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B.o.B.
B.o.B.
stated on January 25, 2016 in a Jan. 25 tweet
"You've been tremendously deceived" by people who say the Earth is not flat.
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 20, 2016 a town hall in Norwalk, Iowa
"When they say Mexico can't pay for the wall, I say of course they can. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that's unbelievably big. ... It's billions and billions of dollars -- far more than what we're talking about for the wall."
False
By Amy Sherman • January 26, 2016
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on January 14, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com
"Fifty years ago, the average GM employee could pay for a year of a son or daughter’s college tuition on just two weeks wages."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 21, 2016 a New Hampshire appearance
"Blue Cross Blue Shield cancelled all their individual (health care) policies in the state of Texas, effective Dec. 31."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate
"I helped write" the Affordable Care Act.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2016
Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on January 3, 2016 an interview on Meet the Press
Every "one of the mass shootings except two in America since 1950 have been" in "gun-free zones."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 13, 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
Lamar Smith
Lamar Smith
stated on December 6, 2015 Op-ed column in the San Antonio Express-News
"The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has estimated that the Obama administration’s Power Plan will cause energy costs in Texas to rise as much as 16 percent per year."
False
By Filipa Ioannou • December 17, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
Says carpet bombing means bombing "not a city, but the location of the troops," with "embedded special forces to direct the air power."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 13, 2013 multiple posts
Barack Obama’s Columbia University ID says he was a foreign student and went by "Barry Soetoro."
Pants on Fire!
By Clayton Youngman • December 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 6, 2015 an interview with George Stephanopoulos
The Charleston, S.C., shooter "should have never been given a gun, but the universal background check was not fast enough."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • December 6, 2015
Cynthia Meyer
Cynthia Meyer
stated on November 14, 2015 a tweet in response to Democratic presidential debate
"More black babies are aborted in NYC than born."
True
By Lauren Caruba • November 25, 2015
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on September 21, 2015 an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell”
After the Texas cutoff of aid to women’s health care services including Planned Parenthood clinics, "over 150,000… women lost the only health care they had. Our Medicaid birth rate shot up. It cost taxpayers over $130 million in one year alone in extra Medicaid birth costs."
Mostly False
By Andy East • November 24, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 14, 2015 a debate in Iowa
"Since we last debated in Las Vegas, nearly 3,000 people have been killed by guns."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • November 17, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 30, 2015 remarks during a campaign event in Sioux City, Iowa
North Korea "has over two-dozen nuclear warheads."
Half-True
By Jason Noble • November 14, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 1, 2015 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 the CNBC GOP presidential debate
In 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama "missed 60 or 70 percent of his votes." In 2004, John Kerry missed "close to 60 to 70 percent" and Bob Graham missed "over 30 percent of his votes."  
True
By Amy Sherman, Linda Qiu • October 29, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 the third Republican presidential debate
"For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses closing than starting."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2015
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on October 11, 2015 comments on "Meet the Press"
Says Republican Rep. Charlie Dent wants to kick the Freedom Caucus out of the Republican conference "for voting our conscience."     
False
By Linda Qiu • October 11, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 1, 2015 remarks following a school shooting in Oregon
"States with the most gun laws tend to have the fewest gun deaths."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • October 6, 2015
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