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Marco Rubio
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."  
False
By Amy Sherman • July 23, 2015
Tom Cotton
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."
False
July 22, 2015
Donald Trump
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.
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on April 25, 2015 an interview
Says that as president, Barack Obama has not gone to the Texas-Mexico border 
False
May 13, 2015
Joe Scarborough
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. 
False
By Katie Sanders • April 28, 2015
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on March 19, 2015 a Facebook post
"A few weeks ago Obama took Hamas and Iran OFF the terror list."
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2015
Sean Hannity
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."
False
By Lauren Carroll • March 18, 2015
Rush Limbaugh
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."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2015
Rudy Giuliani
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."
False
By Steve Contorno • February 23, 2015
Greg Abbott
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."
False
By Dylan Baddour • October 3, 2014
Bruce Braley
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."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 1, 2014
Brit Hume
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."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2014
Henry Kissinger
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."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 11, 2014
Barack Obama
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.
False
By Steve Contorno • September 7, 2014
Ted Cruz
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."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2014
D’Banj
D’Banj
stated on August 3, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"The music industry is the biggest export from Africa after oil and gas."
False
By Linda Qiu • August 7, 2014
Greta Van Susteren
Greta Van Susteren
stated on August 2, 2014 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"So many people were critical of Secretary (John) Kerry going to Paris and talking with Hamas," because Kerry was seen as "supporting Hamas to the exclusion of the Arab League."
False
By Derek Tsang, Linda Qiu • August 4, 2014
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 16, 2014 a meme on social media
Former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney are "unable to visit Europe due to outstanding warrants."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 17, 2014
Jeff Flake
Jeff Flake
stated on July 8, 2014 an interview on the PBS "News Hour"
When undocumented children are picked up at the border and "told to appear later in court ... 90 percent do not then show up."
False
By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2014
Trey Gowdy
Trey Gowdy
stated on May 11, 2014 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"We were the last flag flying in Benghazi."
False
By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2014
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