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Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
stated on October 4, 2015 an interview on "State of the Union":
"We sell 40 percent of our guns without a background check."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • October 4, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 15, 2015 a radio interview:
Israel has seen a "90 percent reduction in terrorist attacks" that it attributes to building a 500-mile fence.
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • October 2, 2015
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 26, 2015 a speech:
Student loans from the federal government issued between 2007 and 2012 are on target "to produce $66 billion in profits for the United States government."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • October 1, 2015
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on August 21, 2015 a tweet:
"#GradInsurance debacle is a DIRECT result of #ObamaCare. #MIZZOU has to break the law to do the right thing."
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By Daniela Sirtori-Cortina • September 25, 2015
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 23, 2015 an interview:
"The pope and Donald Trump and Tammy Baldwin all agree" on eliminating the "carried-interest" tax break.  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 24, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on September 16, 2015 a debate:
The Obama administration’s "own Environmental Protection Agency" has said its Clean Power Plan "will have a marginal impact on climate change."  
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 21, 2015
Kenneth Block
Kenneth Block
stated on August 23, 2015 TV interview:
"The cost of fire in Rhode Island is anywhere from 33 percent to 100 percent more expensive than anywhere else we could find."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • September 20, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on September 16, 2015 comments on the CNN debate:
"We've just now given over $100 billion" to Iran, "the equivalent in U.S. terms is $5 trillion."  
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By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2015
Hugh Hewitt
Hugh Hewitt
stated on September 13, 2015 a panel discussion on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says history suggests sports will "quickly subsume a lot of the attention span of the country" in the presidential primary.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 16, 2015
David Cicilline
David Cicilline
stated on September 4, 2015 TV interview:
"She [Hillary Clinton] has also said unequivocally that she didn't receive classified documents."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • September 13, 2015
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on September 9, 2015 a discussion on Fox News' "The Five":
When it comes to classified information at the State Department, Hillary Clinton’s "the decider."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 11, 2015
Reid Ribble
Reid Ribble
stated on September 8, 2015 an interview:
Says Donald Trump "wants to replace" Obamacare "with a single-payer system."
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • September 11, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on September 8, 2015 a campaign video:
"Florida led the nation in job creation" while Bush was governor.
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • September 10, 2015
Matthew Dowd
Matthew Dowd
stated on September 6, 2015 a panel discussion on ABC News' "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":
"Any Republican that has led for two months and led every state has won the GOP nomination."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 10, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 31, 2015 comments on Twitter.:
"I cut state spending more than anybody (in the 2016 GOP field)."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • September 9, 2015
E. Frank Stephenson
E. Frank Stephenson
stated on August 14, 2015 a Georgia Public Policy Foundation blog post:
"Contrary to media reports, Georgia’s gas tax change led to no price increase at the pump."
Half-True
By April Hunt • September 9, 2015
Jorge Ramos
Jorge Ramos
stated on September 2, 2015 an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News:
"Almost 40 percent of all (undocumented) immigrants come by plane and they overstay their visas."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 8, 2015
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on September 2, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
The nuclear agreement with Iran "never sunsets. There's no sunset in this agreement."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 3, 2015
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on August 30, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"I'm the only (Republican) candidate that has actually reduced the size of government."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 30, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 21, 2015 answering a reporter in Iowa:
"In the year 2013, the Obama administration released 104,000 criminal illegal aliens. They released 196 murderers – people with homicide convictions, who are here illegally."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 28, 2015
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