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Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on January 24, 2016 in an appearance on ABC's 'This Week':
When a Gallup poll asked about presidential candidate characteristics, "When they get to the question on, 'Would you vote for a socialist,' it is even less popular than voting for atheists."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 29, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 28, 2016 in an interview on CNN:
"I never once asked that (Megyn Kelly) be removed" as a debate moderator.
False
By Linda Qiu • January 29, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 in comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate:
"I have not insulted Donald personally."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 6, 2016 in comments during the Nevada Battleborn Battleground Dinner at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas:
Says Cresent Hardy agreed with Mitt Romney "about the 47 percent" and said that "people with disabilities are, and I quote him, ‘a drain on society.’ "
Half-True
By Riley Snyder • January 25, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 18, 2016 in comments at a campaign organizing event:
"Every piece of legislation, just about, that I ever introduced (in the U.S. Senate) had a Republican co-sponsor." 
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 20, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 18, 2016 in an exchange with voters at an Iowa campaign event:
Says his much-discussed boots are "made in Wisconsin."
Pants on Fire!
By Joshua Gillin • January 19, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 4, 2016 in a posting on the Clinton website:
"Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 7, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 5, 2016 in an interview with The Washington Post:
Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 6, 2016
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on December 19, 2015 in the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate:
"Secretary Clinton changes her position on (gun issues) every election year, it seems, having one position in 2000 and then campaigning against President Obama and saying we don't need federal standards."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • December 20, 2015
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on November 10, 2015 in a TV ad:
Says Russ Feingold "wanted to get money out of politics. Now he's profiting from that same dark money."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • November 27, 2015
Arsalan Iftikhar
Arsalan Iftikhar
stated on November 22, 2015 in a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"59 percent of Americans today believe that Barack Obama is still a Muslim."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 23, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 6, 2015 in a Democratic primary forum:
"I spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against Iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • November 23, 2015
John Bel Edwards
John Bel Edwards
stated on November 11, 2015 in a campaign ad:
Says David Vitter "answered a prostitute’s call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom."
Mostly True
By Charles Maldonado • November 19, 2015
Baby Got PAC
Baby Got PAC
stated on November 10, 2015 in a campaign ad:
Says Hillary Clinton and the Democrats "admitted there’s one candidate who scares Hillary Clinton, and that’s Sen. Marco Rubio."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • November 16, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on November 6, 2015 in the First in the South Democratic Presidential forum.:
"When President Obama was running for re-election … Senator Sanders was trying to find someone to primary him."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • November 10, 2015
Florida Democratic Party
Florida Democratic Party
stated on November 5, 2015 in a Facebook post:
"Marco Rubio spent $400K of your tax dollars remodeling offices, and building a members-only lounge."
True
By Joshua Gillin • November 9, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 8, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
"Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’ So even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used."  
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • November 8, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 1, 2015 in comments on "Meet the Press":
"If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored."  
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • November 1, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:
Says a question about his financial skills at the CNBC debate included "discredited attacks from Democrats and my political opponents."
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 30, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:
Says he "didn’t have an involvement with" nutritional supplement company Mannatech.
False
By Lauren Carroll • October 29, 2015
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