Fact-checking Iowa politics

Rulings from PolitiFact National

"When we held recent economic dialogues with China, we agreed on over 100 different ... — Carly Fiorina
"Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical ... — Hillary Clinton
"A violent felon can buy (a gun) over the Internet with no background check, ... — Barack Obama
A Trump television ad shows Mexicans swarming over "our southern border." — Donald Trump
"Everywhere that we have more citizens carrying guns, crime is less. There's a study ... — Dan Patrick
"Both Cruz and Rubio are missing the vast majority of their votes." — Rand Paul
"We didn't go out and take" information from the Hillary Clinton campaign. — Bernie Sanders
Says Bernie Sanders "voted for regime change with respect to Libya." — Hillary Clinton
Says the Obama administration invited "Russia into Syria." — Chris Christie
Says American polling shows Russian President Vladimir Putin has "an 80 percent approval rating." — Donald Trump
The Affordable Care Act is "making families pay double-digit premium increases." — Paul Ryan
The United States spends "almost three times per capita what they spend in the ... — Bernie Sanders
"Secretary Clinton changes her position on (gun issues) every election year, it seems, having ... — Martin O'Malley
ISIS is "going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims ... — Hillary Clinton
"One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight bill was ... — Ted Cruz

The Latest from PolitiFact Iowa

You've disappointed your constitutional law professor, Ted

Ted Cruz

"The Democrats in the Senate last year introduced a constitutional amendment to repeal the free speech protections of the First Amendment."

Let's go to records

Jeb Bush

Says President Barack Obama did not invite a Republican senator to dine at the White House until his fifth year in office.

Misses a whole lot of the picture

Bernie Sanders

Out of the total U.S. military budget, "significantly less than 10 percent of that money is used to fight international terrorism."

— PolitiFact National

In some places, coverage is nearly universal but not a right

Bernie Sanders

The United States is "the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege."

— PolitiFact National

The top marginal rate was 91 percent, actually

Bernie Sanders

Says income tax rates under Eisenhower were as high as 90 percent.

— PolitiFact National

In line with general trends

Martin O'Malley

"Net immigration from Mexico last year was zero. Fact-check me."

— PolitiFact National

A plausible estimate

Bernie Sanders

500,000 U.S. troops came home from Iraq and Afghanistan "with PTSD and traumatic brain injury."

They have risen -- but only a tiny amount

Hillary Clinton

"Wages adjusted for inflation haven’t risen since the turn of the last century."

— PolitiFact National

A bit off target

Marco Rubio

North Korea "has over two-dozen nuclear warheads."

A few complexities, but yes

Hillary Clinton

"Women fill two-thirds of minimum wage jobs."

No, you're not, Rick

Rick Santorum

"I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another."

Remember, there are 3 tickets out of Iowa

Trevor Noah

"Iowa's Republican caucus stopped mattering years ago. It in no way determines the party nominee."

— PunditFact

The protection isn't bulletproof

Hillary Clinton

The gun industry is "the only business in America that is wholly protected from any kind of liability."

— PolitiFact National

Polling's tough but it's not this bad yet

Steve Deace

Pollsters say "don't actually believe our own data" and Gallup stopped primary polling "because they don't trust their methodology."

— PunditFact

'Worth a shot.'

Club for Growth

Says Donald Trump supports the Wall Street bailout.

— PolitiFact Florida

No hard polling data for "every state"

Matthew Dowd

"Any Republican that has led for two months and led every state has won the GOP nomination."

— PunditFact

He picked what emails were made public

Jeb Bush

"I released all my emails."

— PolitiFact Florida

It was a reactionary measure

Hillary Clinton

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

— PolitiFact National

The Army is downsizing

Marco Rubio

"We have an Army that just cut 40,000 spots."

— PolitiFact Florida

Eighteen permanent employees were fired

Jeb Bush

"One person has been fired" at the Veterans Administration for withholding services.

— PolitiFact Florida