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Ron Paul
Ron Paul
stated on June 14, 2015 an opinion column
"Jasper County in Texas raised property taxes by 7 percent in order to pay for one death penalty case."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • July 9, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 1, 2015 an interview on Fox Business Network
"Hundreds of thousands of (illegal immigrants are) going to state and federal penitentiaries."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • July 6, 2015
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on June 16, 2015 a written statement.
"The average age a child is trafficked into the commercial sex trade industry is between 11 and 14 years old."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • July 6, 2015
Gavin McInnes
Gavin McInnes
stated on June 22, 2015 a broadcast of "The Greg Gutfeld Show"
"50 percent of murders in Texas have been linked to illegal aliens."
False
By Jon Greenberg • July 1, 2015
Various media reports 2
Various media reports 2
stated on June 18, 2015 church shooting aftermath
Only five states, including Georgia, do not have a hate crimes law.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • July 1, 2015
Cornell William Brooks
Cornell William Brooks
stated on June 21, 2015 comments on Face the Nation
"We have at least 200,000 to 300,000 hate crimes in a given year."
Mostly True
June 25, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 20, 2015 a tweet
"Here are the stats: Per population, we kill each other with guns at a rate 297x more than Japan, 49x more than France, 33x more than Israel."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 18, 2015 remarks at the White House
"This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency."
Mostly False
By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 11, 2015 an interview on PBS
"A black male baby born today, if we do not change the system, stands a one-in-three chance (of) ending up in jail."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2015
Hillary Davis
Hillary Davis
stated on May 6, 2015 a hearing at the General Assembly
"The profit [from automated traffic enforcement cameras] is going to the private corporations, not to the city or state."  
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 14, 2015
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on June 7, 2015 a segment about bail on "Last Week Tonight"
Says "Florida is a model" for successful pretrial release programs.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • June 12, 2015
Russell Brand
Russell Brand
stated on May 26, 2015 an episode of 'The Trews'
"The American murder rate is 50 times that of any other developed nation."
False
By Katie Sanders • June 2, 2015
Robert Puente
Robert Puente
stated on May 12, 2015 remarks to the Milwaukee Common Council
If Milwaukee approves reducing its maximum forfeiture for marijuana possession to $50, the city would have "23 different bicycle violations that have a higher forfeiture."  
Half-True
June 1, 2015
Rebecca Quigley
Rebecca Quigley
stated on May 14, 2015 a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.
"Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 31, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on May 13, 2015 a Facebook post
Says Marco Rubio said that "felons should not have their voting rights restored" but that "convicted felons should be allowed to own guns after they have done their time."
False
By Amy Sherman • May 27, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 13, 2015 a tweet
"You can be an NFL player with murder charges and not be suspended."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 18, 2015
Kathleen Sullivan
Kathleen Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2015 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee
"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."
False
By Mark Reynolds • May 17, 2015
Garnet Coleman
Garnet Coleman
stated on May 6, 2015 a committee hearing
"Transgender individuals in the U.S. have a 1-in-12 chance of being murdered."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2015
Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on May 6, 2015 a press release
"Once again, a police officer has been killed with an illegal gun from Georgia – a state that last year did the NRA’s bidding and weakened its already lax gun laws."
Mostly False
By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • May 12, 2015
Danny Porter
Danny Porter
stated on May 4, 2015 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
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