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Donald Trump
stated on July 5, 2016 a rally in Raleigh, N.C.:

"You know what (Saddam Hussein) did well? He killed terrorists."

By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2016

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."

By Tom Kertscher • July 1, 2016

Sean Hannity
stated on June 28, 2016 comments on his Fox News program:

"During the (Benghazi) attack, a stand-down order was given, and our troops were told to change their clothes four times."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2016

John Garamendi
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech.:

"You can’t get on an airplane, but more than 2,000 people on that list have been able to buy a gun."

By Chris Nichols • June 25, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech in New York :

The Benghazi victims were "left helpless to die as Hillary Clinton soundly slept in her bed."

By Lauren Carroll • June 23, 2016

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.'"

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2016

Bloggers
stated on June 13, 2016 an article:

Says Hillary Clinton’s "State Department blocked investigation into Orlando killer’s mosque."

By Allison Graves • June 23, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on June 13, 2016 an interview:

"Assault rifles already are banned."

By Tom Kertscher • June 20, 2016

Greg Abbott
stated on May 12, 2016 addressing the Republican Party of Texas state convention:

"ISIS is running through a border made porous by Barack Obama’s policies."

By Dylan Baddour • June 17, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2016 a Facebook post:

"The Obama administration was actively supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group that became the Islamic State."

By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2016

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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on June 13, 2016 an interview with Hugh Hewitt:

"In America, radical speech is not a crime."

By Amy Sherman • June 15, 2016

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."

By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2016

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."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 13, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech on terrorism and immigration:

There is "no system to vet" refugees from the Middle East.

By Linda Qiu • June 13, 2016

Pat Toomey
stated on April 15, 2016:

Says Merrick Garland "authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Department had designated as terrorists."

By Cassie Owens • June 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 23, 2016 an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly:

"Look, we are at war with these people and they don't wear uniforms. … This is a war against people that are vicious, violent people, that we have no idea who they are, where they come from. We are allowing tens of thousands of them into our country now."

By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2016

Todd Wilcox
stated on May 20, 2016 a newspaper interview:

"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."

By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 19, 2016 an interview on CNN:

"We now do have evidence" that Donald Trump is being used as a recruiting tool for terrorists.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 20, 2016

Roy Blunt
stated on April 18, 2016 a petition against President Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo Bay:

"Jason Kander supports [Obama’s] plan to bring the remaining suspected terrorists to U.S. soil."

By Mary McIntyre • May 9, 2016

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