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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 22, 2016 in a news release:
The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 29, 2016
Trent Franks
Trent Franks
stated on April 14, 2016 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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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