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Kai Degner
Kai Degner
stated on October 17, 2016 a debate.
"The Declaration of Independence was written on paper made out of hemp."
False
By Sean Gorman • November 7, 2016
Conservative Daily Post
Conservative Daily Post
stated on November 1, 2016 a posting on the Internet
"FBI confirms evidence of huge underground Clinton sex network."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 4, 2016
Richard Burr
Richard Burr
stated on October 29, 2016 a private meeting with supporters
"I had the longest judicial vacancy in the history of the United States."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • November 3, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2016 a speech
"In many instances, (people's) health care costs are more than their mortgage costs or their rent, which, by the way, is a first in American history."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 2, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 25, 2016 a speech
"The man who was in charge of the investigation of Hillary Clinton accepted essentially from Hillary Clinton $675,000 that went to his wife."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 24, 2016 a rally in New Hampshire
Says Donald Trump is "the first person running for president, Republican or Democrat, who refused to say that he would respect the results of this election."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • October 25, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 22, 2016 a press conference
"400 bills have my name on them either as a sponsor or a co-sponsor. You don’t get that done unless you work with folks on the other side."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • October 24, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 20, 2016 a speech at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner
In 1928 "school boards sent home letters with children saying that if Al Smith is elected president, you will not be allowed to have or read a Bible."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 a presidential debate
"ISIS is in 32 countries."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 24, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 5, 2016 an appearance in Milwaukee
The Democratic Party "is the oldest continuous political party in the world."
Mostly True
By Alison Dirr • October 24, 2016
Jill Stein
Jill Stein
stated on October 17, 2016 a Green Party rally at Huston-Tillotson University in Austin
"We’re already bombing seven countries."
True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 21, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
The stories from women saying he groped or forced himself on them "largely have been debunked."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 20, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
Says Hillary Clinton "wanted the wall."
Half-True
October 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
"We have 17 intelligence agencies, civilian and military, who have all concluded that these espionage attacks, these cyberattacks, come from the highest levels of the Kremlin, and they are designed to influence our election."
True
By Lauren Carroll • October 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
"What the District of Columbia was trying to do (with its handgun ban) was to protect toddlers from guns."
Half-True
By Riley Snyder • October 20, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second 2016 presidential debate
Says Libya "Ambassador (Christopher) Stevens sent 600 requests for help" in Benghazi.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate
"We've had Muslims in America since George Washington."
True
By Miriam Valverde • October 13, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate
Says Hillary Clinton "viciously" attacked women abused by Bill Clinton.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 10, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second 2016 presidential debate
"You (Hillary Clinton) get a subpoena, and after getting the subpoena you delete 33,000 emails."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • October 10, 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
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