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stated on March 31, 2015 a Facebook post:
Says Indiana Gov. Mike Pence "provides zero state funding for homeless shelters."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2015
Dana Bash
Dana Bash
stated on March 29, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
"There's just one piece of legislation that is now law" with Sen. Ted Cruz's "name on it."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • March 29, 2015
Liz Cheney
Liz Cheney
stated on March 22, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The IAEA, or the International Atomic Energy Agency, "last month said the Iranians are not currently living up to their obligations."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • March 22, 2015
Jalen Ross
Jalen Ross
stated on March 15, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":
"Every day, a black name resume is 50 percent less likely to get responded to than a white name resume."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • March 15, 2015
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on March 9, 2015 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
Says Hillary Clinton "sent a memo" to all State Department staff that said "you should not do State Department business on personal email."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 10, 2015
John Legend
John Legend
stated on February 22, 2015 a speech at the Oscars:
"We live in the most incarcerated country in the world."
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By Katie Sanders • February 23, 2015
Hillary Mann Leverett
Hillary Mann Leverett
stated on February 17, 2015 an interview on CNN:
ISIS sends out "90,000 social (media) messages a day."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 19, 2015
Center for Western Priorities
Center for Western Priorities
stated on February 5, 2015 a post on the organization's website:
"Oil companies can obtain an acre of public land for less than the price of a Big Mac."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2015
Phil Kerpen
Phil Kerpen
stated on January 22, 2015 a tweet:
"Amazing fact: Senate has already voted on more amendments in 2015 than Reid allowed ALL YEAR last year." 
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • February 2, 2015
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on January 29, 2015 a tweet on Twitter:
"More people have watched ‘Morning Joe’ than CNN and HLN 5 years in a row."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 2, 2015
Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick
stated on January 24, 2015 a news conference:
Atmospheric conditions could push a football’s pressure "down approximately one-and-a-half pounds per square inch."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2015
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on January 11, 2015 the Sunday comics:
The CIA paid two psychologists $81 million "to develop and run their torture program."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • January 12, 2015
Ana Navarro
Ana Navarro
stated on December 17, 2014 an interview on CNN's "Anderson Cooper":
"A lot of what (Cuba’s) survival depends on is Venezuelan oil money, which is drying up."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2014
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on December 14, 2014 the Sunday comics:
Says 3,000 Americans "died of gunfire" between the time of the Ebola scare in Dallas and the midterm elections.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2014
Michael Needham
Michael Needham
stated on December 14, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
The federal budget bill "reauthorizes the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, which provides taxpayer dollars so that the Four Seasons hotel can build a resort in Turkey."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • December 15, 2014
Stephen Carter
Stephen Carter
stated on December 4, 2014 an opinion piece in "Bloomberg Views":
"More than 70 percent of American adults have committed a crime that could lead to imprisonment."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 8, 2014
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on December 7, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week":
Says President Barack Obama "has lost more members of the House and more members of the Senate than any president ever has lost" in modern times.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • December 7, 2014
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 23, 2014 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says "93 percent of blacks in America are killed by other blacks."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 25, 2014
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on November 17, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show":
On immigration, what reports say President Barack Obama "plans to do is roughly on the same scale" as what President George H.W. Bush did.  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 24, 2014
Ed Schultz
Ed Schultz
stated on November 13, 2014 a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show":
Repeal of Obamacare would "take away health care for 10.3 million Americans" who have received coverage since Oct. 1, 2013.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • November 18, 2014
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