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Philip Van Cleave
Philip Van Cleave
stated on January 18, 2016 a speech
Martin Luther King Jr. "was a Republican."
False
By Sean Gorman • January 25, 2016
Roger Williams
Roger Williams
stated on January 12, 2016 response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address
Under Barack Obama, "the fewest number of adults are working since Jimmy Carter’s presidency."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2016
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on January 20, 2016 an Iowa Right to Life event in Des Moines
The United States has a "record number of abortions year after year after year."
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on January 17, 2016 an interview on CNN Reliable Sources
Says the Democratic Party created a debate schedule "to maximize the opportunity for voters to see our candidates."    
False
By Amy Sherman • January 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 18, 2016 comments at a campaign organizing event
"Every piece of legislation, just about, that I ever introduced (in the U.S. Senate) had a Republican co-sponsor." 
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 20, 2016
Tarina Keene
Tarina Keene
stated on January 13, 2016 a news conference
More than 100,000 women in Texas "have attempted to self-induce abortion in the past year alone."
False
By Warren Fiske • January 19, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate
"We now have driven (health care) costs down to the lowest they've been in 50 years."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 18, 2016
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on January 12, 2016 a blog post.
Says Virginia Del. Mark Cole "wants schools to check children’s genitals before using bathroom."
False
By Sean Gorman • January 18, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 7, 2016 a TV interview
"California Senator, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein said if she could say to Mr. America and Mrs. America, 'Give me your guns, I'm rounding 'em up,' she would."
False
By Chris Nichols • January 15, 2016
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on January 15, 2016 a Republican debate on Fox Business Network in South Carolina on Fox Business Network
"I didn’t support Sonia Sotomayor."    
False
By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2016 the South Carolina presidential debate
Among Syrian refugees and migrants coming into Europe, "there look like very few women. Very few children."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • January 15, 2016
Steven Landes
Steven Landes
stated on December 24, 2015 a constituent survey.
Medicaid expansion "could cost the Commonwealth of Virginia over $1 billion a year..."
False
By Sean Gorman • January 11, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2016 Ottumwa, Iowa, on NBC's "Meet the Press"
The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl are "back on the battlefield."  
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 10, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 5, 2016 an interview with The Washington Post
Canadian-born Ted Cruz "has had a double passport."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • January 6, 2016
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on January 3, 2016 on "Fox News Sunday"
"The 90 percent statistic of supporting background checks, that's been debunked."
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 5, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 17, 2015 a radio interview.
"Existing law right now requires 700 miles of double-layered border fencing" on the Mexico border.
False
By Sean Gorman • December 29, 2015
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on December 10, 2015 a radio interview.
Says he faced "a record budget deficit" in Virginia in 2014.
False
By Warren Fiske • December 21, 2015
Katrina Shankland
Katrina Shankland
stated on November 16, 2015 a news conference
Wisconsin "is on pace to double the number of layoffs" this year.
False
By James B. Nelson • December 21, 2015
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
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
"One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight bill was that it gave President Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees, without mandating any background checks whatsoever."
False
By Joshua Gillin • December 18, 2015
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