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Karl Rove
Karl Rove
stated on September 20, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
At this point in 2012, "Rick Perry was ahead at 29.9 percent, and we had seven more leads before it finally settled on Mitt Romney."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2015
Hugh Hewitt
Hugh Hewitt
stated on September 13, 2015 a panel discussion on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says history suggests sports will "quickly subsume a lot of the attention span of the country" in the presidential primary.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 16, 2015
Michele Bachmann
Michele Bachmann
stated on September 10, 2015 an interview on CNN
Says Donald Trump’s polling numbers show that he’s "the highest with Hispanics that any Republican has ever been."
False
By Katie Sanders • September 15, 2015
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stated on September 7, 2015 a Facebook post
Says the case of a Texas judge who refused to perform heterosexual weddings exposes a double standard in the case against Kentucky clerk Kim Davis.
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 14, 2015
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on September 9, 2015 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
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on September 6, 2015 a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos"
"Any Republican that has led for two months and led every state has won the GOP nomination."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2015
Jorge Ramos
Jorge Ramos
stated on September 2, 2015 an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News
"Almost 40 percent of all (undocumented) immigrants come by plane and they overstay their visas."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 8, 2015
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Viral image
stated on September 3, 2015 an image shared on Facebook
" 'Denali' is the Kenyan word for 'black power.' "
Pants on Fire!
By Will Cabaniss • September 3, 2015
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on September 2, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
Under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty "enrichment has been limited to basically the weapons states."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 3, 2015
Ryan Eller
Ryan Eller
stated on August 31, 2015 a CNN interview
"Jesus was an undocumented immigrant."
False
By Joshua Gillin • September 3, 2015
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Viral image
stated on August 26, 2015 an Internet graphic
Bernie Sanders opposes the death penalty, and Hillary Clinton supports it.
Mostly True
By Will Cabaniss • September 2, 2015
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Viral image
stated on August 26, 2015 a viral Internet chart
Bernie Sanders opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and Hillary Clinton supports it.
Mostly True
By Will Cabaniss • September 2, 2015
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on August 27, 2015 a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News
"In countries where there are higher, more strict gun laws, there is more gun violence."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 1, 2015
Curt Schilling
Curt Schilling
stated on August 25, 2015 a tweet
"In 1940, only 7 percent of Germans were Nazis."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 28, 2015
Nicholas Kristof
Nicholas Kristof
stated on August 27, 2015 his column in the New York Times
"More Americans have died from guns in the United States since 1968 than on battlefields of all the wars in American history."
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on April 25, 2015 a meme first posted on Facebook
Says "Bush Jr. handed Obama a $1.4 trillion deficit" and Obama "reduced Bush Jr.’s deficit to just $492 billion."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 27, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on August 23, 2015 a Facebook post
Says Bobby Jindal’s parents "used his birthright citizenship to become Americans, making him an anchor baby."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • August 25, 2015
Julius Jones
Julius Jones
stated on August 17, 2015 an interview on MSNBC
"The policy mistakes that ... the Clintons made got us, in large degree, to the situation that we are in today with mass incarceration."
Half-True
By Will Cabaniss • August 25, 2015
S.E. Cupp
S.E. Cupp
stated on August 23, 2015 an interview on "State of the Union"
"There are actually only 30 countries that practice birthright citizenship."
True
By Will Cabaniss • August 23, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 17, 2015 a meme.
Says Michele Bachmann said, "The Chinese built a Great Wall 5,000 years ago. You don't see any illegal Mexicans in China."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • August 20, 2015
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