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stated on December 26, 2015 in a Facebook post:

Says U.S. Rep. Ted Yoho said "African Americans should only be given three-fifths of a vote."

Pants on Fire!

By Joshua Gillin • December 30, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on November 16, 2015 in an interview on MSNBC:

The New York Police Department used to have "surveillance going on in and around mosques in New York City. ... Our mayor totally cut that out."

Half-True

By Clayton Youngman • November 20, 2015

Constitutional Rights PAC
stated on October 14, 2015 in a news release:

Paul Ryan "is one of only six House Republicans who voted for Teddy Kennedy's bill to force Christian employers to hire LGBT employees."

False

By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2015

Chuck Todd
stated on September 27, 2015 in a broadcast of NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says "Bernie Sanders was there when it came to (same-sex) marriage 20 years ago. ... He was there when it wasn't popular."

True

By Jon Greenberg • September 29, 2015

Gwen Moore
stated on August 26, 2015 in comments to reporters:

Says Scott Walker "brags a lot about having an independent agency investigate police shootings. Of course, he didn’t fund it."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • September 1, 2015

Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 3, 2015 in an interview:

Says Scott Walker's views on abortion are more restrictive "than any Republican president in recent times."

True

By Tom Kertscher • July 16, 2015

Mark Pocan
stated on June 26, 2015 in a statement:

"In a majority of states, you can now marry freely, but can still be fired for who you love."

Mostly True

By Sarah Hauer • July 9, 2015

Juan Williams
stated on June 22, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News:

Polls indicate that "white people think that black people are less intelligent. They think they’re less trustworthy, less patriotic."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • June 29, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 23, 2015 in a speech in Florissant, Mo.:

American schools are "more segregated than they were in the 1960s."

Mostly True

By Linda Qiu • June 25, 2015

Michael Skolnik
stated on June 16, 2015 in comments on CNN:

"For most black people in the history of this country … it was illegal to pass as a white person. You were actually put in jail if you tried to pass."

Half-True

By Anna Bruzgulis • June 18, 2015

Mark Pocan
stated on May 20, 2015 in a radio interview:

"Twenty-five percent of people in the country have said they changed their email and phone habits because of" the collection of data allowed by the Patriot Act.

Half-True

By Sarah Hauer • June 15, 2015

Hillary Davis
stated on May 6, 2015 in a hearing at the General Assembly :

"The profit [from automated traffic enforcement cameras] is going to the private corporations, not to the city or state."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 14, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 in a speech:

Says Scott Walker "cut back early voting and signed legislation that would make it harder for college students to vote."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • June 9, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 in a speech:

"Former Gov. Rick Perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters."

Mostly True

By Keely Herring, Linda Qiu • June 9, 2015

Jason Rae
stated on April 21, 2015 in an interview:

Wisconsin's non-discrimination law "doesn't protect members of the trans-gender community."

True

By Tom Kertscher • May 8, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on April 1, 2015 in an interview:

Says Bill Clinton signed a law "very similar to," and Barack Obama voted for a law "something like," Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • April 13, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on March 30, 2015 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:

"Florida has a law like (Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act)."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • March 31, 2015

Mike Pence
stated on March 29, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says Barack Obama voted for the "very same language" of Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act when he was in the Illinois state Senate. Sexual orientation "doesn't have anything to do with this law."

Half-True

By Katie Sanders • March 29, 2015

Lena Taylor
stated on March 12, 2015 in a news release:

Polling shows that nearly 74 percent of National Rifle Association members "support requiring background checks for all gun sales."

True

By Tom Kertscher • March 18, 2015

Young, Gifted and Black Coalition
stated on January 9, 2015 in an open letter:

"Black people are eight times more likely to be arrested than white people" in Madison.

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • March 9, 2015

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