Candidate Biography statements

Not as dramatic as he makes it out to be

Martin O'Malley

"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 don't need federal standards."

— National

Group that paid him disclosed its donors while operating

National Republican Senatorial Committee

Says Russ Feingold "wanted to get money out of politics. Now he's profiting from that same dark money."

— Wisconsin

The figure is close for base Republicans, but not all Americans

Arsalan Iftikhar

"59 percent of Americans today believe that Barack Obama is still a Muslim."

— PunditFact

A team effort

Hillary Clinton

"I spent 18 months putting together the sanctions against Iran so that we could force them to the negotiating table."

— National

Phone records, voting roll back it up

John Bel Edwards

Says David Vitter "answered a prostitute’s call minutes after he skipped a vote honoring 28 soldiers who gave their lives in defense of our freedom."

— National

Strategists admit concern, but Clintons have not

Baby Got PAC

Says Hillary Clinton and the Democrats "admitted there’s one candidate who scares Hillary Clinton, and that’s Sen. Marco Rubio."

— Florida

He liked the idea

Martin O'Malley

"When President Obama was running for re-election … Senator Sanders was trying to find someone to primary him."

— National

Every speaker has the right to remodel

Florida Democratic Party

"Marco Rubio spent $400K of your tax dollars remodeling offices, and building a members-only lounge."

— Florida

Phrase appears on website, but isn't accurate

Ben Carson

"Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’ So even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used."

— National

Sitting here on Capitol Hill

Jeb Bush

"If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored."

— National

Everything described really happened

Marco Rubio

Says a question about his financial skills at the CNBC debate included "discredited attacks from Democrats and my political opponents."

— Florida

If by "no involvement" he means ringing endorsement

Ben Carson

Says he "didn’t have an involvement with" nutritional supplement company Mannatech.

— National

Lots of missed votes

Marco Rubio

In 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama "missed 60 or 70 percent of his votes." In 2004, John Kerry missed "close to 60 to 70 percent" and Bob Graham missed "over 30 percent of his votes."

— Florida

Though he has voted for the exception

Jennifer Granholm

Says Marco Rubio opposes abortion "even in the case of rape and incest."

— PunditFact

Definitely Suspicious

Jason Villalba

"Bernie Sanders admits he is a Democratic Socialist. … Nazis were Democratic Socialists."

— Texas

He's proud of it

Club for Growth

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

— National

Direct hit

Jim Gilmore

On the main GOP presidential debate: "Not one candidate on the debate stage has military experience … "

— Virginia

Two companies, double the revenue

Donald Trump

When Carly Fiorina says Hewlett-Packard "revenues went up, that's because she bought Compaq. It was a terrible deal."

— National

Risky business

Carly Fiorina

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

— National

Rubio missed a third of votes

Donald Trump

Says Marco Rubio has "the worst voting record there is today."

— National

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