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Latest Fact-Checks On Bill Clinton

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Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on August 5, 2019 a tweet:
"After (the assault weapon ban) passed in 1994, there was a big drop in mass shooting deaths. When the ban expired, they rose again."  
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By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2019
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 a speech at the Democratic national convention:
Says Hillary Clinton "negotiated the first agreement — ever — where China and India officially committed to reduce their emissions."
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By Linda Qiu • July 29, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 a video at the DNC:
"We moved 100 times as many people out of poverty as moved out when President (Ronald) Reagan was in office, with 40 percent more jobs."
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By Miriam Valverde • July 28, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:
"The approval of the United States was 20 points higher when (Hillary Clinton) left the secretary of state's office than when she took it."
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By Louis Jacobson • July 27, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on February 24, 2016 a campaign rally.:
"Every year there is a slightly smaller percentage of American households owning guns."
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By Sean Gorman • March 7, 2016
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on CNN's State of the Union:
After a federal inquiry corroborated Hillary Clinton on Whitewater, "the next day, there was nothing in the media about it."
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By Linda Qiu, Christian Belanger • June 23, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 29, 2014 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"I had the lowest net worth of any American president in the 20th century when I took office."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • June 29, 2014
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 5, 2012 his Democratic National Convention speech:
The stimulus program "cut taxes for 95 percent of the American people."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan, Katie Sanders • September 6, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on July 13, 2012 an interview on 'Today':
It’s "typical" for a presidential candidate to release 10 or 11 years of tax returns.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 1, 2012
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on November 8, 2011 an interview on The Daily Show:
Solar and wind energy are "both cheaper than nuclear right now."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2011
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on September 19, 2010 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":
"We paid down the debt for four years -- paid down $600 billion on the national debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2010
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on April 18, 2010 an interview on ABC's This Week:
Passage of Clinton budget bill in 1993 "led to an enormous flowering of the economy in America."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • April 19, 2010
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on January 8, 2008 Dartmouth, N.H.:
Barack Obama "said in 2004 there was no difference between (Obama) and George Bush on the war."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 14, 2008