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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 23, 2016 a campaign speech
The U.S. "doesn’t make television sets anymore."  
True
By Linda Qiu, Warren Fiske • March 14, 2016
Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
stated on February 22, 2016 a statement
"One would have to go back more than a century to find a scenario where a president’s nominee for the Supreme Court was confirmed by the opposition party in the Senate when the vacancy occurred during an election year."  
True
By Anthony Cave • March 14, 2016
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on March 8, 2016 Department of Homeland Security hearing
"We understand that this heroin is primarily coming from Mexico, over the border."  
True
By Nadia Pflaum • March 14, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 23, 2016 a campaign rally.
"The Walton family of Walmart ... This one family owns more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of the American people."
True
By Sean Gorman • March 14, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"More than once, I've actually had a conversation with the protesters on substance."
True
By Linda Qiu • March 13, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 11, 2016 a GOP debate at the University of Miami
Foreign aid "is less than 1 percent of our federal budget."  
True
By Amy Sherman, C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 11, 2016
Jim Kenney
Jim Kenney
stated on March 10, 2016 a budget address to City Council
"When the City and the Fairmount Park Conservancy invested $5 million in Hunting Park, crime went down 89 percent within a half mile radius of the park over the next three years."
True
By Anna Orso • March 10, 2016
Right to Rise
Right to Rise
stated on March 1, 2016 a television ad.
Like Marco Rubio, Sen. Barack Obama had "one of the worst attendance records in the Senate."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 8, 2016
stated on March 6, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
"There’s no correlation between primary turnout and wins in the fall in the last 11 elections."
True
By Linda Qiu • March 6, 2016
Ted Cruz
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
Stephanie Schriock
Stephanie Schriock
stated on February 1, 2016 as quoted by the Texas Tribune
"Texas is home to millions of Latinas, but the state has never elected a Latina to Congress."
True
By Emma Hinchliffe • February 29, 2016
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2016 Radio interview
"Building a wall" on the U.S.-Mexico border "will take literally years."
True
By Eleanor Dearman • February 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
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
Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthal
stated on February 15, 2016 an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball
"There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 18, 2016
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
stated on February 15, 2016 comments on the "Late Show"
"People have actually broken down the transcripts for oral arguments and (Antonin Scalia) told more jokes and got more laughs than any of the other justices."
True
By Linda Qiu • February 17, 2016
Tim McGinty
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
Our Principles PAC
Our Principles PAC
stated on February 14, 2016 a web ad
Says Donald "Trump supported impeachment of President (George W.) Bush."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2016
John McCain
John McCain
stated on February 8, 2016 remarks made on the Fox News segment, Outnumbered
North Korea’s missiles are "not going to have a capability to reach the United States anytime real soon."
True
By Anthony Cave • February 16, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 11, 2016 comments during the PBS Democratic debate
"The African-American community lost half of their wealth as a result of the Wall Street collapse."
True
By Linda Qiu • February 12, 2016
A.J. Jacobs
A.J. Jacobs
stated on February 6, 2016 an interview
Says President John F. Kennedy released a star Green Bay Packer from military reserve duty so that he could play in the 1961 NFL Championship Game.  
True
February 9, 2016
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