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Represent.us
Represent.us
stated on April 30, 2015 a meme on social media:
"The U.S. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry" than the representatives who voted to stop it.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 30, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 25, 2015 a meeting with the Des Moines Register editorial board:
"I'm running for office with much more experience and qualifications than Barack Obama had when he ran."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • April 29, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 19, 2015 an interview on CBS' Face the Nation:
"I can tell you with certainty (cap and trade) would have a devastating impact on our economy."
False
By Lauren Carroll • April 23, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on April 20, 2015 an interview with NPR:
"We're not allowed to read it (the Trans-Pacific Partnership) before representatives vote on it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 21, 2015 a roundtable at a community college:
"The United States invented the community college. Nobody else had ever done anything like it."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 17, 2015 a press conference:
Says Loretta Lynch’s nomination "has been now sitting there longer than the previous seven attorney general nominees combined."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 19, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
 "99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 19, 2015
ForAmerica
ForAmerica
stated on April 12, 2015 a meme on social media:
"American families work hard to earn $4,250 a month. Obama is spending $18,972 a month on each illegal immigrant child."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 17, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 15, 2015 a roundtable chat in Iowa:
Says "all my grandparents" immigrated to America.
False
By Katie Sanders • April 16, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on April 14, 2015 an interview with the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
"We are in the sixth year of recovery, and median income is below what it was at the start of the recovery."
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 16, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on April 10, 2015 a speech to the NRA:
Says Howard Zinn, "an anti-American Marxist," wrote "the most popular textbook that's taught in our high schools in America."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2015
People for the American Way
People for the American Way
stated on April 13, 2015 a radio ad:
Says Marco Rubio "voted to deport" young people known as Dreamers.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • April 14, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation.":
"Ninety percent of American workers don't own their own business."
Mostly True
By Katharina Fiedler • April 13, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 12, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Hillary Clinton "completely ignored" "dozens and dozens of requests for more security" for the Benghazi consulate.    
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • April 12, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2015 posts on social media:
Facebook has unveiled new rules to stop their users from creating posts related in any way to religion.
Pants on Fire!
By Audrey Bowler • April 10, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 7, 2015 a speech announcing his presidential campaign:
"Debt doubled" under Bush "and now it’s tripling under Barack Obama’s watch."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • April 9, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview with the 'New York Times.':
"Iran’s defense budget is $30 billion. Our defense budget is closer to $600 billion."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • April 9, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation.":
Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree."
True
By Katharina Fiedler • April 8, 2015
Foundation for a Secure and Prosperous America
Foundation for a Secure and Prosperous America
stated on April 7, 2015 an ad:
"Rand Paul supports Obama's negotiations with Iran."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • April 7, 2015
Chain email
Chain email
stated on April 6, 2015 a chain email:
Says Hillary Clinton will receive her "congressional salary until she dies" and the Secret Service pays her mortgage.
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • April 6, 2015
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