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Dan Patrick
Dan Patrick
stated on September 3, 2015 an interview by David Brown, host of the Texas Standard
"100 percent of the crime is committed, in estimate, by about 15 percent of the population."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • October 6, 2015
Glenn Hegar
Glenn Hegar
stated on September 10, 2015 a speech in Georgetown, Texas
"We have 650 people who move to Texas every day."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 1, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 28, 2015 a press conference
The unemployment rate may be as high as "42 percent."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2015
Chuck Todd
Chuck Todd
stated on September 27, 2015 a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says "Bernie Sanders was there when it came to (same-sex) marriage 20 years ago. ... He was there when it wasn't popular."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • September 29, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on September 22, 2015 an interview with Fox's "The Kelly File"
There is not "one of the Muslim nations" that doesn't have "discrimination against women, discrimination against gays, subjugation of other religious beliefs."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 25, 2015
Martin Shkreli
Martin Shkreli
stated on September 21, 2015 comments on Bloomberg TV
"Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers."  
False
By Linda Qiu • September 24, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 9, 2015 a tweet
"The Iran Deal will facilitate and accelerate the nation of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons."  
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2015
Jorge Ramos
Jorge Ramos
stated on September 2, 2015 an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News
"Almost 40 percent of all (undocumented) immigrants come by plane and they overstay their visas."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 8, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2015 an interview with Bill Maher
The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air."
False
By Linda Qiu • September 2, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on August 12, 2015 a web post
"We did not even have a federal income tax in this country until 1913."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • August 24, 2015
Harry Houck
Harry Houck
stated on July 21, 2015 a panel debate on "CNN Tonight with Don Lemon"
"The law says ... when a police officer stops you, do whatever he says and then deal with it later."
False
By Will Cabaniss • July 30, 2015
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on July 19, 2015 a segment on "Last Week Tonight"
"With the exception of baby formula, the federal government does not require any food to carry an expiration date, and state laws vary widely."
True
By Will Cabaniss • July 27, 2015
Limberbutt McCubbins
Limberbutt McCubbins
stated on July 9, 2015 comments on his website.
"Limberbutt McCubbins (a five-year-old cat) is a candidate" in the 2016 presidential election.
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • July 14, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 18, 2015 remarks at the White House
"This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency."
Mostly False
By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech
"Former Gov. Rick Perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters."
Mostly True
By Keely Herring, Linda Qiu • June 9, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 4, 2015 his speech declaring his candidacy for president
"In the last seven years of my tenure, Texas created 1.5 million new jobs. As a matter of fact, without Texas, America would have lost 400,000 jobs."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2015
Children's Defense Fund-Texas
Children's Defense Fund-Texas
stated on April 28, 2015 a press release
"In the last 24 months, 10 rural Texas hospitals have been forced to shut their doors because state leaders" chose not to expand Medicaid.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 15, 2015
Garnet Coleman
Garnet Coleman
stated on May 6, 2015 a committee hearing
"Transgender individuals in the U.S. have a 1-in-12 chance of being murdered."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2015
Rich Lowry
Rich Lowry
stated on May 10, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"During the Bush administration, you actually had a prominent liberal write a book about how Bush was preparing for a fascist takeover of this country."
True
By Jon Greenberg • May 12, 2015
Represent.us
Represent.us
stated on April 30, 2015 a meme on social media
"The U.S. representatives that voted to keep militarizing the police received 73 percent more campaign money from the defense industry" than the representatives who voted to stop it.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • April 30, 2015
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