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Peter DeFazio
Peter DeFazio
stated on February 12, 2015 an interview on MSNBC
"Monarch butterflies are becoming extinct" because of increased use of crops genetically modified to withstand pesticides.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • February 17, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on February 8, 2015 a public-service video during the Grammys
"Nearly one in five women in America has been a victim of rape or attempted rape."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 16, 2015
Roy Moore
Roy Moore
stated on February 12, 2015 an interview with CNN
Alabamians "haven’t changed their opinion" on same-sex marriage since voting to ban it in 2006.
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • February 13, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 11, 2015 a statement
"Obama has chosen to deny the vicious anti-Semitic motivation of the attack on a kosher Jewish grocery in Paris."
False
By Lauren Carroll • February 12, 2015
Chain email
Chain email
stated on February 9, 2015 a chain email
"Over 200 years ago, the United States had declared war on Islam, and Thomas Jefferson led the charge!"
False
By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 8, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
"92 million Americans aren't working."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 8, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
"The Obama administration is refusing to directly arm the Kurds."  
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • February 8, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on February 4, 2015 a speech in Detroit
"Millions of people have given up looking for work altogether."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2015
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on February 1, 2015 interview on Fox News Sunday
Under Common Core standards, it takes "more than a minute" to teach a student "how to add nine plus six."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • February 3, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 22, 2015 an interview with YouTube celebrity Bethany Mota
"The reason we even have colleges is that at some point there were politicians who said, ‘You know what? We should start colleges.’ "
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2015
Nationwide
Nationwide
stated on February 1, 2015 an ad during the Super Bowl
"The No. 1 cause of childhood deaths is preventable accidents."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • February 2, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 25, 2015 a forum at the Freedom Partners 2015 California retreat
"When you look at the earned income tax credit, it has about a 25 percent fraud rate. We're looking at $20 billion to $30 billion."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • January 30, 2015
John Boehner
John Boehner
stated on January 25, 2015 an interview on CBS' "60 Minutes"
The Affordable Care Act "basically puts a penalty or a tax on employers for every new job they create."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2015
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on January 27, 2015 a press conference
The Super Bowl has "one of the highest levels of human sex trafficking activity of any event in the country."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • January 29, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address
"In Iraq and Syria, American leadership, including our military power, is stopping (the Islamic State’s) advance."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • January 27, 2015
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 25, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down -- Abraham Lincoln said it."  
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • January 25, 2015
Andy Puzder
Andy Puzder
stated on January 13, 2015 an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal
"Obamacare has caused millions of full-time jobs to become part-time."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • January 23, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 7, 2015 a speech in Detroit
"The auto companies have now repaid taxpayers every dime and more of what my administration invested in."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • January 22, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address
"America is No. 1 in wind power."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • January 21, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 the State of the Union address
The economy is "creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2015
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