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Matt Wuerker
Matt Wuerker
stated on August 4, 2015 a political cartoon on Politico
"The U.S. has now spent more on reconstructing Afghanistan than was spent on the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 20, 2015
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on August 12, 2015 an interview on "Morning Joe"
"There’s a tremendous other number of public officials who have done the same thing" as Hillary Clinton with a private email server.
Mostly False
By Will Cabaniss • August 18, 2015
Tom Tancredo
Tom Tancredo
stated on August 8, 2015 a Breitbart article
Between 2008 and 2014, "criminal aliens accounted for 38 percent of all murder convictions in the five states of California, Texas, Arizona, Florida and New York."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 17, 2015
George Will
George Will
stated on August 7, 2015 a Washington Post column
Says Bernie Sanders chose "to spend his honeymoon in the Soviet Union in 1988."
Mostly True
By Will Cabaniss • August 12, 2015
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on August 5, 2015 in an interview on Fox's "Hannity"
Emails released to the public show Hillary Clinton discussed "the location of Ambassador Stevens, who of course was murdered, in Libya."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 11, 2015
Rafael Cruz
Rafael Cruz
stated on July 31, 2015 an interview with the Austin American-Statesman
"Prior to 1962, everybody prayed before school started," and "the Bible was the principal textbook in all schools."
Mostly False
By Anna Bruzgulis • August 10, 2015
Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee
stated on August 9, 2015 a panel discussion on "Meet the Press"
"The Republican presidential nominee hasn’t won women since 1988."
True
By Linda Qiu • August 9, 2015
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on August 4, 2015 a segment on her MSNBC show
"Fox changed around their poll eligibility criteria on the day they announced who is in and out of their debate."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 6, 2015
Allen West
Allen West
stated on August 1, 2015 a blog on his website
The Navy "is bringing charges against" a Navy officer who shot at the Chattanooga shooter "for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property."
False
By Lauren Carroll • August 4, 2015
Sandra Smith
Sandra Smith
stated on July 28, 2015 an interview with Mike Huckabee
"Almost 95 percent of all (Planned Parenthood) pregnancy services were abortions."
False
By Anna Bruzgulis • August 4, 2015
Jack Hanna
Jack Hanna
stated on August 2, 2015 an ABC "This Week" interview
"In 1947, when I was born, there were about 450,000 lions. In the mid-70s, when my kids were born, there were about 100,000. Today, there are less than 30,000."
Mostly True
By Will Cabaniss • August 3, 2015
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 27, 2015 an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor"
Russia and China "absolutely said pretty clearly" they would not keep economic sanctions on Iran if the United States "walked away from the deal."
Mostly True
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 30, 2015
Harry Houck
Harry Houck
stated on July 21, 2015 a panel debate on "CNN Tonight with Don Lemon"
"The law says ... when a police officer stops you, do whatever he says and then deal with it later."
False
By Will Cabaniss • July 30, 2015
Jose Diaz-Balart
Jose Diaz-Balart
stated on July 26, 2015 a pundit panel segment on "Meet the Press"
"The majority of the Hispanic population and the growth (of the population) is U.S.-born."
True
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 29, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on July 17, 2015 a meme on Facebook
"House Republicans just passed a bill that makes it legal for single mothers to be fired by their employers."
False
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 28, 2015
NumbersUSA
NumbersUSA
stated on July 22, 2015 a Facebook meme
"More than half of all drivers' licenses issued in California this year have gone to illegal aliens."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 28, 2015
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on July 19, 2015 a segment on "Last Week Tonight"
"With the exception of baby formula, the federal government does not require any food to carry an expiration date, and state laws vary widely."
True
By Will Cabaniss • July 27, 2015
Chuck Baldwin
Chuck Baldwin
stated on July 9, 2015 a blog post
When President Abraham Lincoln signed his Emancipation Proclamation, "there were over 300,000 slaveholders who were fighting in the Union army."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • July 27, 2015
Erick Erickson
Erick Erickson
stated on July 21, 2015 a column on Redstate.com
Says Donald Trump "has supported a Canadian-style universal health care system."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • July 24, 2015
Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart
stated on July 21, 2015 an interview on "The Daily Show"
The United States is "fighting with Iraqis to defeat ISIS along with Iran. But in Yemen we're fighting Iran with Iraqis and Saudis."
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • July 23, 2015
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