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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2015 an interview on CNN.:
"Our companies are moving into Mexico more than almost any other place right now."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 27, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on April 25, 2015 a meme first posted on Facebook:
Says "Bush Jr. handed Obama a $1.4 trillion deficit" and Obama "reduced Bush Jr.’s deficit to just $492 billion."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 27, 2015
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on August 18, 2015 a statement:
Says Scott Walker's plan to replace Obamacare "is a new entitlement" program for "every single American human being from the time they are born right up until they grow old and become eligible for Medicare."   
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 26, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2015 a town hall in Derry, N.H.:
"Many of the great scholars say that anchor babies are not covered" by the 14th Amendment.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 25, 2015
Julius Jones
Julius Jones
stated on August 17, 2015 an interview on MSNBC:
"The policy mistakes that ... the Clintons made got us, in large degree, to the situation that we are in today with mass incarceration."
Half-True
By Will Cabaniss • August 25, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 19, 2015 a New Hampshire town hall discussion:
Says Donald Trump "was a Democrat longer in the last decade than he was a Republican."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • August 24, 2015
Jim Webb
Jim Webb
stated on August 12, 2015 a web post:
"We did not even have a federal income tax in this country until 1913."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • August 24, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on August 23, 2015 an interview on "State of the Union":
Says "56 percent of (the U.S.-Mexico) border is not under our control."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • August 23, 2015
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity
stated on July 30, 2015 news release:
"Rhode Island will become just the second state to mandate the vaccine … and the only state to do so by regulatory fiat, without public debate, and without consideration from the elected representatives of the people."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • August 23, 2015
Alliance Defending Freedom
Alliance Defending Freedom
stated on August 3, 2015 a Twitter post:
"Zero Planned Parenthood facilities are licensed to do mammograms. Planned Parenthood, women don’t need you!"
Half-True
By April Hunt • August 21, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 16, 2015 a policy plan on immigration.:
"The annual cost of free tax credits alone paid to illegal immigrants quadrupled to $4.2 billion in 2011."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 18, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on August 16, 2015 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
The number of people who "believe in socialism ... is increasing."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 16, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 16, 2015 an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says "if the (Iran nuclear) deal gets rejected, they still get" $150 billion.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 16, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 10, 2015 a Twitter exchange:
"F: The grade given to Florida for college affordability under Jeb Bush's leadership."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 10, 2015 a Twitter exchange:
There has been a 100 percent "increase in student debt under this Democratic White House."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 14, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 4, 2015 an interview with Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention:
"A minor cannot get a tattoo without parental consent but can get an abortion without parental consent."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 13, 2015
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on August 5, 2015 in an interview on Fox's "Hannity":
Emails released to the public show Hillary Clinton discussed "the location of Ambassador Stevens, who of course was murdered, in Libya."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 11, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 9, 2015 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
"Every poll said I won the debate."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 11, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 3, 2015 a video:
Says Scott Walker's defunding of Planned Parenthood "left women across the state stranded with nowhere else to turn" for cancer screenings, breast exams and birth control.
Half-True
By Tom Kertscher • August 7, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 6, 2015 the first Republican debate:
"$700 billion was robbed (from Medicare) to pay for Obamacare."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 7, 2015
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