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André Carson
André Carson
stated on December 13, 2015 an interview on ABC News' "This Week"
"Our larger domestic threat is from racial supremacist groups."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2015 the Republican debate in Las Vegas
The 9/11 terrorists' friends, family, girlfriends in the United States "were sent back for the most part to Saudi Arabia. They knew what was going on. They went home, and they wanted to watch their boyfriends on television."
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 17, 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
Chris Larson
Chris Larson
stated on November 22, 2015 a TV interview
The Milwaukee County bus system has "among the highest fares in the nation."
False
By Sarah Hauer • 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
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 8, 2015 an interview with NPR
"Mike Morell testified and told Congress that the reason Obama has not bombed ISIS' oil fields is they're concerned about global warming."
False
By Linda Qiu • December 14, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on December 2, 2015 a Facebook post
"If Trump had just put his father’s money in a mutual fund ... he’d have $8 billion."
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 9, 2015
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on December 4, 2015 on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
In the weekend after the terrorist attacks in Paris, the White House said "this couldn't happen in the United States. ISIS couldn't reach us here."
False
By Lauren Carroll • December 8, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on November 19, 2015 an interview with Steven Crowder
The "federal government is going after school districts, trying to force them to let boys shower with little girls."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • December 4, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 29, 2015 an interview on CNN
"The Family Research Council, according to some government agencies, is a terrorist group."
False
By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 22, 2015 a TV interview.
Says Thomas Jefferson helped "craft" the Constitution.
False
By Warren Fiske • November 27, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 10, 2015 a Facebook comment
"Illegal immigrants mow the grass around the (Texas) Capitol."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 27, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 11, 2015 Atlantic, Iowa, during a campaign event.
Says President Barack Obama did not invite a Republican senator to dine at the White House until his fifth year in office. 
False
By Jason Noble • November 23, 2015
Arsalan Iftikhar
Arsalan Iftikhar
stated on November 22, 2015 a roundtable discussion on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"59 percent of Americans today believe that Barack Obama is still a Muslim."
False
By Louis Jacobson • November 23, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on November 17, 2015 a campaign stop in Concord, N.H.
"The vast majority of (Syrian) refugees are young, able-bodied men looking for work."
False
By Nick Reid • November 20, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 12, 2015 remarks to reporters in South Carolina
Says Ted Cruz "is a supporter of legalizing people that are in this country illegally" and "proposed giving them work permits."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 18, 2015
Viral media reports
Viral media reports
stated on November 9, 2015 social media and in print
Drinking champagne could help prevent Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
False
By Nancy Badertscher • November 17, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP debate.
"The Chinese are there" in Syria.
False
By Linda Qiu • November 15, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP undercard debate.
The Democrats plan "to raise your tax rates to 70 or 80 percent."
False
By Linda Qiu • November 12, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP primary debate.
"Welders make more money than philosophers."
False
By Clayton Youngman • November 11, 2015
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