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Mike Rawlings
Mike Rawlings
stated on July 8, 2016 a news conference
In 2016, Dallas, Texas, has fewer "police officer-related shootings than any large city in America."
Half-True
By Neelesh Moorthy • July 12, 2016
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on July 10, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
The war on drugs led to "a 500 percent increase in incarceration in our country, disproportionately affecting poor and disproportionately affecting minorities."  
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 10, 2016
Charles Ramsey
Charles Ramsey
stated on July 10, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"There are approximately 18,000 (police) departments in the United States."    
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 10, 2016
Viral image
Viral image
stated on July 6, 2016 a posting on Twitter
Says Attorney General Loretta Lynch "was a member of Bill Clinton's defense team during the 1992 Whitewater corruption probe."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2016
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 23, 2016 a tweet
"If you're a terrorist you can't fly," but "an assault weapon you can buy."
Mostly True
July 1, 2016
Dana Young
Dana Young
stated on June 21, 2016 a tweet
"DUI arrests dropped significantly in Tampa once Uber began operating here."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • June 29, 2016
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on June 14, 2016 an interview with Bob Cole on Austin's KOKE-FM
Austin was the "site of the first mass shooting in the country."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 23, 2016
Loretta Lynch
Loretta Lynch
stated on June 19, 2016 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"The LGBT community is more often the victims of hate crimes than any other recognized group."
True
By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2016
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on June 16, 2016 an interview on MSNBC
"Al-Qaida operatives, have said, 'Hey, we want you to use this loophole (for purchasing guns despite being on a watch list) to attack and kill Americans.'"
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2016
Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
stated on May 10, 2016 House floor remarks
"Of all the people in federal prison for possession of illegal substances, 77 percent of them are not citizens of the United States."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 17, 2016
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on June 14, 2016 a news conference
Last year, "244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2016
Catherine Hanaway
Catherine Hanaway
stated on June 6, 2016 Missouri
"Only half of the murders in the city of St. Louis get solved."
True
By Allison Graves • June 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech after a terrorist attack in Orlando
"Hate crimes against American Muslims and mosques have tripled after Paris and San Bernardino."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 7, 2016 a speech after several primaries concluded
"Crime is rising."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2016 a speech to the National Rifle Association
It "is Hillary Clinton's agenda" to "release the violent criminals from jail. She wants them all released."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 18, 2016 an interview with the New York Times Magazine
"There are places in America that are among the most dangerous in the world. You go to places like Oakland. Or Ferguson. The crime numbers are worse. Seriously."
False
By Linda Qiu • May 25, 2016
George Holding
George Holding
stated on May 19, 2016 a debate on WRAL
Says North Carolina Rep. Renee Ellmers was the only Republican to vote against "an amendment to prioritize the deportation of sexual criminals who are illegal immigrants."
Half-True
By Will Doran • May 23, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 4, 2016 an interview with NBC News
Germany "is crime-riddled right now" because of migration to Europe.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 11, 2016
Duf Sundheim
Duf Sundheim
stated on May 10, 2016 a debate
"There is a 34 percent increase in violent crime in the state of California. … And that’s just within the last year."
False
By Chris Nichols • May 11, 2016
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 22, 2016 a speech.
Before April 22, "we have restored the rights of more than 18,000 individuals, which is more than the past seven governors combined in their four-year terms."
True
By Warren Fiske • May 9, 2016
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