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Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on October 8, 2015 an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer:
"In the class of 1968 at Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, Mahmoud Abbas was one of the members of that class, and so was Ali Khamenei. And that's where they first established relationships with the young Vladimir Putin."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 30, 2015 a campaign Tweet:
The Benghazi probe is "the longest-running congressional investigation ever."
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 2, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 21, 2015 an interview with CBS' Stephen Colbert:
"When (Ronald) Reagan came in, from 1978 to 1982, economic growth averaged less than 1 percent a year. There’s only one other four-year period where that’s true. That’s true from 2008 to 2012."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 25, 2015
Lloyd Doggett
Lloyd Doggett
stated on September 3, 2015 remarks in San Antonio:
As many as six federal department budget bills have been delayed because of opposition to amendments that would ban Confederate battle flag sales at federal building gift shops.
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 11, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 6, 2015 a Facebook post:
"Unions did not create" the eight-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. "Henry Ford did."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2015
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 7, 2015 a news release:
Says Russ Feingold cast the "deciding vote" for the "largest tax increase" in history
Mostly False
By Lucas Daprile • August 31, 2015
Sid Miller
Sid Miller
stated on August 16, 2015 a meme posted on his Facebook page:
"To vote in Mexico every eligible Mexican citizen has to have a tamper-proof photo-ID card with a thumbprint and an embossed hologram."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on August 12, 2015 a web post:
"We did not even have a federal income tax in this country until 1913."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • August 24, 2015
George Will
George Will
stated on August 7, 2015 a Washington Post column:
Says Bernie Sanders chose "to spend his honeymoon in the Soviet Union in 1988."
Mostly True
By Will Cabaniss • August 12, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 6, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Cleveland:
"The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over. John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2015 a town hall in Nashua, N.H.:
"The stock market does better when you have a Democratic president in the White House."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2015
Chuck Baldwin
Chuck Baldwin
stated on July 9, 2015 a blog post:
When President Abraham Lincoln signed his Emancipation Proclamation, "there were over 300,000 slaveholders who were fighting in the Union army."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • July 27, 2015
Christine Gilbert
Christine Gilbert
stated on July 11, 2015 a letter to the editor of the Austin American-Statesman:
The Texas Capitol faces South toward Goliad, in memory of the most horrific battle of the Texas Revolution.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • July 24, 2015
Glenn Hegar
Glenn Hegar
stated on June 24, 2015 a tweet:
"Texas still owns all of its public lands. If the federal gov't wants to create a park, they must ask permission!"
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 17, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 9, 2015 a website post:
"Jay-Z and Beyonce Attempt to Buy Rights to Confederate Flag to Prevent Further Use."
Pants on Fire!
By Anna Bruzgulis, Will Cabaniss • July 9, 2015
Dinesh D'Souza
Dinesh D'Souza
stated on July 7, 2015 a tweet:
A photograph of 21-year-old Hillary Clinton featured a Confederate battle flag in the background.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 25, 2015 posts on the Internet:
"Lincoln was fervently making plans to send all freed slaves to the jungles of Central America once the (Civil War) was over. … The only thing that kept this from happening was his assassination."
False
By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2015
Gavin McInnes
Gavin McInnes
stated on June 23, 2015 a tweet:
"The Civil War wasn't about slavery."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2015
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on June 24, 2015 comments on Fox Business Network:
Says South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley "is an immigrant."
Pants on Fire!
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 24, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on CNN's State of the Union:
Says Hillary Clinton "was completely exonerated, when I was in the White House" by an official inquiry on Whitewater.
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • June 23, 2015
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