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Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices":

"In Iran in 1979, the extremists hijacked the broad-based popular revolution against the Shah and established a brutal theocracy."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2014

Mike Martinez
stated on May 28, 2014 in remarks at a gathering:

Four (maybe five) Latinos have served on the Austin City Council.

True

By W. Gardner Selby • June 6, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on June 5, 2014 in posts on Facebook:

Says Michele Bachmann said on Fox News, "This country could use a president like Benjamin Franklin again."

Pants on Fire!

By Katie Sanders • June 5, 2014

Pete Hegseth
stated on May 26, 2014 in a segment on "Outnumbered":

Redskins is "used historically" as "a term of respect."

Mostly False

By Katie Sanders • June 4, 2014

Chain email
stated on May 30, 2014 in messages on the Internet:

Says Barack Obama is the only American president who has not visited the D-Day Monument in Normandy on D-Day.

Pants on Fire!

By Shannon Beckham • May 30, 2014

Dawson Hodgson
stated on May 27, 2014 in a radio commercial:

Peter Kilmartin voted for the 38 Studios loan guarantee and his State House job was to "twist [legislator’s] arms to vote for deals like this."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 30, 2014

Angel Taveras
stated on May 12, 2014 in a fundraising letter:

I turned "a $110 million deficit into a $1.6 million surplus for our city."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 25, 2014

Ralph Nader
stated on May 7, 2014 in a radio interview:

A majority of Americans "since Harry Truman days" support single-payer health insurance, or "full Medicare for all."

False

By Tom Kertscher • May 14, 2014

John Garamendi
stated on May 5, 2014 in an interview on MSNBC's "The Ed Show":

"During the George W. Bush period, there were 13 attacks on various embassies and consulates around the world. Sixty people died."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • May 12, 2014

Joaquin Castro
stated on April 24, 2014 in an interview with the McAllen Monitor:

With only 67 bills or so passed into law, "2013 was the least productive year in congressional history since we’ve been keeping record."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • May 9, 2014

Matt Bevin
stated on April 3, 2014 in a radio interview:

"Many" of the founding fathers were "very actively involved" in cockfighting.

False

By Tim Ryan • May 1, 2014

Jim DeMint
stated on April 3, 2014 in a broadcast of "Vocal Point":

"A lot of the move to free the slaves ... did not come from the federal government. It came from a growing movement among the people, particularly people of faith."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • April 15, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on April 10, 2014 in speech at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library:

During Lyndon B. Johnson’s first 20 years in Congress, "he opposed every civil rights measure that came up for a vote."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • April 14, 2014

Joe Scarborough
stated on April 10, 2014 in comments on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

Before "our last three presidents, you have to go back to the 1800s, early 1800s to find three presidents in a row being consecutively re-elected."

True

By Aaron Sharockman • April 10, 2014

Now or Never PAC
stated on March 20, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says Ralph Hall is "the oldest member in Congress ever."

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2014

Karl Rove
stated on March 16, 2014 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

After Russia went to war with Georgia in 2008, the U.S. sent a "very strong message" to Vladimir Putin by sending "warships to the Black Sea" and airlifting "combat troops that Georgia had in Afghanistan" back to Georgia.

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2014

Andrew Napolitano
stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":

Says President Abraham Lincoln "tried to arm the slaves."

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • March 18, 2014

Andrew Napolitano
stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":

Says President Abraham Lincoln enforced the Fugitive Slave Act until the Civil War ended.

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • March 18, 2014

Jon Stewart
stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":

The American slave trade caused 5 million deaths "or more."

False

By Jon Greenberg • March 18, 2014

Jon Stewart
stated on March 11, 2014 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":

Says Abraham Lincoln tried to buy slaves' freedom in border states, but the states "all rejected it."

True

By Jon Greenberg • March 18, 2014

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