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Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 on CNN's "State of the Union."
Donald Trump has "described Hillary Clinton as one of the best secretaries of state in history."
Mostly False
By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • March 8, 2016
Tom Daschle
Tom Daschle
stated on February 29, 2016 an op-ed
U.S. global AIDS spending helped reduce "political instability and violence" by "40 percent" in recipient nations.  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 7, 2016 comments on Meet the Press
"Tell me what Madeleine Albright’s position was on the War on Iraq. I wouldn’t be surprised if she supported it." 
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • February 7, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
China has "total control, just about, of North Korea."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2016 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" in Ottumwa, Iowa
"We get practically nothing compared to the cost of" keeping U.S. military forces in South Korea.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 10, 2016
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on December 17, 2015 a column posted on Medium
"When we held recent economic dialogues with China, we agreed on over 100 different things  —  including wildlife trafficking and volcano research. None of these 100-plus points of agreement addressed cybersecurity."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2016
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
Says the Obama administration invited "Russia into Syria."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2015 a GOP debate on CNN
"The head of the FBI has told Congress they cannot vet those (Syrian) refugees."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • December 16, 2015
Michael Needham
Michael Needham
stated on November 22, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
In 2013, the United States "accepted 67 percent of the world’s refugees."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 22, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 16, 2015 an official statement posted on Facebook.
"There is currently no ability to vet these people," referring to Syrian refugees.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 19, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 10, 2015 the Fox Business Network debate
Says Hillary Clinton told her daughter and a government official that Benghazi "was a terrorist attack, and then tells everybody else that it was a video."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 11, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth undercard GOP debate.
"Only one out of five of the so-called ‘Syrian refugees’ who went into Europe were actually Syrian."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 11, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 10, 2015 a debate in Milwaukee, Wis.
"We’re losing now over $500 billion a year in terms of imbalance with China."
Mostly False
By Anna Bruzgulis • November 11, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 23, 2015 posts on the Internet
Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 22, 2015 a shareable graphic on the Web
Says Denmark’s suicide rate has been about twice as high as the United States’ over the past five decades.
Mostly False
By Clayton Youngman • October 23, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 13, 2015 the first Democratic presidential debate
Says Edward Snowden "could have gotten all of the protections of being a whistleblower."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 14, 2015
Ron Dermer
Ron Dermer
stated on July 13, 2015 a speech to a pro-Israel Christian group
"In a few months, this deal would give Iran $150 billion" for its $300 billion to $400 billion economy, which is "like $8 trillion flowing into the United States treasury."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • July 17, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2015 a speech
Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming."
Mostly False
June 25, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 15, 2015 a social media post
Says Bill Clinton "gave a speech in 1996 about Iraq having WMDs" and said "we needed a regime change," even though everyone blamed those things on George W. Bush.
Mostly False
By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2015
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