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Rich Lowry
stated on May 10, 2015 in 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
stated on April 30, 2015 in 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

Ted Cruz
stated on April 18, 2015 in remarks in New Hampshire:

"About half of the presidents have been governors; half of them, senators."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • April 27, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on April 10, 2015 in a speech to the NRA:

Florida has the most concealed weapon permits in the nation, "nearly double that of the second state, which is Texas."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • April 15, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on April 5, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation.":

Seventy percent of Americans "don't have a college degree."

True

By Katharina Fiedler • April 8, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on March 23, 2015:

"Today roughly half of born-again Christians aren’t voting. They’re staying home."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2015

Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2015 in posts on social media:

Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care.

False

By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2015

Florida Students for Concealed Carry
stated on March 16, 2015 in Florida Senate higher education committee hearing:

"According to the state of Florida, you are almost twice as likely to be attacked by an alligator than by someone who happens to carry a conceal-and-carry permit."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • March 23, 2015

Jalen Ross
stated on March 15, 2015 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

"Every day, a black name resume is 50 percent less likely to get responded to than a white name resume."

Mostly True

By Katie Sanders • March 15, 2015

Bill O'Reilly
stated on February 20, 2015 in a broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor":

"I never said I was on the Falkland Islands."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • March 3, 2015

Texas Democratic Party
stated on February 12, 2015 in a press release:

More than 1 million Texans live without affordable health care because Rick Perry failed to "partner with the Legislature to find a Texas solution to closing the coverage gap."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2015

Jonah Goldberg
stated on February 13, 2015 in a column in "National Review":

Homeopathy, acupuncture and aromatherapy "have been given elevated legitimacy under the Affordable Care Act."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • February 24, 2015

Eric Holder
stated on February 17, 2015 in remarks at the National Press Club:

Last year, "we saw the first reduction in the federal prison population in 32 years."

True

By Lauren Carroll • February 23, 2015

Laura Ingraham
stated on February 4, 2014 in a broadcast of the "Laura Ingraham Show":

Says Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has an "immigrant family background."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • February 17, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on February 5, 2014 in an interview with the Texas Tribune and Washington Post.:

"When I came into office, our vaccination rate in Texas was 65 percent. When I left two weeks ago, it was 95 percent."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2015

Jerry Jones
stated on January 9, 2015 in an interview with ESPN aired Jan. 9, 2015:

The cheerleaders for the Dallas Cowboys have "entertained more troops in the world than Bob Hope."

False

By W. Gardner Selby • January 9, 2015

Democratic National Committee
stated on December 19, 2014 in a list of talking points:

Says Jeb Bush "not only opposes marriage equality, he’s said he ‘personally’ believes gay couples should be banned from adopting children."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • January 6, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on December 21, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

"We're spending millions for each individual" held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

True

By Lauren Carroll • December 21, 2014

L.C. "Buster" Evans
stated on November 12, 2014 in in a press release:

"It has been many years, if ever, since an inmate has completed his or her high school diploma while incarcerated in a state correctional facility for adults."

Mostly True

By Nancy Badertscher • December 16, 2014

Jesse Ventura
stated on December 2, 2014 in an interview with Salon.com:

"Fluoride in the water, that was originally done by the Nazis!"

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • December 8, 2014

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