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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
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
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
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

By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2016

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
stated on April 6, 2016 an interview:

On supporting winner of Democratic primary with her superdelegate vote.

Full Flop

By Tom Kertscher • April 12, 2016

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
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

John Kasich
stated on April 3, 2016 an interview:

"There are no rules governing" the 2016 Republican convention, "the rules have not been set."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • April 8, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 6, 2016 a speech at Temple University:

Says Hillary Clinton "has been saying lately that she thinks that I am, 'not qualified to be president.' "

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 7, 2016

Bloggers
stated on April 2, 2016 several blog and social media posts:

Say Bernie Sanders "won Nevada after all."

False

By Riley Snyder • April 7, 2016

Mark Pocan
stated on April 7, 2016 a blog post:

"More people are struck by lightning than commit in-person voter fraud" by impersonation.

True

By Tom Kertscher • April 7, 2016

New Day for America
stated on March 31, 2016 a television ad.:

"Many just call him 'Lyin' Ted.' ... His TV ad about John Kasich? Lie! Stations had to pull it off the air."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 6, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on April 5, 2016 an interview on ABC's "the View":

"I have 2 and a half million more votes than he (Sanders) does."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • April 5, 2016

Californians for Lower Drug Prices
stated on March 21, 2016 a press release:

"Twenty-seven out-of-state pharmaceutical companies have raised more campaign dollars (against a drug price control measure) than all other state ballot measures have raised to date, combined."

Half-True

By Chris Nichols • April 4, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on April 3, 2016 comments on Meet the Press:

"I'm the only candidate in the Democratic primary, or actually on either side, who Wall Street financiers and hedge fund managers are actually running ads against."

Pants on Fire!

By Linda Qiu • April 3, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2016 an interview on CNN:

Says Ted Cruz distributed the ad showing a nude Melania Trump on a rug.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 31, 2016

Matt McCall
stated on February 11, 2016 Press release:

"During three and a half years of campaigning," Lamar Smith "has never once appeared at a moderated debate to defend his positions on the issues."

True

By Filipa Ioannou • March 28, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2016 a press conference:

"Out of 67 counties (in Florida), I won 66, which is unprecedented. It's never happened before."

Pants on Fire!

By Joshua Gillin • March 24, 2016

Greg Abbott
stated on March 14, 2016 speaking to reporters:

Texas "had the highest level of turnout than ever before in the primary."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • March 24, 2016

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