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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 22, 2016 a news release
The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program."
Mostly False
April 29, 2016
Trent Franks
Trent Franks
stated on April 14, 2016 a legislative hearing
"Today in America, between 40 and 50 percent of all African-American babies, virtually 1-in-2, are killed before they are born."
Mostly False
By Anthony Cave • April 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 21, 2016 a "Good Morning America" town hall
Marijuana is a Schedule I drug, "which you understand means that you can’t do any research about it."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • April 26, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 22, 2016 an attack ad
Says Donald Trump thinks "a grown man pretending to be a woman (should) be allowed to use the women's restroom."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • April 25, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 16, 2016 a radio ad in spanish
"She is the only candidate who has stood by our community and immigration reform from the beginning."  
Mostly False
By Jacqueline Tempera • April 24, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 17, 2016 an interview on ABC's 'This Week'
Says that in her speech to the pro-Israel group AIPAC, Hillary Clinton "had one line on the Palestinian people."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 20, 2016
Dinesh D'Souza
Dinesh D'Souza
stated on April 17, 2016 a Facebook post
"As a U.S. senator with salary and perks, ‪#‎Bernie‬ is in the top 1 percent, but still paid only 13 percent in taxes last year."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • April 20, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 15, 2016 a television ad
"Washington politicians are paid over $200,000 an hour for speeches."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 20, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 12, 2016 a speech in Syracuse, N.Y.
"We win when voter turnout is high, we lose when it is low."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2016
Jack Berry
Jack Berry
stated on April 6, 2016 a candidates forum
Richmond teachers have not gotten a raise "for almost 10 years."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • April 18, 2016
Don Beyer
Don Beyer
stated on April 12, 2016 a radio interview.
"But for immigrants, we would have a contracting population..."
Mostly False
By Warren Fiske • April 18, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on April 17, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The city of Charlotte passed a bathroom ordinance mandate on every private-sector employer in Charlotte."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • April 17, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 14, 2016 the Brooklyn presidential debate
The Republicans "still want to privatize (Social Security). In fact, their whole idea is to turn over the Social Security trust fund to Wall Street."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • April 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 14, 2016 the Democratic debate in New York
Says Bernie Sanders "has been largely a very reliable supporter of the NRA."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • April 15, 2016
Jan Brewer
Jan Brewer
stated on March 28, 2016 an interview with Fox Business
"Senate Bill 1070, simply, just mirrors federal law."
Mostly False
By Anthony Cave • April 13, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 11, 2016 a campaign speech
"The polling shows over and over again that, unlike Donald Trump, that with me as the nominee, we beat Hillary Clinton."
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • April 12, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 7, 2016 an interview on CNN
"Poll after poll after poll shows me beating Hillary."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 11, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on April 7, 2016 during a campaign stop in Philadelphia
"Because of (the 1994 crime bill), we had a 25-year low in crime, a 33-year low in the murder rate, and listen to this, because of that and the background check law, a 46-year low in the deaths of people of gun violence."
Mostly False
By Anna Orso, Cassie Owens • April 8, 2016
David Jolly
David Jolly
stated on April 4, 2016 a statement on his campaign website
Race to the Top grants "require participating states to adopt the Common Core standards as a condition for receiving federal funding."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • April 8, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 6, 2016 a speech at Temple University
Says Hillary Clinton "has been saying lately that she thinks that I am, 'not qualified to be president.' "
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 7, 2016
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