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Sarah Palin says she condemned violence at a campaign stop in Arizona in March.

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a video statement on Facebook

Scott Walker says According to the most recent report, Wisconsins high school graduation rates are also up again -- to third best in the country.

true statement

a speech

Hillary Clinton says In Iran in 1979, the extremists hijacked the broad-based popular revolution against the Shah and established a brutal theocracy.

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her book, "Hard Choices"

Dana Rohrabacher says On immigration reform, Marco Rubio all along has been saying, We have to have border security first and then he gets on Spanish TV, he ends up saying, No, no. That will never get in the way.

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an interview on WND Radio

Armond Budish says Dem-controlled Ohio House voted to change the process, to create objective criteria, to modify the Constitution ... to take politics out of the efforts to draw legislative boundaries.

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a news conference

Barack Obama says Over the last few years, weve put more people back to work than all the other advanced economies combined.

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a press conference after the G20 summit

Republican National Committee Republican says Obama "voted against critical resources: no to individual body armor, no to helicopters, no to ammunition, no to aircraft."

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a radio ad

Jim Demint says U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown is responsible for over $14 trillion in debt.

false statement

a news release

Tom Barrett says Under Tom Barretts leadership, violent crime in Milwaukee has decreased by over 20% -- to its lowest levels in more than 20 years.

false statement

a statement on campaign web site

Blog Posting says Barack Obama appeared in the video for 'Whoomp! (There it is!)'

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a rumor widely discussed on the Internet.

Jeb Bush says Florida has the most concealed weapon permits in the nation, nearly double that of the second state, which is Texas.

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a speech to the NRA

Ed Gillespie says Under President George W. Bush, the U.S. had 52 months of ... uninterrupted job creation and revenues were at an all-time high in 2007.

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an appearance on NBC's Meet the Press

Kathleen Falk says Gov. Scott Walker didnt balance the budget so we now have a larger state deficit 14 months into (his) term than we did when he was elected.

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an appearance at Marquette University

Texas Automobile Dealers Association says that compared to direct sales by manufacturers, consumers save avg of $500 per car sold through franchised dealer model.

false statement

a tweet

National Education Association says that Josh Mandel voted to let insurance companies deny coverage for autism

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a television ad

Ron Johnson says Prior to Obamacare here in Wisconsin, 95 percent of Wisconsinites were covered by insurance. After Obamacare, 95 percent of Wisconsinites were covered by insurance. It hasnt had an impact.

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a U.S. Senate debate

Martin Omalley says Secretary Clinton changes her position on (gun issues) every election year, it seems, having one position in 2000 and then campaigning against President Obama and saying we dont need federal standards.

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the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate

Alan Grayson says The rifle used by Omar Mateen shoots off 700 rounds in a minute.

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an interview with CNN's Erin Burnett after the Orlando shooting

John Lewis says Building and running the Atlanta Streetcar is projected to create 1,399 jobs.

false statement

a newsletter to constituents

Rush Limbaugh says Wisconsin is one of the bluest states, but under Scott Walker its unemployment rate is around 3.5%.

false statement

a radio commentary

Gina Raimondo says Residential property taxes [in Providence] are up nearly 27 percent under Mayor Taveras.

false statement

a news release

Virginia House Democratic Caucus says Assault weapons and handguns are allowed in the state Capitol while bullhorns, trumpets, helium balloons and flags on poles are banned.

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Kitty Boitnott says Teachers are working their third consecutive year -- some longer than that -- without salary increases.

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a news conference.

Deadspin says The highest paid employee of the State of Rhode Island is a basketball coach.

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a website

Mitt Romney says "I don't have lobbyists running my campaign."

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a news conference in a Staples store in Columbia, S.C.

Will Weatherford says Expanding Medicaid would require borrowing more money, drastically expanding our deficit.

true statement

an op-ed

Dan Gelber says After (Jeb) Bushs two terms in office, Floridas graduation rate was dead last and remains near the bottom.

true statement

a Miami Herald op-ed

Lincoln Chafee says Farming is one of the fastest growing areas of our economy.

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a newspaper story

Nancy Devaney says Weve seen the increase of alcohol use for underage kids even though alcohol has been illegal ... for kids under 21.

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a TV interview

Herman Cain says If we had been on Obamacare and a bureaucrat was trying to tell me when I could get that CAT scan, that would have delayed my treatment.

false statement

the Fox News Google debate in Orlando

Rob Cornilles says The proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline is a bipartisan proposal.

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a debate

Mitt Romney says On support for gay marriage.

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statements to the media.

Barack Obama says Mitt Romney just gave a speech a few weeks ago and said we should still have troops in Iraq.

true statement

the third presidential debate

Ted Cruz says David Dewhurst explicitly advocated a guest worker program for all illegal immigrants.

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a Republican U.S. Senate debate in Houston

Mike Pence says A Republican proposal changes Medicare for those under age 55 so that they will participate in the same kind of health plan that members of Congress do.

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an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour"

Kelly Ayotte says the Affordable Care Act was a federal takeover of the student loan industry and profits on the loans go to help pay for the health care law.

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an email to the news media

Sarah Palin says "Barack Obama had 150 days in the U.S. Senate where he was able to vote quite often 'present.' "

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an interview with FoxNews.com

Donald Trump says Much more than 50 percentof parents out there are spankers.

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an interview on ESPN's "Mike and Mike"

Scott Walker says Wisconsin is one of the highest taxed states in the nation.

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a statement on campaign web site

Chet Edwards says opponent Bill Flores helped run a company that laid off over 3,000 workers and paid off executives with millions.

false statement

a TV ad.

Glenn Beck says Michelle Obama has 43 people on her staff; Nancy Reagan had just 3.

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his radio program

Keep Conservatives United says Rick Perry doubled spending in a decade.

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a video advertisement.

Glenn Hegar says Texas still owns all of its public lands. If the federal govt wants to create a park, they must ask permission!

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a tweet

Bob Goodlatte says The 9-0 decision last week was the 13th time the Supreme Court voted 9-0 that the president had exceeded his constitutional authority.

false statement

comments on "Fox News Sunday"

Tommy Thompson says Tammy Baldwin supports a law in which government will take over your decisions on medicine, on doctors and on hospitals.

false statement

an interview

Scott Walker says The projected $1.8 billion state budget shortfall for 2015-17 actually comes from an assumption based on zero growth. That just doesnt happen.

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a debate

Jon Runyan says if we do nothing and continue to let Obamacare siphon off that $700 billion dollars off the top of it, Medicare goes away in less than 10 years -- certain accounts of it -- and it just falls apart at the seams.

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an interview with Townsquare Media New Jersey

Kelli Ward says Sen. John McCain spent the July 4 weekend in Islamabad, Pakistan, selling F-16s and advanced weapons to the folks who harbored Osama bin Laden.

false statement

a campaign advertisement

Hillary Clinton says Donald Trump doesnt make a thing in America.

false statement

a speech at Temple University

Eric Cantor says Why is President Obama unnecessarily delaying your flight? FAA could cut other spending.

true statement

a tweet

Senate Conservatives Fund says John Cornyn has voted to increase the debt, raise taxes, bail out Wall Street banks and fund Obamacare.

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as quoted by Politico

Ron Johnson says Washington politicians run Social Security like a Ponzi scheme.

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campaign TV and radio ads

Ohio Democratic Party says Republican presidential candidate and Gov. John Kasich has spent 177 days out of state and used $350,000 in taxpayer money on his costly campaign.

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a Facebook post

Chain Email says Ever wonder why no one ever came forward from Obamas past, saying they knew him, attended school with him, was his friend, etc.? Not one person has ever come forward from his past.

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a chain e-mail

Kevin De Leon says California has the sixth largest economy on planet Earth.

true statement

a speech at the Democratic National Convention.

John Mccain says Barack Obama's plan calls for "mandates and fines for small businesses."

false statement

a debate in Nashville, Tenn.

Kelda Helen Roys says area near proposed northern Wisconsin iron ore mine is 15 hours away from where public hearing on mining was held.

false statement

a news release

Rick Scott says Our credit rating went up since Ive been in office.

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an interview with Panama City radio station WFLA 94.5

Hillary Clinton says African-American children are 500 percent more likely to die from asthma than white kids.

true statement

a speech to the National Urban League in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Addicting Information says U.S. police killed more people in just one month than the U.K.s did in over a century.

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an infographic on the Addicting Info website

Dennis Algiere says The legislature was never given the opportunity to debate or vote on loaning $75 million to 38 Studios.

true statement

a letter to the editor

Barack Obama says "When we've got CEOs making more in 10 minutes than ordinary workers are making in a year ... then something is wrong."

true statement

a campaign rally in Houston, Texas

Nancy Pelosi says 11 soccer players on the U.S. Mens National Team are immigrants.

false statement

a tweet

Michele Bachmann says The president by executive order could grant voting rights to illegal immigrants who are newly legalized under pending legislation.

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an interview with World Net Daily

Ohio Democratic Party says Rob Portman won the fewest votes of all Ohio U. S. Senate victors since 2000.

true statement

a news release

David Perdue says U.S. Senate candidate Michelle Nunn was handpicked by President Barack Obama

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a U.S. Senate debate

Allen West says China owns about 29 percent of (the U.S.) debt.

false statement

an interview

Ted Gatsas says Chris Sununu supported Obamas Common Core agenda, taking away local control of our schools.

true statement

an ad

Chris Christie says (President Barack Obama) said unemployment was never gonna go over 8 percent if we passed the stimulus plan.

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an interview on CBS News’ "Face the Nation"

Charlotte Nash says Gwinnett County government has made significant cutbacks in staffing.

true statement

at a commission meeting

John Carter says the Constitution specifically states the Congress shall write legislation for immigration policy, so Barack Obama lacks the authority to defer the deportation of young illegal immigrants.

true statement

a radio interview.

Georgia Family Council says Crime rises in communities with casinos.

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a presentation

Ron Wyden says Americans spend 6.1 billion hours a year complying with tax law. It costs us $163 billion to comply with our tax laws annually.

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a prepared statement

Michael Turner says A space shuttle the National Museum of the United States Air Force near Dayton would be within a days drive of 60 percent of the U.S. population.

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a letter from the Ohio congressional delegation to NASA

Chuck Hagel says It isnt me cutting the budget. Its the Congressdecision on sequestration. So it isnt secretary of defense or the president doing this.

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an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"

Hillary Clinton says Arizona schools rank 45th in the nation, dead last in funding per student.

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a political advertisement that aired in Arizona.

Steve Archambault says Rhode Island is at the top of the country for alcohol-related fatalities.

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a candidate debate

Chain Email says Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man accused of the Fort Hood shootings, "was an ADVISOR to the Obama Administration."

false statement

an e-mail circulated to many people.

Will Weatherford says Florida has the second-lowest (campaign) contribution limit in the entire country.

false statement

a news conference

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee says As CEO of WWE, Linda McMahon was caught tipping off a ringside physician about a federal investigation into illegally distributing steroids to wrestlers.

true statement

a TV ad

Mitt Romney says We have, right now, Hezbollah, which is working throughout Latin America, in Venezuela, in Mexico, throughout Latin America, which poses a very significant and imminent threat to the United States of America.

true statement

a Republican debate in Washington

Kay Bailey Hutchison says taking millionaires off food stamps and unemployment would save $20 million.

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an interview on CNN’s ‘Out Front’

Barack Obama says "The last six polls, including this week's Time magazine, show that I beat John McCain by six or seven points."

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a campaign rally in Alexandria, Va.

Miami Seaport Alliance says David Beckhams proposed soccer stadium at Miamis Port threatens the 207,000 jobs and $27 billion economic impact tied to the cargo and cruise industries.

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a "Miami Herald" newspaper ad

Martin Omalley says If we pass immigration reform, it will make wages go up on average $250 for the average household.

true statement

an interview with the Texas Tribune's Evan Smith

Barack Obama says that when President Bill Clinton raised the top tax rates to levels now proposed by Obama, the country experienced significant job growth.

true statement

a Twitter Town Hall

Greater Wisconsin Political Fund says Scott Walker gave Wisconsin job creation money to his cronies: corporate friends who contributed to his campaigns and got $570 million in job-development incentives

false statement

a campaign TV ad

Chain Email says Due to actions by President Barack Obama, the Burger King national headquarters announced this month that they will be pulling their franchises from our military bases.

false statement

emails circulating on the Internet

Tom Barrett says Scott Walker has a plan to privatize state lands and wants to sell our deer to the highest bidder.

false statement

a web ad

Peter King says The United States had allies lined up for air strikes in Syria and then Obama pulled the rug out.

true statement

an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"

Michele Bachmann says We saw the president of the United States engage American troops in a fourth conflict in a foreign land. This is historic.

false statement

a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas

Roger Williams says hes signed a pledge not to raise taxes four times.

true statement

U.S. Senate forum.

John Currie says Unemployment in Texas has risen over two percentage points with Rick Perry as governor.

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a guest blog post

State Democratic Party Wisconsin says (U.S. Reps.) Paul Ryan, Sean Duffy and Reid Ribble are shutting down town hall meetings, or making their constituents pay to attend them.

false statement

an email to party supporters

Lone Star First says Rick Perry thinks injecting 11- and 12-year-old girls with a controversial drug (the HPV vaccine), without a parents consent, is a good idea.

false statement

a TV ad

Tom Scott says A 2005 gay pride vote had nothing to do with discrimination.

false statement

a mayoral debate

Hillary Clinton says 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.

true statement

the Brooklyn presidential debate

Tim Pawlenty says On the night of the Iowa caucuses, Obama promised the nation that he would do health care reform focused on cost containment, he opposed an individual mandate, and he said he was going to do it with Republicans.

true statement

a Republican presidential debate in South Carolina

United Florida Horsemen says Florida rubber-stamped phony horse racing.

true statement

an ad campaign

Upendra Chivukula says One of the key things about Leonard Lance is that in 2008, when you look at [the] Project Vote Smart website, he was not for guns. Now he has gone too far to the right, saying that you can carry concealed weapons in national parks.

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an interview posted on BlueJersey.com