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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 1, 2016 a statement from the campaign
Says he has "a fiduciary responsibility to his business, his family and his employees to pay no more tax than legally required."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 vice presidential debate
Says "Donald Trump proposes to deport 16 million people, 11 million who are here without documents, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to get rid of birthright citizenship."  
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 7, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2016 a campaign event in Fla.
Says Hillary Clinton "promised, running for the Senate years ago, 200,000 jobs for upstate New York. ... Not only didn't they come, but they lost so many jobs."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • October 7, 2016
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on September 28, 2016 a television interview
"In other states (where illegal immigrants have been allowed to get driver's licenses) their insurance premiums for everybody have gone down."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the vice presidential debate in Farmville, Va.
Says Hillary Clinton "went toe-to-toe with Russia as secretary of state to do the New START agreement to reduce Russia's nuclear stockpile."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • October 6, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the vice presidential debate
Says Donald Trump "hasn’t broken his promise" to release his tax returns.
False
By Linda Qiu • October 5, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the vice presidential debate in Farmville, Va.
Says Donald Trump, in his campaign announcement speech, "also said, ‘And many of them (Mexicans) are good people. You keep leaving that out of your quote."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the vice presidential debate in Farmville, Va.
"Gov. Pence said, inarguably, Vladimir Putin is a better leader than President Obama."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the vice presidential debate
Says Philando Castile "had been stopped by police 40 or 50 times before that fatal incident."
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 vice presidential debate
Says Donald Trump "never said that" more nations should get nuclear weapons.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • October 5, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to expand (Obamacare) into a single-payer program."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 5, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 vice presidential debate
Donald Trump would "engage in a risky scheme to privatize Social Security."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 a vice presidential debate in Virginia
"When Donald Trump spoke in Phoenix, he looked the audience in the eye and he said ‘no, we're building a wall and we're deporting everybody.’ He said, quote, ‘they will all be gone. They will all be gone.’ This is one of the ones where you can go to the tape on it and see what Donald Trump has said."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 5, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the vice presidential debate
"10 cents on the dollar from the Clinton Foundation goes to charitable causes."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
Says that during President Barack Obama’s tenure, the United States has created "15 million new jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
Says "Iraq has been overrun by ISIS because Hillary Clinton failed to renegotiate . . . a status of forces agreement."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 3, 2016 a pre-debate appearance in Virginia
"In the state of Indiana, I’ve signed more than $3.5 billion in tax relief."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
"First, Donald Trump said wages are too high, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 the first presidential debate at Hofstra University
The Great Recession emerged "in large part because of tax policies that slashed taxes on the wealthy, failed to invest in the middle class, took their eyes off of Wall Street, and created a perfect storm."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 28, 2016 a CNN town hall
"Since I came into office … we have increased the VA budget by 85 percent."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2016
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