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Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2015 valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature:
Texas has "the lowest crime rate in this state since 1968" because of changes in law regarding nonviolent drug offenders.
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • February 3, 2015
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on January 27, 2015 a Senate floor speech:
More "than 80 percent of sex trafficking victims in America are U.S. citizens."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • January 30, 2015
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on January 27, 2015 a press conference:
The Super Bowl has "one of the highest levels of human sex trafficking activity of any event in the country."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • January 29, 2015
Jeff Clemens
Jeff Clemens
stated on January 20, 2015 a Senate Ethics and Elections committee hearing:
Online voter registration is a "more secure" way of doing voter registration.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 23, 2015
Mark Warner
Mark Warner
stated on December 3, 2014 an interview.:
Regarding sexual assault against women, "It’s actually safer not to be in college than it is to be in college."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • January 4, 2015
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on December 21, 2014 an interview on Fox News:
Says President Barack Obama has said "that everybody should hate the police."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • December 23, 2014
James Crowley
James Crowley
stated on December 6, 2014 a commentary in The Providence Journal:
"Surveys of teens in high school reveal that knowing a classmate who sells cannabis is 90 times more common than knowing a classmate who sells alcohol."
Half-True
By Katie Mulvaney • December 21, 2014
Matthew Cooke
Matthew Cooke
stated on December 10, 2014 a Huffington Post column:
The United States has "more of our people in prison than Russia, China, and North Korea combined."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • December 16, 2014
Texas Right to Life
Texas Right to Life
stated on December 5, 2014 an email blast:
University of Texas students "signed a petition seeking the legal right to abort newborn babies up to five-years-old."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • December 10, 2014
Richard Saslaw
Richard Saslaw
stated on November 24, 2014 a presentation.:
Female students at UVA "have a 20 percent chance of being sexually assaulted."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • December 8, 2014
Diego Arene-Morley
Diego Arene-Morley
stated on November 18, 2014 a community forum:
"There are more African American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850."
True
By Katie Mulvaney • December 7, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
Bill O'Reilly
stated on December 1, 2014 a segment on "The O'Reilly Factor":
"In 2012, 123 African-Americans were shot dead by police. ... Same year, 326 whites were killed by police."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • December 4, 2014
Marc Morial
Marc Morial
stated on November 30, 2014 an appearance on 'Fox News Sunday':
"The number of killings of citizens by police is at a two-decade high."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • December 3, 2014
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on November 24, 2014 an interview on 'Fox and Friends':
"The conviction rate is almost exactly the same" for whites and blacks who commit murder.
False
By Lauren Carroll • November 26, 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
Mike Martinez
Mike Martinez
stated on November 11, 2014 an interview for a news story:
Austin mayoral candidate Steve Adler has "never been active in anything that has to do with City Hall."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • November 20, 2014
Violence Policy Center
Violence Policy Center
stated on September 8, 2014 an annual study:
Georgia ranks No. 9 in the rate of women murdered by men.
True
By April Hunt • November 19, 2014
Jack Seiler
Jack Seiler
stated on November 5, 2014 a news release:
"No one was taken into custody" for feeding the homeless.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 17, 2014
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on November 21, 2014 press release:
Georgia has the country’s second highest number of fraudulent tax refund claims.  
Half-True
By April Hunt, Nancy Badertscher • November 14, 2014
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on October 28, 2014 a radio ad:
The "stand your ground" law caused the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
False
By Amy Sherman • October 30, 2014
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