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Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on March 8, 2016 a Facebook meme:

The rate of U.S. female homicide victims outnumbers 24 other developed countries by more than 2½ to 1.

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 14, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 comments on Meet the Press:

"There have been multiple media reports about (Donald Trump's) business dealings with the mob, with the mafia."

True

By Linda Qiu • March 2, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 23, 2016 a TV ad:

"African-Americans are more likely to be arrested by police and sentenced to longer prison terms for doing the same thing that whites do."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 a debate:

Says Dontre Hamilton, who was killed during a confrontation with a Milwaukee police officer, was "unarmed."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • February 18, 2016

Tim McGinty
stated on February 17, 2016 his campaign website:

"We are almost halfway to our goal of 1,000 rapes prosecuted!"

True

By Nadia Pflaum • February 17, 2016

Gary Cobb
stated on February 16, 2016 a video ad on his campaign website:

Travis County residents "trusted me to take on Tom DeLay — and we won."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • February 17, 2016

Tony Capezza
stated on January 26, 2016 testimony at General Assembly :

"In New England, Rhode Island has the second highest number of police officers being assaulted."

Mostly False

By Mark Reynolds • February 14, 2016

John O'Bannon
stated on February 1, 2016 a constituent survey:

Says "some Planned Parenthood chapters have been selling the body parts of aborted fetuses for profit."

False

By Warren Fiske • February 8, 2016

EMILY's List
stated on December 31, 2015 a fundraising email:

As part of legislative fights over abortion rights, "Mike Coffman co-sponsored a bill to redefine rape."

Mostly True

By Alan Gathright • February 3, 2016

Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2016 a Republican debate:

"A third of the budget for the city of Ferguson (Missouri) was being reaped by civil fines."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 29, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 15, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.:

Says President Barack Obama "appointed Eric Holder as attorney general. Eric Holder said he viewed his mission as brainwashing the American people against guns."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2016

Carly Fiorina
stated on December 17, 2015 a column posted on Medium:

"When we held recent economic dialogues with China, we agreed on over 100 different things — including wildlife trafficking and volcano research. None of these 100-plus points of agreement addressed cybersecurity."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2016

Dan Patrick
stated on January 3, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"Everywhere that we have more citizens carrying guns, crime is less. There's a study showing that where states have open carry or concealed carry, but particularly open carry, the crime is down 25 percent."

Mostly False

By Linda Qiu • January 3, 2016

State Public Service Announcement
stated on December 28, 2015:

By the end of 2015, more than 1,300 people will have died on Georgia roads. One of out evey four fatalities resulted from drunken driving.

Mostly True

By Nancy Badertscher • December 30, 2015

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

Uber
stated on November 7, 2015 a web post:

"Recent news reports indicate DWI crashes in Austin dropped 23 percent since ridesharing entered the market."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • December 16, 2015

Joe Donald
stated on December 2, 2015 an interview:

"We lock up close to 2.4 million people in this country. We're locking up more people than China and Russia."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • December 9, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on November 30, 2015 a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt:

"Here’s the simple and undeniable fact: The overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on November 22, 2015 a tweet:

Says crime statistics show blacks kill 81 percent of white homicide victims.

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • November 23, 2015

Peter Kinder
stated on November 12, 2015 in comments on Breitbart:

"This incident of supposed feces depicting a swastika on the wall of a bathrooms in one of the halls ... has been supported by zero fact."

Pants on Fire!

By Allison Graves, Katherine Knott • November 22, 2015

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