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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 7, 2016 a speech in Concord, N.C.:
"NASCAR endorsed Trump"
Half-True
By Will Doran • March 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 6, 2016 the Democratic debate in Flint:
Says Bernie Sanders "was against the auto bailout" and "voted against the money that ended up saving the auto industry."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • March 7, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 2, 2016 remarks after the Super Tuesday balloting:
"The Great Wall of China, built 2,000 years ago, is 13,000 miles (long)."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on February 24, 2016 a campaign rally.:
"Every year there is a slightly smaller percentage of American households owning guns."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • March 7, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on March 3, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in Detroit:
Says Donald Trump has written 10 checks to Hillary Clinton "and four of those checks were not to her Senate campaign. … It was to her presidential campaign."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2016
Charles Van Zant
Charles Van Zant
stated on February 29, 2016 a House Finance and Tax committee meeting:
"For every time the state gets paid a dollar in taxes (on gambling), somebody loses $6."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • March 4, 2016
Jim Kenney
Jim Kenney
stated on February 17, 2016 a speech before the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce:
"An economic impact study found that for every $1 invested in pre-K in Pennsylvania, a total of $1.79 is generated in total spending within the state."    
Half-True
By Mark Dent • March 3, 2016
Conservative Solutions PAC
Conservative Solutions PAC
stated on February 26, 2016 a TV ad:
Says Donald Trump has said "he would be neutral between Israel and its enemies."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • March 1, 2016
Joe Heck
Joe Heck
stated on February 23, 2016 a press release:
"There is no evidence to support the claim that Guantanamo is used as a recruiting tool" for terrorists.
Half-True
By Riley Snyder • February 29, 2016
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
stated on February 29, 2016 a page on the hospital's website:
The Chris Hani Baragwanath in South Africa is "the world’s third-biggest hospital."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 29, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 28, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":
Says he supported the 1994 crime bill because "there is a ban on assault weapons in that bill."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • February 28, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 25, 2016 the GOP primary debate in Texas:
Says Donald Trump hired illegal workers "from Poland and he had to pay a million dollars or so in a judgment."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • February 26, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on February 14, 2016 a web video:
"People (are) paying more in taxes than they will for food, housing and clothing combined."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2016
Cecile Richards
Cecile Richards
stated on February 9, 2016 a forum in Los Angeles:
"In Ohio, more than half the providers of safe and legal abortion have had to shut down" since Gov. John Kasich took office in 2011.
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • February 22, 2016
Bob Goodlatte
Bob Goodlatte
stated on February 15, 2016 a TV interview.:
"It’s highly unusual to have a Supreme Court confirmation in a presidential election year. The last one was 1940."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • February 22, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 26, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:
"Two-thirds of our kids can’t read at grade level."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 12, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:
Says she will "work to raise the federal minimum wage back to the highest level it’s ever been — $12 an hour in today’s dollars."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • February 17, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 15, 2016 an interview on Fox News:
Says Marco Rubio "went on Univision, and in Spanish he promised that he would not on the first day in office rescind President Obama's illegal executive action."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • February 17, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on February 14, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":
"It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don't do this in an election year."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • February 14, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 11, 2016 comments during the PBS Democratic debate:
The United States has "the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on Earth."  
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2016
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