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Club for Growth
stated on September 15, 2015 in a television ad:

Says Donald Trump "supports eminent domain" and the Supreme Court’s Kelo decision.

True

By Lauren Carroll • October 7, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on October 1, 2015 in remarks following a school shooting in Oregon:

"States with the most gun laws tend to have the fewest gun deaths."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • October 6, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 30, 2015 in a campaign Tweet:

The Benghazi probe is "the longest-running congressional investigation ever."

False

By Lauren Carroll • October 2, 2015

Tom Cole
stated on September 27, 2015 in an interview on Fox News Sunday:

"There’s no money" for Planned Parenthood in the bill that would keep the government open.

True

By Lauren Carroll • September 29, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on September 22, 2015 in an interview with Fox's "The Kelly File":

There is not "one of the Muslim nations" that doesn't have "discrimination against women, discrimination against gays, subjugation of other religious beliefs."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • September 25, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 19, 2015 in remarks at the 2015 New Hampshire Democratic Party State Convention:

"Under Republicans, recessions happen four times as frequently as under Democrats."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • September 22, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN debate:

Says Donald Trump was "forced to file for bankruptcy not once, not twice, four times."

Mostly True

By Clayton Youngman, Lauren Carroll • September 21, 2015

Town hall audience member
stated on September 17, 2015 in a town hall held by Donald Trump in Rochester, N.H.:

"You know our current president is (Muslim). You know he's not even an American."

Pants on Fire!

By Lauren Carroll • September 18, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN debate:

One of the Planned Parenthood videos shows "a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, 'We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.' "

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2015

Mike Huckabee
stated on September 16, 2015 in comments on the CNN debate:

"We've just now given over $100 billion" to Iran, "the equivalent in U.S. terms is $5 trillion."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • September 17, 2015

Credo Action
stated on August 27, 2015 in a YouTube video:

The Obama administration is "proposing to mine another 10 billion tons of Wyoming coal, which would unleash three times more carbon pollution than Obama's Clean Power Plan would even save through 2030."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • September 1, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on August 25, 2015 in remarks at a town hall in Colorado:

Planned Parenthood is "not actually doing women’s health issues."

Pants on Fire!

By Lauren Carroll • August 26, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2015 in a town hall in Derry, N.H.:

"Many of the great scholars say that anchor babies are not covered" by the 14th Amendment.

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • August 25, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 17, 2015 in an interview with Iowa Public Radio:

"If I had not asked for my emails all to be made public, none of this would have been in the public arena."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • August 20, 2015

Bill Clinton
stated on August 11, 2015 in an interview with Inc. magazine:

"There's not a single, solitary example that" signing the bill to end Glass-Steagall "had anything to do with the financial crash."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • August 19, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on August 16, 2015 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says "if the (Iran nuclear) deal gets rejected, they still get" $150 billion.

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • August 16, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on August 10, 2015 in a Twitter exchange:

There has been a 100 percent "increase in student debt under this Democratic White House."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • August 14, 2015

Andrew Napolitano
stated on August 5, 2015 in in an interview on Fox's "Hannity":

Emails released to the public show Hillary Clinton discussed "the location of Ambassador Stevens, who of course was murdered, in Libya."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • August 11, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on August 6, 2015 in in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland:

"A majority of the candidates on this stage have supported amnesty ... I have never supported amnesty."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • August 7, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on August 6, 2015 in comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland:

Says Hillary Clinton has "been in office and in government longer than anybody else running here tonight."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • August 7, 2015

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