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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
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 a roundtable in New Hampshire:
"ISIS didn't exist when my brother was president. Al-Qaida in Iraq was wiped out when my brother was president."
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By Amy Sherman • May 28, 2015
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on April 26, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":
The money the Clinton Foundation took from from foreign governments while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state "is clearly illegal. … The Constitution says you can’t take this stuff."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 26, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on April 20, 2015 an interview with NPR:
"We're not allowed to read it (the Trans-Pacific Partnership) before representatives vote on it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2015
Mackubin Thomas Owens
Mackubin Thomas Owens
stated on March 18, 2015 a commentary in The Providence Journal:
"In the early 1980s, Sen. Edward Kennedy secretly offered to help Soviet leaders counter the Reagan administration’s position on nuclear disarmament."
Mostly False
By Mark Reynolds • April 12, 2015
Foundation for a Secure and Prosperous America
Foundation for a Secure and Prosperous America
stated on April 7, 2015 an ad:
"Rand Paul supports Obama's negotiations with Iran."
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By Lauren Carroll • April 7, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 16, 2015 a blog post:
"Obama has been sending taxpayer dollars, at least $350,000 to fund anti-Likud, anti-Netanyahu groups in Israel for (the) election."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 25, 2015
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on March 9, 2015 an interview on Fox News:
Says that "Susan Rice, the president's national security adviser, has already conceded that Iran will have a robust uranium enrichment capability."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 11, 2015 an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
"Here, we have Thanksgiving, we have Christmas, we have the 4th of July. Every year in Iran, they celebrate Death to America day."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 13, 2015
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on March 8, 2015 an interview on 'Fox News Sunday':
"The Iranian parliament will get to say yes or no on this deal, and I think the United States Congress should have the exact same input into the process."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • March 10, 2015
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on March 8, 2015 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"The State Department asked all secretaries of state to send their emails over." Hillary Clinton's "the only one who’s done it."  
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • March 8, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 13, 2015 a radio interview:
ISIS is "now the predominant Islamist group in Benghazi."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • February 19, 2015
Jonathan Turley
Jonathan Turley
stated on January 11, 2015 a "Washington Post" op-ed:
The Obama administration "supported Muslim allies trying to establish a new international blasphemy standard."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • January 14, 2015
Stephen Hayes
Stephen Hayes
stated on December 28, 2014 a panel discussion on "Fox News Sunday":
"We've caught Iran cheating on the interim (nuclear) deal."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 31, 2014
Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on December 10, 2014 an interview on Fox News:
Terrorist detainees "were not covered by the Geneva Convention. They were unlawful combatants. And under those circumstances, they were not entitled to the normal kinds of courtesies and treatment."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on November 12, 2014 a media availability:
The climate-change agreement between the United States and China "requires the Chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 19, 2014
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping
stated on November 12, 2014 a press conference in Beijing.:
"China has made enormous progress in its human rights. That is a fact recognized by all the people in the world."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • November 17, 2014
Allen West
Allen West
stated on October 20, 2014 a tweet:
"U.S. troops are getting only 4 hours of Ebola training before deployment to Liberia."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2014
Tim Murphy
Tim Murphy
stated on October 19, 2014 an interview on Fox News Sunday:
Blocking travel from countries with Ebola should be possible because President Barack Obama "has sealed off Israel in the past."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2014
Chris Matthews
Chris Matthews
stated on September 10, 2014 a broadcast on MSNBC:
Says Dick Cheney "de-Ba’athisized the Iraqi government and created ISIS."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 15, 2014
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