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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

Terry McAuliffe
stated on November 2, 2015 a TV interview.:

"When I became governor, I inherited a large deficit. You know what? We just turned that into the largest surplus in Virginia history."

Mostly False

By Warren Fiske • November 16, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on November 14, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa:

"Wages adjusted for inflation haven’t risen since the turn of the last century."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on November 6, 2015 a Democratic presidential candidates' forum in Rock Hill, S.C.:

"Over half of the black workers in this country earn less" than $15 an hour.

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • November 12, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on November 10, 2015 a Republican presidential debate:

Income inequality "seems to be worst in cities run by Democrats."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on November 10, 2015 the Republican debate in Milwaukee, Wis.:

"Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases."

False

By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015

Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth Republican presidential debate:

Says the United States is in "the worst recovery from an economic recession since World War II."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • November 11, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on October 14, 2015 a town hall meeting in Concord, N.H.:

"If you're born poor, you're more likely to stay poor than any time in American history."

Half-True

By Nick Reid • October 30, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:

"Under Barack Obama and the big government economy, the median wage for women has dropped $733."

False

By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2015

Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on October 21, 2015 a public forum:

"Most Americans are now getting their news from Facebook."

False

By Tom Kertscher • October 29, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 the third Republican presidential debate:

"For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses closing than starting."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2015

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stated on October 22, 2015 a shareable graphic on the Web:

Says Denmark’s suicide rate has been about twice as high as the United States’ over the past five decades.

Mostly False

By Clayton Youngman • October 23, 2015

Mike Huckabee
stated on September 24, 2015 radio interview:

The Washington D.C.-area "never has a recession."

False

By Sean Gorman • October 19, 2015

Erick Erickson
stated on October 9, 2015 a blog post:

"Paul Ryan is one of less than a dozen Republican congressmen to have voted for every bailout to come before Congress."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • October 15, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on October 13, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas:

"African-American youth unemployment is 51 percent. Hispanic youth unemployment is 36 percent."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2015

Richard Saslaw
stated on October 5, 2015 a debate.:

Virginia’s current unemployment rate is "the lowest in Virginia history."

False

By Sean Gorman • October 12, 2015

Bee Moorhead
stated on September 29, 2015 an oped article in the Austin American-Statesman:

Texas has "outstripped the national poverty rate" since "at least 1959."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • October 12, 2015

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 11, 2015 comments on "State of the Union":

"When we had a conservative Republican president we were losing 750,000 jobs a month."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2015

Glenn Hegar
stated on September 10, 2015 a speech in Georgetown, Texas:

"We have 650 people who move to Texas every day."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • October 1, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on September 28, 2015 a press conference:

The unemployment rate may be as high as "42 percent."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2015

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