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Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 30, 2016 an op-ed in USA Today
Obamacare "was invented by liberal academic theorists."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • December 5, 2016
Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy
stated on November 17, 2016 an interview
"Black Lives Matter, who are attacking law enforcement officers" -- Barack Obama "had them to the White House."
Mostly False
December 2, 2016
Eric Bolling
Eric Bolling
stated on November 26, 2016 a commentary on Fox News
"President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (was) a fancy name for almost a trillion-dollar spending bill. The ARRA was supposed to fix our crumbling roads and bridges," but now, "we have absolutely nothing to show for it."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2016
James Quintero
James Quintero
stated on October 10, 2016 a panel discussion at SXSW Eco
Says that when San Francisco banned plastic grocery bags, "you saw the number of instances of people going to the ER with things like salmonella and other related illnesses" spike.
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 23, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on October 26, 2016 a rally for a Colorado U.S. Senate nominee
"There is long historical precedent for a Supreme Court with fewer justices."
Mostly False
By Bobby Cervantes • November 23, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 26, 2016 a tweet
 "America’s tax code hasn’t been updated in 30 years."
Mostly False
By Cara Lombardo • November 16, 2016
Ohio Republican Party
Ohio Republican Party
stated on October 28, 2016 a campaign mailer
"Casey Weinstein: No faith in our military" ... "When some of our cadets wanted to watch a religious film, Casey Weinstein sued the U.S. military. Sued our soldiers?"  
Mostly False
By Nadia Pflaum • November 7, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on November 6, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
"There’s a section in the Constitution called the Emoluments Clause that says no one, nor their spouses, can take money from foreigners. (Hillary Clinton) has to be guilty of 70 or 100 counts just on that one charge."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll, Tyler Adkisson • November 6, 2016
Jason Kander
Jason Kander
stated on August 10, 2016 a campaign ad
Roy Blunt "voted to raise his own pay 12 times" while in Congress.
Mostly False
By George Ash • November 6, 2016
Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden
stated on October 12, 2016 a YouTube video
Democrat Stephen Webber "voted to allow sex offenders to be within 500 feet of childcare centers and playgrounds, and even voted to allow sex offenders to be coaches."
Mostly False
By George Ash • November 6, 2016
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on August 3, 2016 a campaign ad
"On three occasions, judges had to stop Jason Kander from manipulating elections."
Mostly False
By Ellen Cagle • November 6, 2016
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on November 2, 2016 a debate
Kelly Ayotte "voted for a budget that had $90 billion of cuts to Pell Grants."
Mostly False
By Lola Duffort • November 5, 2016
Morgan Carroll
Morgan Carroll
stated on October 20, 2016 a news release
Says Mike Coffman said two different things: "stop the deportations" in a Spanish-language debate and "you're going to be deported" in an English-language TV interview.  
Mostly False
By Alan Gathright • November 4, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third presidential debate
In Chicago, which has the toughest gun laws in the United States, probably you could say by far, they have more gun violence than any other city.
Mostly False
By Matt Dietrich • November 3, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 10, 2016 a radio ad
Says Russ Feingold "voted to raise taxes on Social Security benefits for seniors, he even tried to give Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants."  
Mostly False
November 3, 2016
One Nation PAC
One Nation PAC
stated on October 1, 2016 a political mailer
"In two terms in the Missouri General Assembly, Jason Kander passed ZERO bills that were signed into law."
Mostly False
By Natalia Alamdari • November 3, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2016 a speech
"In many instances, (people's) health care costs are more than their mortgage costs or their rent, which, by the way, is a first in American history."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 2, 2016
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on September 29, 2016 a press release
Says Chris Koster "fell silent" as attorney general in pursuing a case against a free classified service accused of promoting prostitution after accepting "over $12,000 in campaign contributions' from people affiliated with the service."
Mostly False
By Natalia Alamdari • November 2, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on October 6, 2016 a campaign ad
Says Russ Feingold "got paid $8,000 a lecture at Stanford University."
Mostly False
By Alison Dirr • November 2, 2016
Jimmy Flannigan
Jimmy Flannigan
stated on September 12, 2016 an Austin Monitor interview that day plus forums later
Says that he’s responsible for Austin including Anderson Mill Road in the city's proposed transportation bond package.
Mostly False
By Nolan Hicks • November 1, 2016
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