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Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2015 his presidential announcement speech:

"Our real unemployment is anywhere from 18 to 20 percent. Don't believe the 5.6. Don't believe it."

False

By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2015 his presidential announcement speech:

"The last quarter, it was just announced, our gross domestic product … was below zero. Who ever heard of this? It's never below zero."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2015 a speech announcing his 2016 presidential campaign:

The Islamic State "just built a hotel in Syria."

False

By Lauren Carroll • June 16, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on June 15, 2015 a social media post:

Says Bill Clinton "gave a speech in 1996 about Iraq having WMDs" and said "we needed a regime change," even though everyone blamed those things on George W. Bush.

Mostly False

By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2015 a campaign rally speech:

"The top 25 hedge fund managers (are) making more than all of America's kindergarten teachers combined."

True

By Lauren Carroll • June 15, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on June 11, 2015 an interview on PBS:

"A black male baby born today, if we do not change the system, stands a one-in-three chance (of) ending up in jail."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2015

John Podesta
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Hillary Clinton's "been very clear where she stands on trade."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • June 14, 2015

Brad Woodhouse
stated on June 5, 2015 an interview on CNN's "New Day":

The New York Times "had to retract" its story that Hillary Clinton’s email handling had broken certain laws.

False

By Jon Greenberg • June 11, 2015

Bloggers
stated on June 6, 2015 social media posts:

"U.S. Embassy Celebrates America’s Independence on June 4th in Order to Accommodate Muslims."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech:

"Former Gov. Rick Perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters."

Mostly True

By Keely Herring, Linda Qiu • June 9, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech:

"In New Jersey, Gov. Christie vetoed legislation to extend early voting."

Mostly True

By Keely Herring, Linda Qiu • June 9, 2015

Bobby Jindal
stated on April 23, 2014 an op-ed in "USA Today.":

On Common Core.

Full Flop

By Linda Qiu • June 8, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on June 7, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday":

If Fox News' presidential debate rules had been in place during the 1992 election, "Bill Clinton wouldn't have been on the stage."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2015

Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 7, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

Says Ronald Reagan "talked about" converting the United States to the metric system.

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • June 7, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on June 2, 2015 remarks at an economic summit in Orlando:

"You can fill out your tax return in Estonia online in five minutes."

True

By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2015

Lindsey Graham
stated on June 2, 2015 an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper:

The USA Freedom Act undercuts privacy because "the phone records will be in the hands of the phone companies with hundreds of people available to look at the records, versus 20 or 30 people in the government."

False

By Lauren Carroll • June 4, 2015

Mike Huckabee
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech at Gov. Rick Scott's economic summit in Orlando:

"Sixty million Americans depend on Social Security, and one-third of all the seniors in America depend on Social Security for 90 percent of their income."

Mostly True

By Linda Qiu • June 4, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on June 1, 2015 remarks at the White House:

Today, "the United States is the most respected country on Earth."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2015

Martin O'Malley
stated on May 30, 2015 his presidential announcement speech:

"The CEO of Goldman Sachs let his employees know that he’d be just fine with either Bush or Clinton."

Mostly False

By Linda Qiu • June 2, 2015

Martin O'Malley
stated on May 30, 2015 his presidential announcement speech:

"Today in America, 70 percent of us are earning the same or less than we were 12 years ago, and this is the first time that that has happened this side of World War II."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2015

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