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Hillary Clinton
stated on April 15, 2015 a roundtable chat in Iowa

Says "all my grandparents" immigrated to America.

False

By Katie Sanders • April 16, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on April 12, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"

Says Hillary Clinton "completely ignored" "dozens and dozens of requests for more security" for the Benghazi consulate.

Half-True

By Katie Sanders • April 12, 2015

Edward Snowden
stated on April 5, 2015 an interview on "Last Week Tonight"

"Wholly domestic communication between you and your wife can go to New York to London and back and get caught up in the (NSA) database."

Mostly True

By Katie Sanders • April 9, 2015

Erick Erickson
stated on March 31, 2015 a RedState.com column

Say Apple’s Tim Cook "will not do business with Indiana."

False

By Katie Sanders • April 2, 2015

Fran Lebowitz
stated on February 20, 2015 a panel on "Real Time with Bill Maher"

"Not a single unarmed white person has been shot by the police" in New York in about 45 years.

False

By Katie Sanders • April 1, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on March 30, 2015 an interview with Hugh Hewitt

"Florida has a law like (Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act)."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • March 31, 2015

Mike Pence
stated on March 29, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"

Says Barack Obama voted for the "very same language" of Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act when he was in the Illinois state Senate. Sexual orientation "doesn't have anything to do with this law."

Half-True

By Katie Sanders • March 29, 2015

Ron Dermer
stated on March 22, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"

Says Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "didn't change his position" on a two-state solution.

Mostly False

By Katie Sanders • March 22, 2015

Jalen Ross
stated on March 15, 2015 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

John Boehner
stated on March 1, 2015 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"

On immigration, "the president said 22 times, 22 times, that he couldn't do what he eventually did."

Mostly True

By Katie Sanders • March 1, 2015

John Legend
stated on February 22, 2015 a speech at the Oscars

"We live in the most incarcerated country in the world."

Mostly True

By Katie Sanders • February 23, 2015

CNN
stated on February 18, 2015 a graphic on CNN Newsroom

"ISIS lures women with kittens, nutella."

Mostly False

By Katie Sanders • February 19, 2015

Katty Kay
stated on February 8, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"

"There are countries in Africa where they have higher vaccination rates than here in the United States."

True

By Katie Sanders • February 8, 2015

Elizabeth Cohen
stated on February 2, 2015 an interview with Anderson Cooper

"If someone is in a room that has measles and leaves and you walk in two hours later, you could get measles from that person."

True

By Katie Sanders • February 4, 2015

Celine Gounder
stated on February 3, 2015 an interview on CNN

"Measles is one of the most common causes of child blindness worldwide."

True

By Katie Sanders • February 4, 2015

Phil Kerpen
stated on January 22, 2015 a tweet

"Amazing fact: Senate has already voted on more amendments in 2015 than Reid allowed ALL YEAR last year."

Mostly True

By Katie Sanders • February 2, 2015

Richard Besser
stated on February 1, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"

"It used to be that the only children at school who weren't vaccinated were those who had true medical" conditions. "Now there are 19 states that allow personal belief exemptions."

Half-True

By Katie Sanders • February 1, 2015

Cokie Roberts
stated on January 25, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"

Democrats have "lost more than 900 state legislators" since Barack Obama has been president.

True

By Katie Sanders • January 25, 2015

Bret Baier
stated on January 20, 2015 an analysis of Obama's speech

In President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address, "the words ‘al-Qaida’ were never used, the first time those words have not been used in a State of the Union address since February 2001."

True

By Katie Sanders • January 21, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on January 20, 2015 his 2015 State of the Union address

We've seen "our deficits cut by two-thirds."

Mostly True

By Katie Sanders • January 21, 2015

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