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Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 30, 2015 a post on his campaign website about releasing his tax returns:
Says his "average federal tax rate" was 36 percent.  
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By Amy Sherman • July 9, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 6, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":
"There’s now been three independent investigations (into the bridge scandal) all of which have said" that Christie did not have prior knowledge of or involvement in the lane closures.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 9, 2015
Harris Faulkner
Harris Faulkner
stated on July 6, 2015 a broadcast of "Outnumbered" on Fox News:
"President Obama in November of last year wiped away (a program) that allows for shared fingerprinting for those who are behind bars so you know who is here legally and illegally."  
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By Jon Greenberg • July 8, 2015
Randy Forbes
Randy Forbes
stated on June 16, 2015 a written statement.:
"The average age a child is trafficked into the commercial sex trade industry is between 11 and 14 years old."
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By Sean Gorman • July 6, 2015
Ted Kanavas
Ted Kanavas
stated on June 12, 2015 a political talk show:
"Less than 1 percent of all the education dollars that we spend are spent on private (school) voucher programs."
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • July 2, 2015
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on June 28, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
Says Amazon has removed "an educational game about Gettysburg." 
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 30, 2015
John Lott
John Lott
stated on June 24, 2015 comments on Fox News:
"The United States doesn’t have the highest murder rate among developed countries. You look at Russia, you look at Brazil, those are countries that have 3 to 5 times higher murder rates than what we have here in the United States."
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By Anna Bruzgulis • June 30, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on June 28, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":
"We are the only major country on Earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a right."
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By Jon Greenberg • June 29, 2015
Juan Williams
Juan Williams
stated on June 22, 2015 a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News:
Polls indicate that "white people think that black people are less intelligent. They think they’re less trustworthy, less patriotic."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 29, 2015
Stanley McChrystal
Stanley McChrystal
stated on June 12, 2015 comments on the Hugh Hewitt radio show:
ISIS reaches "about 100 million people a day" through social media.
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 25, 2015
Impact America Action
Impact America Action
stated on June 8, 2015 an ad:
As governor, Maggie Hassan first proposed a $1 billion spending increase.
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By Clay Wirestone • June 25, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on CNN's State of the Union:
After a federal inquiry corroborated Hillary Clinton on Whitewater, "the next day, there was nothing in the media about it."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu, Christian Belanger • June 23, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on May 30, 2015 a speech in New Hampshire:
"Nationally, the unemployment rate for veterans is far greater than the national unemployment rate," and Wisconsin is "one of those rare examples where unemployment is actually lower for veterans than it is for the population as a whole and certainly lower than it is nationally." 
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • June 23, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 16, 2015 an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News:
As a senator, Hillary Clinton "has her name on three laws in eight years."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2015
Hank Johnson
Hank Johnson
stated on June 15, 2015 a House floor speech:
"Two weeks ago, a man entered the world’s busiest airport in Atlanta, Georgia, carrying a loaded AR-15 automatic weapon with an extended-capacity, 100-round magazine."
Half-True
By April Hunt • June 23, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech:
My support from young voters -- those 18 to 24 --  in November 2014 was "largely unheard of for a Republican."
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By James B. Nelson • June 22, 2015
Doonesbury
Doonesbury
stated on June 14, 2015 the strip about Greg Abbott and the Jade Helm military exercise:
Greg Abbott "activated the state guard to monitor" Jade Helm 15 "in case the troops try to impose martial law, disarm innocent Texans, and detain them in tunnels beneath closed Walmart stores."
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By W. Gardner Selby • June 19, 2015
Michael Skolnik
Michael Skolnik
stated on June 16, 2015 comments on CNN:
"For most black people in the history of this country … it was illegal to pass as a white person. You were actually put in jail if you tried to pass."
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By Anna Bruzgulis • June 18, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 15, 2015 his announcement speech at Miami Dade College:
Says Hillary Clinton "insists that when the progressive agenda encounters religious beliefs to the contrary, those beliefs ‘have to be changed.’ "
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By Amy Sherman • June 17, 2015
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on June 5, 2015 a speech at the state Democratic Party convention:
"The United States still ranks 20th in the world in access to broadband -- over 50 percent below the best nations."
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By Lucas Daprile • June 17, 2015
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