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Sally Kohn
Sally Kohn
stated on March 19, 2015 an opinion piece on CNN.com
"White men account for 69 percent of those arrested for violent crimes."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 2, 2015
Martin Smith
Martin Smith
stated on March 23, 2015 subcommittee hearing
By allowing brewpubs to sell beer, Georgia could become like Mexico with only a couple of manufacturers controlling all aspects of market.  
False
By Nancy Badertscher • April 2, 2015
Fran Lebowitz
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
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2015 posts on social media
Say Michelle Obama "mandates" weighing children in day care.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2015
Allen West
Allen West
stated on March 19, 2015 a post on his website
"EPA wants to regulate … the family BBQ."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 23, 2015 a speech at Liberty University
"Small businesses (are) going out of business in record numbers."
False
By Steve Contorno • March 24, 2015
David Simas
David Simas
stated on March 18, 2015 an interview on CNN's "New Day"
Job growth in the United States is now at the "fastest pace in this country's history."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 24, 2015
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on March 4, 2015 an op-ed.
"More than 7,000 Americans lost their lives to climate change-fueled events last year."
False
By Warren Fiske • March 23, 2015
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on March 19, 2015 a Facebook post
"A few weeks ago Obama took Hamas and Iran OFF the terror list."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2015
Howard Marklein
Howard Marklein
stated on March 3, 2015 a budget hearing
Beer drinking is not allowed in any Illinois state parks.
False
By James B. Nelson • March 20, 2015
James Carville
James Carville
stated on March 15, 2015 a broadcast of "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
Says "Jeb Bush has released 10 percent of his emails."
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 18, 2015
William O'Brien
William O'Brien
stated on February 8, 2015 a Facebook post
Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger was "an active participant in the Ku Klux Klan."
False
By Clay Wirestone • March 18, 2015
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on March 10, 2015 remarks on Fox's Hannity
 In 2007, when Nancy Pelosi met with President Assad of Syria, "nobody got upset."
False
By Lauren Carroll • March 18, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 10, 2015 a broadcast of "The Rush Limbaugh Show"
Says "Ted Kennedy sent a letter to then Soviet leader Yuri Andropov apologizing for Ronald Reagan and begging the Soviets not to overreact."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2015
Nancy Denuccio
Nancy Denuccio
stated on March 6, 2015 a TV interview
"We've seen the increase of alcohol use for underage kids even though alcohol has been illegal ... for kids under 21."
False
By Katie Mulvaney • March 13, 2015
George P. Bush
George P. Bush
stated on January 30, 2015 remarks at a "school choice" rally outside the Texas Capitol
A "majority of our students are trapped in" underperforming schools.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 12, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on February 27, 2015 an interview
"I unsealed my records" at Marquette University. 
False
By Tom Kertscher • March 12, 2015
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on March 4, 2015 a news release
Says Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget "would sell off Wisconsin’s state parks."
False
By James B. Nelson • March 10, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on February 24, 2015 a speech
"Thomas Paine wrote that ‘the duty of a patriot is to protect his country from his government.’"
False
By Sean Gorman • March 9, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on March 1, 2015 an interview
The University of Wisconsin System "will be much more affordable than just about any other campus in America" because "going forward we have a cap on it tied to inflation."
False
By Dave Umhoefer • March 9, 2015
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