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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 21, 2015 a TV ad that ran mostly in Iowa
Says Donald Trump and Marco Rubio opposed Cruz’s "efforts to defund Planned Parenthood."
Mostly False
By Emma Hinchliffe • March 16, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 10, 2016 in a GOP debate in Miami
Says Donald Trump "has said he wants to be neutral on Israel and the Palestinians"  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 11, 2016
Conservative Solutions PAC
Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on February 29, 2016 a Conservative Solutions PAC ad, first aired on Feb. 29
"Trump refuses to denounce the KKK."
Mostly False
By Riley Snyder • March 10, 2016
Keep the Promise 1 PAC
Keep the Promise 1 PAC
stated on February 17, 2016 an attack ad
Says Donald Trump said the government is going to pay for everybody to have health care.
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 on CNN's "State of the Union."
Donald Trump has "described Hillary Clinton as one of the best secretaries of state in history."
Mostly False
By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • March 8, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Flint, Mich.
"Almost every poll has shown that Sanders vs. Trump does a lot better than Clinton vs. Trump … and, that’s true nationally."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2016
Conservative Solutions PAC
Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on February 26, 2016 a TV ad
Says Donald Trump "bans disabled veterans from his high rise."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • March 8, 2016
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on March 6, 2016 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press"
On Donald Trump's track record in business
Full Flop
By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 3, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in Detroit
Says Donald Trump has written 10 checks to Hillary Clinton "and four of those checks were not to her Senate campaign. … It was to her presidential campaign."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 3, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in Detroit
In head-to-head polls for the general election, "I beat Hillary Clinton by more than anybody, by 11 points."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
Says "Harry Reid, when asked about the Republican field, said the Republican he likes the best is Donald Trump, and he said, because I can work with him. He'll cut deals."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 comments on Meet the Press
"There have been multiple media reports about (Donald Trump's) business dealings with the mob, with the mafia."
True
By Linda Qiu • March 2, 2016
Conservative Solutions PAC
Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on February 26, 2016 a TV ad
Says Donald Trump has said "he would be neutral between Israel and its enemies."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 1, 2016
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2016 Radio interview
"Building a wall" on the U.S.-Mexico border "will take literally years."
True
By Eleanor Dearman • February 27, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 25, 2016 the GOP primary debate in Texas
Says Donald Trump hired illegal workers "from Poland and he had to pay a million dollars or so in a judgment."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • February 26, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 18, 2016 a campaign ad
Says Donald Trump "wants to keep big government in charge" of federally-owned land.
Mostly True
By Riley Snyder • February 23, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 21, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"About 70 percent of Republicans nationwide ... don't think Donald Trump is the right guy" to take on Hillary Clinton in November.
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • February 21, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 31, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have the identical position on health care, which is they want to put the government in charge of you and your doctor."
False
By Linda Qiu • January 31, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 24, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says Donald Trump "thinks that climate change is a hoax, invented by the Chinese."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 19, 2015 the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate
ISIS is "going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2015
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