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Ted Cruz
stated on September 9, 2015 a tweet:

"The Iran Deal will facilitate and accelerate the nation of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons."

By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on September 3, 2015 an interview:

Under the Iran deal: "If Israel attacks Iran … we’re supposed to be on Iran’s side."

By Amy Sherman, Warren Fiske • September 4, 2015

Dick Cheney
stated on September 2, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

Under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty "enrichment has been limited to basically the weapons states."

By Jon Greenberg • September 3, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on August 6, 2015 the first Republican debate:

"Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them."

By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on July 26, 2015 a meme on social media:

Says Hillary Clinton "refuses to testify before Congress" about the 2012 attack in Benghazi.

By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on July 22, 2015 an interview on Fox News:

The Iran deal says that "if any other country tries to undermine (Iran's) nuclear program, we have to help them defend themselves against Israel, Egypt, Saudis, our own allies."

By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2015

Tom Cotton
stated on July 15, 2015 an interview on CNN's "New Day":

President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions."

By Christian Belanger • July 22, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2015 a speech in Las Vegas:

"If you're from Syria and you're a Christian, you cannot come into this country" as a refugee.

By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on April 25, 2015 an interview:

Says that as president, Barack Obama has not gone to the Texas-Mexico border

By Tom Kertscher • May 13, 2015

Joe Scarborough
stated on April 27, 2015 a segment on 'Morning Joe':

Algeria "wanted to be taken off of the terror list" at the time it made an unreported donation to the Clinton Foundation.

By Katie Sanders • April 28, 2015

Glenn Beck
stated on March 19, 2015 a Facebook post:

"A few weeks ago Obama took Hamas and Iran OFF the terror list."

By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2015

Sean Hannity
stated on March 10, 2015 remarks on Fox's Hannity:

In 2007, when Nancy Pelosi met with President Assad of Syria, "nobody got upset."

By Lauren Carroll • March 18, 2015

Rush Limbaugh
stated on March 10, 2015 a broadcast of "The Rush Limbaugh Show":

Says "Ted Kennedy sent a letter to then Soviet leader Yuri Andropov apologizing for Ronald Reagan and begging the Soviets not to overreact."

By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2015

Rudy Giuliani
stated on February 23, 2015 an op-ed in the 'Wall Street Journal':

Says President Barack Obama said "that American exceptionalism is no more exceptional than the exceptionalism of any other country."

By Steve Contorno • February 23, 2015

Greg Abbott
stated on September 19, 2014 a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.:

"I’ve been involved in prosecuting a terrorist member of ISIS."

By Dylan Baddour • October 3, 2014

Bruce Braley
stated on September 28, 2014 a debate:

"I recently had the opportunity to vote to give the president limited authority to begin strikes against terrorists in Iraq and Syria."

By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2014

Brit Hume
stated on September 21, 2014 a broadcast of "Fox News Sunday":

Says President Barack Obama is "sending a much larger (force) " to deal with Ebola "than ISIS is getting."

By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2014

Henry Kissinger
stated on September 6, 2014 an interview on NPR:

"There were fewer civilian casualties in Cambodia than there have been from American drone attacks."

By Jon Greenberg • September 11, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on September 7, 2014 an interview on "Meet the Press.":

Says his comment about extremists being a JV team "wasn’t specifically referring to" Islamic State.

By Steve Contorno • September 7, 2014

Ted Cruz
stated on August 31, 2014 an interview with WFAA-TV:

ISIS is "right now crucifying Christians in Iraq, literally nailing Christians to trees."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2014

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