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Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on April 9, 2015 a news conference
"When the Constitution was written, (only) 20 to 25 percent of the people in the country could vote."
Mostly True
By Dave Umhoefer • 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
Mackubin Thomas Owens
Mackubin Thomas Owens
stated on March 18, 2015 a commentary in The Providence Journal
"In the early 1980s, Sen. Edward Kennedy secretly offered to help Soviet leaders counter the Reagan administration’s position on nuclear disarmament."
Mostly False
By Mark Reynolds • April 12, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 8, 2015 a town hall meeting in Milford, NH
"The founders of New Hampshire came up with the motto Live Free or Die."
False
By Nick Reid • April 10, 2015
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on March 15, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 11, 2015 an interview with Hugh Hewitt
"Here, we have Thanksgiving, we have Christmas, we have the 4th of July. Every year in Iran, they celebrate Death to America day."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 13, 2015
Henry Sanders
Henry Sanders
stated on March 8, 2015 a video clip aired on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Today in Selma, Ala., "the poverty rate is roughly nine times that of whites."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 24, 2015 a speech
"Thomas Paine wrote that ‘the duty of a patriot is to protect his country from his government.’"
False
By Sean Gorman • March 9, 2015
Scott Surovell
Scott Surovell
stated on February 4, 2015 a floor speech.
"When did the decline of coal start? It started when natural gas took off … that started to begin in (President George W.) Bush’s administration."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • February 23, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 16, 2015 a meme on social media
Say George Washington said that "when government takes away citizens’ right to bear arms it becomes citizens’ duty to take away government’s right to govern."
False
By Audrey Bowler • February 20, 2015
Adam Kinzinger
Adam Kinzinger
stated on February 15, 2015 an appearance on ABC's 'This Week'
The current debate over authorizing military action against the Islamic State "would be the first time Congress would place limits on the commander-in-chief's ability to be commander-in-chief."
False
By Steve Contorno • February 19, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on February 2, 2015 his radio commentary
"A married couple that" use the same last name "is rarer and rarer in our country."
Mostly False
February 13, 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
Nicholas Mattiello
Nicholas Mattiello
stated on January 18, 2015 an interview on "10 News Conference"
"There haven't been tax cuts for the rich" in Rhode Island.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 8, 2015
Alfonso Lopez
Alfonso Lopez
stated on January 19, 2015 a floor speech.
Ronald Reagan "banned ownership of fully automatic rifles. He supported the assault weapons ban."
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • February 4, 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
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 21, 2015 an interview
"Documents released from the Soviet Union" show "the Soviet Union started treating" President Ronald Reagan more seriously after Reagan fired the air traffic controllers.
Pants on Fire!
January 28, 2015
Ron Hayduk
Ron Hayduk
stated on January 1, 2015 a newspaper commentary
"The right to vote in this country has never been intrinsically tied to citizenship."
Mostly True
By Katie Mulvaney • January 25, 2015
Arthur Cyr
Arthur Cyr
stated on December 26, 2014 a Providence Journal commentary
Says Nikita Khrushchev brought an extra shoe to a United Nations session in 1960, which he banged on the desk in protest.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 12, 2015 a Facebook post
"In 1913, it was legal to mail children."
Mostly False
By Nancy Badertscher • January 13, 2015
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