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Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 6, 2016 in a CNN interview:
Says Bernie Sanders "wants higher standards for toy guns than real guns."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • April 8, 2016
Kip Kendrick
Kip Kendrick
stated on February 4, 2016 in a League of Women Voters Town Hall meeting:
"Requiring photo ID would keep about 200,000 Missourians from voting."
Half-True
By Katie Moeller • March 21, 2016
Will Kraus
Will Kraus
stated on August 30, 2015 in an episode of "This Week in Missouri Politics":
Says Missouri needs a voter I.D. law because "there’s over 16 people in the state of Missouri who have been convicted of some type of voter fraud."
Half-True
By Adam Aton • January 4, 2016
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on September 9, 2015 in a discussion on Fox News' "The Five":
When it comes to classified information at the State Department, Hillary Clinton’s "the decider."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 11, 2015
Danny Porter
Danny Porter
stated on May 4, 2015 in an interview with AM750 and 95.5 FM News/Talk WSB radio:
"A sitting sheriff cannot be charged except by a warrant issued by a Superior Court judge."
Half-True
By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • May 6, 2015
Charlie Bethel
Charlie Bethel
stated on April 2, 2015 in Senate chamber:
Georgia has had the nation’s busiest Court of Appeals for a decade or more.
Half-True
By Nancy Badertscher • April 20, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 1, 2015 in an interview:
Says Bill Clinton signed a law "very similar to," and Barack Obama voted for a law "something like," Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act.    
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • April 13, 2015
Roy Moore
Roy Moore
stated on February 12, 2015 in an interview with CNN:
Alabamians "haven’t changed their opinion" on same-sex marriage since voting to ban it in 2006.
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • February 13, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on January 24, 2015 in a speech:
Wisconsin requires, "by law, a photo ID to vote."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • January 30, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on November 20, 2014 in a speech announcing new immigration actions:
"The actions I’m taking" are "the kinds of actions taken by every single Republican president and every single Democratic president for the past half-century."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2014
Charlie Crist
Charlie Crist
stated on September 19, 2014 in a campaign commercial:
Says Rick Scott "pled the Fifth 75 times to avoid jail for Medicare fraud."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • September 25, 2014
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on September 9, 2014 in a Senate floor speech:
Saturday Night Live executive producer "Lorne Michaels could be put in jail under this amendment for making fun of any politician."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 11, 2014
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on July 14, 2014 in an episode of his radio show:
Republicans "went out of the way to praise (Eric) Holder's nomination. ... Not a single Republican senator opposed Eric Holder's nomination."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2014
Luis Gutierrez
Luis Gutierrez
stated on July 13, 2014 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"We spend $18 billion a year on making sure that the federal government has immigrant enforcement agents. That's more than DEA and the ATF and the FBI and all the other enforcement (agencies) combined."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2014
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida
stated on May 27, 2014 in a news release:
Florida has "the most errors and exonerations from death row."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 2, 2014
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on May 14, 2014 in a video ad:
In Texas, "a faceless hospital panel can deny life-sustaining care, giving you only 10 days to find another facility for your mother, dad, or young child, even if the patient is conscious."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • May 30, 2014
Kesha Rogers
Kesha Rogers
stated on March 19, 2014 in statements on her campaign website:
Says President Barack Obama was responsible for "the assassination of at least four American citizens" in drone strikes.
Half-True
By Sue Owen • March 19, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 31, 2014 in an interview with CNN:
"What is and isn't a Schedule I narcotic is a job for Congress."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • February 4, 2014
Doctors for a Healthy Georgia
Doctors for a Healthy Georgia
stated on December 2, 2013 in its website:
"Defensive medicine costs Georgia up to $14 billion a year."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • December 11, 2013
James Vincent
James Vincent
stated on August 4, 2013 in an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers.":
Twenty four states have voter ID or comparable restrictions; before Barack Obama was elected, it was two.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2013
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