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Jake Tapper
stated on July 29, 2014 comments on CNN:

Israel in the last three weeks has "killed more Palestinian children, more than 200, than the total number of Israeli soldiers killed in military operations since 2006."

Mostly True

By Derek Tsang • July 31, 2014

Paul Ryan
stated on July 25, 2014 an interview:

Twenty percent of single adults, ages 21 to 25 with no kids, "are not working or even in school trying to find a job."

False

By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2014

Marco Rubio
stated on July 23, 2014 a speech at Catholic University:

"Having an active father makes children 98 percent more likely to graduate from college."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2014

Glenn Beck
stated on July 17, 2014 an interview of Gov. Rick Perry:

Says a 9-year-old girl was recently raped in Austin, Texas, by a guy previously "caught four times and released."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • July 25, 2014

Joe Leibham
stated on July 19, 2014 a news release:

Says Common Core is a federal mandate.

False

By Tom Kertscher • July 25, 2014

Jeff Flake
stated on July 8, 2014 an interview on the PBS "News Hour":

When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up."

False

By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2014

Henry Cuellar
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"If you're a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if you're from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries" then you can stay in the United States.

True

By Molly O'Connor • July 10, 2014

Raul Labrador
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview on "Meet the Press":

The Obama administration estimates the number of children at the border is "going to increase to 150,000 to 200,000 next year."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • July 8, 2014

Rush Limbaugh
stated on June 24, 2014 a broadcast of the "Rush Limbaugh Show":

"Obama regime planned the influx of illegal alien children at the border."

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • June 30, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on June 23, 2014 a speech at the White House Summit on Working Families:

"In 31 states, decent child care costs more than college tuition."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2014

Nan Rich
stated on May 10, 2014 a speech:

"$3 billion over the next five years will be taken out of our public schools and be put into vouchers."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • June 19, 2014

EMILY's List
stated on June 16, 2014 a television ad:

"Thom Tillis cut almost $500 million from education."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • June 19, 2014

Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on June 11, 2014 an infographic that went viral:

There have been 74 "school shootings in America since Sandy Hook."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • June 13, 2014

Gwen Moore
stated on May 29, 2014 remarks on the House floor:

"Milwaukee has the second-highest" number of children recovered from sex trafficking.

False

By Tom Kertscher • June 1, 2014

Mary Burke
stated on May 6, 2014 a forum:

The Wisconsin school voucher program "has no research that shows that it’s going to improve student learning."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • May 28, 2014

Charles Schumer
stated on May 5, 2014 an interview on MSNBC:

If you work 40 hours a week at the proposed minimum wage of $10.10 an hour, "you get out of poverty."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • May 8, 2014

Wendy Davis
stated on April 22, 2014 an online post:

"Under Greg Abbott, Texas four-year-olds would be forced to undergo standardized tests."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • May 1, 2014

Jimmy Carter
stated on April 6, 2014 interview while promoting book:

Atlanta is the No. 1 trading point for sexual slavery in America. Between 100 and 200 girls are sold into slavery in Atlanta every month.

Half-True

By Nancy Badertscher • April 25, 2014

Ralph Reed
stated on April 20, 2014 an interview on ABC's 'This Week':

"Social science is irrefutable" that children are better off being raised by a mom and a dad.

False

By Julie Kliegman • April 22, 2014

Betsy Miller-Jones
stated on April 4, 2014 a newsletter:

"Did you know that in 2013 over 50 percent of all babies born in Oregon were Hispanic?"

False

By Dana Tims • April 17, 2014

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