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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 22, 2016 a campaign speech:
"Today, the United States has, sadly, one of the lowest voter turnouts of any major country on earth."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • March 23, 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview on Fox Business News:
Superdelegates "have never been a determining factor in who our nominee is since they've been in place since 1984."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 22, 2016
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on February 25, 2016 a post and story from Elect Leaders:
Ted Cruz is in negotiations to be Donald Trump’s running mate.
False
By W. Gardner Selby • March 22, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 22, 2016 a television interview:
"70 percent of Americans believe that we are on the wrong path."
Mostly True
By Sarah Hauer • March 22, 2016
Kip Kendrick
Kip Kendrick
stated on February 4, 2016 a League of Women Voters Town Hall meeting:
"Requiring photo ID would keep about 200,000 Missourians from voting."
Half-True
By Katie Moeller • March 21, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 20, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says Donald "Trump got, you know, $1.8 billion worth of free media. I got, like, none."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 20, 2016
New Hampshire Republican Party
New Hampshire Republican Party
stated on February 16, 2016 an online petition:
"Given the results of the primary, the vote of one New Hampshire superdelegate is equal to the votes of about 10,000 grassroots activists."
Mostly True
By Clay Wirestone • March 18, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 14, 2016 comments at a town hall in North Canton, Ohio:
"You know what Truman said, ‘You want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.’ "
False
By Nadia Pflaum • March 17, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on March 14, 2016 responding to reporters:
"The fact is voter fraud is rampant."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 13, 2016 Donald Trump on Sunday, March 13th, 2016, in an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says a YouTube video shows Thomas DiMassimo, the man who rushed Trump at an Ohio rally, "dragging the American flag on the ground like it was a piece of garbage."    
True
By Jim Tharpe • March 17, 2016
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on March 4, 2016 a Columbia/Boone County League of Women Voters Town Hall:
"Seventy percent of Missourians support voter photo ID legislation."
Mostly True
By Katie Moeller • March 14, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says the man who rushed the stage at him in Dayton, Ohio, "had chatter about ISIS, or with ISIS" in his social media posts.
False
By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":
"More than once, I've actually had a conversation with the protesters on substance."
True
By Linda Qiu • March 13, 2016
stated on March 7, 2016 a radio ad:
"Republican Bob Donovan" has "run as a Republican time and again."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • March 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.:
"President Obama took more money from Wall Street in the 2008 campaign than anybody ever had."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 7, 2016
stated on March 6, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":
"There’s no correlation between primary turnout and wins in the fall in the last 11 elections."
True
By Linda Qiu • March 6, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 17, 2016 a speech:
When Mitt Romney chose Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate, "that was the end" of Romney’s chances to win.  
False
By Tom Kertscher • February 26, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 21, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":
"About 70 percent of Republicans nationwide ... don't think Donald Trump is the right guy" to take on Hillary Clinton in November.
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • February 21, 2016
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on February 14, 2016 a TV show:
In Sauk City, Wisconsin, "the ID office" that provides identification for voting "is only open on the fifth Wednesday of every month" -- a total of four days in 2016.
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • February 19, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 13, 2016 a Republican debate:
"In New Hampshire, I spent $3 million. Jeb Bush spent $44 million. He came in five, and I came in number one."
Mostly True
By Nick Reid • February 19, 2016
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