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Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on October 30, 2022 an interview on Meet the Press:
“One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2022
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2020 a campaign speech:
Says Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani "was a designated terrorist by President Obama, who didn't do anything about it."  
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • January 16, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on December 19, 2019 a Democratic primary debate in Los Angeles:
"You have to have congressional authority" to close Guantanamo Bay prison.  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • December 20, 2019
Omar Rachid
Omar Rachid
stated on July 21, 2018 a San Antonio Express-News story:
"Muslims in America have been subjected to more insults, attacks and hate crimes in the last two or three years than ever before, specifically more than after 9-11."    
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • August 3, 2018
Michael McCaul
Michael McCaul
stated on March 26, 2018 an interview on Capital Tonight on Spectrum News:
"1 in 100 people are sociopaths."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 30, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 the 2018 State of the Union address:
Says one year later, "the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory just recently held by these killers in Iraq and Syria."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2018
Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu
stated on February 15, 2017 a joint press conference with President Donald Trump:
In the "past few weeks," President Donald Trump pointed out "Iranian violations on ballistic missile tests. By the way, these ballistic missiles are inscribed in Hebrew, ‘Israel must be destroyed.’ "
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • February 15, 2017
Ted Lieu
Ted Lieu
stated on January 27, 2017 in a press release:
"The chances of being killed by a refugee committing a terrorist act is 1 in 3.6 billion."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • February 1, 2017
Cory Gardner
Cory Gardner
stated on January 23, 2017 an interview on Fox:
"About 30 percent of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay went back into battle. We know that a dozen or so killed Americans."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • January 25, 2017
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on October 3, 2016 a debate:
"With her solution, terrorists can still today — and by the way ISIS knows it, they have been advertising it — buy guns online and at gun shows in the United States of America."
Mostly True
By Allie Morris • October 24, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 1, 2016 a rally in Columbus, Ohio:
Russia and China are "doing naval exercises together someplace."  
Mostly True
By Nadia Pflaum • August 4, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention:
"Just 9 percent of Muslims in Pakistan view ISIS favorably. Unfortunately, that 9 percent is 16 million people. And that’s just one country."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2016
Rick Saccone
Rick Saccone
stated on July 13, 2016 floor remarks during a House session:
"Illegal tobacco sales, price driven too high, has been connected to at least several cases of funding terrorism against us in multi-year investigations over the last decade and a half."
Mostly True
By Cassie Owens • July 18, 2016
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on June 23, 2016 a tweet:
"If you're a terrorist you can't fly," but "an assault weapon you can buy."
Mostly True
By Tom Kertscher • July 1, 2016
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on June 16, 2016 an interview on MSNBC:
"Al-Qaida operatives, have said, 'Hey, we want you to use this loophole (for purchasing guns despite being on a watch list) to attack and kill Americans.'"
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2016
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on June 14, 2016 a news conference:
Last year, "244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on June 13, 2016 an interview with Hugh Hewitt:
"In America, radical speech is not a crime."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • June 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech after a terrorist attack in Orlando:
"Hate crimes against American Muslims and mosques have tripled after Paris and San Bernardino."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech:
Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 13, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 3, 2016 a Clinton campaign tweet:
Says Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, build a wall, ban Muslims, and more.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2016
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