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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2016 an interview on 'Meet the Press'
"You have to be a citizen to vote," but with same-day voter registration, "you have places where people just walk in and vote."
False
By Lauren Carroll • May 8, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 5, 2016 an interview
On supporting the eventual Republican presidential nominee
Half Flip
May 6, 2016
Colorado Health Institute
Colorado Health Institute
stated on April 8, 2016 an analysis report
ColoradoCare would have higher revenues than McDonald’s.
Mostly True
By Alan Gathright • May 4, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 30, 2016 a speech at the California Republican Party Convention
"Here in California, Donald Trump has given $12,000 to Jerry Brown, Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris."  
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • May 3, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 29, 2016 a speech at the California Republican Party Convention
"In the history of Republican primaries, I’ve gotten the most votes in the history of the Republican party."
False
By Chris Nichols • May 2, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 1, 2016 an interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation"
Winning enough pledged delegates is "not impossible."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 2, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on April 24, 2016 comments on "Face the Nation"
"After my first year as governor, I was one of the most unpopular governors, maybe the most unpopular governor in the country. ... It changed."  
True
By Nadia Pflaum • May 2, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 25, 2016 remarks in Borden, Ind.
"I earned more votes in the state of Wisconsin than Donald Trump did in New York."
True
By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 2016
Tom
Tom "Smitty" Smith
stated on April 14, 2016 a commentary published in the Austin American-Statesman
"Texas has 600,000 registered voters who don’t have the kind of photo ID needed to vote."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 20, 2016 a tweet
"Ted Cruz is mathematically out of winning the race."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • April 20, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 11, 2016 a TV interview
The Colorado caucus system for selecting Republican delegates is "rigged."
False
By Alan Gathright • April 19, 2016
Corey Lewandowski
Corey Lewandowski
stated on April 17, 2016 an interview on Fox News Sunday
"The chairman of the party of Florida, who is an avid and outward supporter of Marco Rubio, gets to appoint 30 of those delegates."  
False
By Amy Sherman • April 19, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 12, 2016 a speech in Syracuse, N.Y.
"We win when voter turnout is high, we lose when it is low."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 12, 2016 a speech in Rome, N.Y.
Says Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio "had it set so that the winner takes everything, because they wanted to make sure that I didn't get anything" in the Florida primary.  
False
By Amy Sherman • April 18, 2016
Our City, Our Safety, Our Choice
Our City, Our Safety, Our Choice
stated on April 8, 2016 a fund-raising letter from female supporters
Austin’s Stop Abuse for Everyone has seen in its offices "sexual assault survivors that report being attacked by their ridesharing drivers, at a rate of one per month."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 15, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 29, 2016 an interview
Ten times, no Republican candidate for president had enough delegates to claim the nomination before the party’s convention, and seven of those times "somebody who was not the leader of delegates was selected as the nominee of the party."
Mostly True
April 15, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 11, 2016 a campaign speech
"The polling shows over and over again that, unlike Donald Trump, that with me as the nominee, we beat Hillary Clinton."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • April 12, 2016
Martha Laning
Martha Laning
stated on April 6, 2016 an interview
On supporting winner of Democratic primary with her superdelegate vote.  
Full Flop
April 12, 2016
Committee to Restore America's Greatness
Committee to Restore America's Greatness
stated on April 6, 2016 a web post
Says there were over 600 reports of Texas votes for Donald Trump in the state’s 2016 Republican primary virtually all getting tallied for Marco Rubio.  
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • April 11, 2016
Frank Luntz
Frank Luntz
stated on April 6, 2016 a tweet
"Team Trump has accused Ted Cruz of fraud" in Iowa, Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Kansas, Maine, Utah and Wisconsin."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 11, 2016
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