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stated on October 8, 2020 a Facebook post:
During the debate, Kamala Harris said, “that’s a great segway to the next question,” suggesting she knew the next question.
Mostly False
By Ciara O'Rourke • October 12, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 20, 2020 a tweeted video:
Video shows Democratic presidential candidates speechless for 20 seconds when discussing whether any of them started a business.
Mostly False
By Daniel Funke • February 20, 2020
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on October 25, 2018 a debate:
"I made my decision on Kavanaugh before the allegations surfaced, and it was all about Kavanaugh's alliance and allegiance to dark money and unlimited political contributions."
Mostly False
By Kyra Haas • November 1, 2018
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on October 11, 2016 a North Carolina governor's race debate:
Says Syrian refugees are not being vetted, and "the FBI is not even being told where they are."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • October 12, 2016
Renee Ellmers
Renee Ellmers
stated on May 19, 2016 a debate on WRAL:
Because George Holding doesn’t live in the congressional district he’s running for, he "doesn’t experience the same things that we are all experiencing."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • June 3, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.:
Regarding the Iraq War, "I was the one that said, ‘Don’t go, don’t do it, you’re going to destabilize the Middle East.’ "
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • February 7, 2016
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on January 28, 2016 a Republican debate:
"Last year, there were an additional 81,000 pages of government regulations. If you stack that up, it would be a three-story building."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll, Sean Gorman • January 29, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 the CNBC debate:
The CNBC debate was supposed to be three hours, and he "renegotiated it down to two hours."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • November 2, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on September 16, 2015 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
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on August 6, 2015 comments in a GOP debate in Cleveland:
"I was appointed U.S. attorney by President Bush on Sept. 10, 2001."
Mostly False
By Nick Reid • August 7, 2015
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on October 7, 2014 in television commercial:
"I fought 38 Studios from the beginning."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 30, 2014
Jorge Elorza
Jorge Elorza
stated on August 28, 2014 a radio debate:
"We have a goal of 10 percent of [City of Providence] contracts going to women and minority businesses. In reality, less than 1 percent of contracts go to women and minority businesses."
Mostly False
By Alex Kuffner • October 1, 2014
Ralph Mollis
Ralph Mollis
stated on August 10, 2014 a TV debate:
"The per-pupil cost in the [Blackstone Valley Prep] Mayoral Academy far outweighs the per-pupil cost in Cumberland public schools."
Mostly False
By Karen Lee Ziner • August 7, 2014
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 a presidential debate:
"The sequester is not something that I've proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed."
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 24, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 22, 2012 a foreign policy debate:
Says Barack Obama was silent on Iran "when the students took to the streets in Tehran and the people there protested, (and) the Green Revolution occurred."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 23, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 the final debate:
Says Mitt Romney was clear that he "would not provide government assistance to the U.S. auto companies, even if they went through bankruptcy."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 17, 2012 in a debate in Davie, Fla.:
Says Connie Mack takes two homestead exemptions, "directly contrary to Florida’s Constitution."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • October 18, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 a presidential debate:
Says 50 million people would lose their health insurance if Obamacare is repealed.
Mostly False
By Molly Moorhead • October 5, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 a presidential debate in Denver:
"Pre-existing conditions are covered under my (health care) plan."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Becky Bowers • October 5, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 a debate:
Says Barack Obama "put in place a board that can tell people ultimately what treatments they're going to receive."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 4, 2012