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Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on April 15, 2016
Says Merrick Garland "authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Department had designated as terrorists."
Mostly False
By Cassie Owens • June 7, 2016
Paul Babeu
Paul Babeu
stated on May 26, 2016 an interview on Fox News' "Hannity"
"The president has said the national security threat facing America, the top one, is global warming."
Mostly False
By Anthony Cave • June 4, 2016
Renee Ellmers
Renee Ellmers
stated on May 19, 2016 a debate on WRAL
Because George Holding doesn’t live in the congressional district he’s running for, he "doesn’t experience the same things that we are all experiencing."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • June 3, 2016
Sharron Angle
Sharron Angle
stated on May 25, 2016 in a television ad
"Congressman Joe Heck has (voted) 62% of the time with Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats on a variety of important issues."
Mostly False
By Riley Snyder • June 3, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 1, 2016 a rally in Sacramento, Calif.
Says Hillary Clinton has spoken "such lies about my foreign policy. They said I want Japan to … get nuclear weapons. Give me a break."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on May 19, 2016 an interview with Chris Stigall on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT
It's entirely possible that the Democratic nominee, [Hillary Clinton], earned more money giving a single speech on Wall Street than I made the six years that I was there back in the 1980s… In fact, it’s quite likely.
Mostly False
By Loghan Thain • May 31, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2016 a speech on energy policy
In California, "the windmills are killing hundreds and hundreds of eagles."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 31, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on May 24, 2016 a radio interview on Charlotte's WBT
Says the Human Rights Campaign is secretly funded
Mostly False
By Will Doran • May 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 22, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The only two (Donald Trump tax returns) we have show that he hasn't paid a penny in taxes."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 24, 2016
U.S. Dairy Export Council
U.S. Dairy Export Council
stated on May 9, 2016 a press release
Says a WHO proposal "portrays milk and dairy products as an obstacle to a healthy start in life."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • May 20, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2016 a tweet
Says "Elizabeth Warren lied when she says I want to abolish the Federal Minimum Wage."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 19, 2016
Colorado's Voice
Colorado's Voice
stated on May 5, 2016 a news release
Says "Mike Coffman is with Trump."  
Mostly False
By Alan Gathright • May 18, 2016
Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson
stated on May 15, 2016 an interview with CBS4
Says Patrick Murphy "switched his vote on All Aboard Florida ... because his father tried to get in a bid to build it and was unsuccessful."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • May 18, 2016
Pat Buchanan
Pat Buchanan
stated on May 5, 2016 an NPR interview
"Now in half the homes in California, people speak a language other than English in their own homes."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • May 17, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 4, 2016 an interview with NBC News
Germany "is crime-riddled right now" because of migration to Europe.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 11, 2016
Arizona Grassroots Action PAC
Arizona Grassroots Action PAC
stated on April 20, 2016 a political advertisement
Says former state Sen. Kelli Ward "wanted to ban our intelligence agencies from operating in Arizona."
Mostly False
By Anthony Cave • May 11, 2016
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate
Under a new federal regulation, it will cost Pinellas County "$31 million to fix a single ditch."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • May 9, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 4, 2016 a tweet
"Increasing the min. wage to $15 an hour would reduce spending on food stamps, public housing and other programs by over $7.6 billion a year."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • May 5, 2016
Enterprise Florida
Enterprise Florida
stated on April 27, 2016 Enterprise Florida radio ads in California
"Seven hundred thousand. That’s how many California jobs will be lost thanks to the politicians raising the minimum wage….Now Florida is adding one million jobs, not losing them."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • May 4, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 1, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
Says both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton say Planned Parenthood is "terrific and that it should keep taxpayer funding." 
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • May 1, 2016
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