20, "the real unemployment rate … is 51 percent."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on July 12, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"We're destroying more businesses in the United States now than are being created for the first time in our history."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • July 12, 2015
Generation Forward PAC
Generation Forward PAC
stated on June 25, 2015 an attack ad.
"Bernie Sanders voted against the Brady Bill -- background checks and waiting periods."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • July 10, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 8, 2015 an interview with NBC's Katy Tur
"The Mexican government forces many bad people into our country."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 9, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 6, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"There’s now been three independent investigations (into the bridge scandal) all of which have said" that Christie did not have prior knowledge of or involvement in the lane closures.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 9, 2015
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