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Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on November 6, 2015 a series of tweets:
Wisconsin’s Government Accountability Board "ignored their duties and did not regularly audit" voters to remove felons "for a span of 16 elections.
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • November 6, 2015
Trevor Noah
Trevor Noah
stated on November 3, 2015 a broadcast of "The Daily Show":
"Iowa's Republican caucus stopped mattering years ago. It in no way determines the party nominee."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • November 4, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 29, 2015 an interview on CNN:
"There was never a single shred of evidence presented to anyone" that the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, were "spontaneous, and in fact, the CIA themselves understood that early on."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Clayton Youngman • November 4, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:
Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2015
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on October 7, 2015 a speech:
"Smog was invented in Los Angeles. It was. The name was invented. There was a fellow at Caltech and he came up with the idea and they called it smog."
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • November 3, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on November 1, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday":
"We have record numbers of people living in poverty."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • November 1, 2015
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on October 23, 2015 a speech:
"There have been more than 300 mass shootings in the United States this year – more than any other country in the world."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • November 1, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 14, 2015 a town hall meeting in Concord, N.H.:
"If you're born poor, you're more likely to stay poor than any time in American history."
Half-True
By Nick Reid • October 30, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on October 29, 2015 a Republican presidential debate:
Among manufacturers with fewer than 50 employees, "the average cost in terms of regulations is $34,000 per employee."  
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • October 30, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 the third Republican presidential debate:
"For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses closing than starting."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 14, 2015 in a town hall in Concord, New Hampshire:
"The top 1 percent pay 45 percent of all taxes in the country."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 26, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 25, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":
Because of Obamacare "people’s premiums ... are going up 35, 45, 55 percent."  
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • October 25, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 22, 2015 an op-ed in Breitbart:
"Even after Syrian troops began to shoot protesters in the streets with live ammunition in 2011, Clinton labeled Bashar al-Assad a ‘reformer.' "  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • October 23, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 13, 2015 the first Democratic debate:
Says as secretary of state she was reserving judgment about the Trans-Pacific Partnership and "hoped it would be the gold standard."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • October 14, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 13, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas:
"African-American youth unemployment is 51 percent. Hispanic youth unemployment is 36 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2015
Steve Deace
Steve Deace
stated on October 8, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "News Nation":
Pollsters say "don't actually believe our own data" and Gallup stopped primary polling "because they don't trust their methodology."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 12, 2015
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 6, 2015 a press conference :
"In the states that allow open carry, violent crime was 23 percent lower."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • October 9, 2015
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 2, 2015 a tweet:
"380 Americans have been killed in 294 mass shootings in 2015 alone."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 8, 2015
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on October 2, 2015 a broadcast of MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
About "3 percent of murders and crimes are committed with guns from people who actually (legally) purchase those guns."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2015
Gerry Connolly
Gerry Connolly
stated on September 8, 2015 radio interview.:
"It's estimated we leave somewhere north of $350 billion a year - that's billion - a year on the table uncollected because IRS doesn't have the resources."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • October 5, 2015
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