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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 7, 2016 a TV ad
Says Patrick Murphy "never worked as a CPA" and was "never a small business owner."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 8, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2016 NBC's Commander-in-Chief Forum
Says Russian President Vladimir Putin "calls me brilliant." 
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • September 8, 2016
Colin Van Ostern
Colin Van Ostern
stated on September 6, 2016 a debate
"I cast the deciding vote extending Medicaid health care coverage to 50,000 of our fellow citizens,"
Mostly False
By Allie Morris • September 8, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 7, 2016 the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum
"Classified material has a header which says ‘top-secret, secret, confidential.’ Nothing, and I will repeat this and this is verified in the report by the Department of Justice, none of the emails sent or received by me had such a header."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • September 8, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 6, 2016 an interview with ABC News
"I released the most extensive financial review of anybody in the history of politics. … You don't learn much in a tax return."
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2016
Alex Castellanos
Alex Castellanos
stated on September 4, 2016 a panel on Meet the Press
"The Clinton Foundation gives less than 10 (percent in direct aid). In 2013, they raised 140 million bucks, gave $9 million to people in direct aid."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • September 6, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on September 4, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
"Donald Trump’s been completely consistent" about his plan for nonviolent undocumented immigrants.
False
By Linda Qiu • September 4, 2016
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 29, 2016 posts on social media
"Under Pat McCrory, (North Carolina) has fallen to 41st in teacher pay."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • September 2, 2016
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 18, 2016 "Flush," a campaign ad
"And while (Ted) Strickland proposed cuts for services for children, he wasted over $250,000 remodeling his bathrooms at the governor’s mansion."  
Pants on Fire!
By Nadia Pflaum • September 1, 2016
Hilary Rosen
Hilary Rosen
stated on August 24, 2016 "The Diane Rehm Show"
"The Clinton Foundation is a charity where President and Secretary Clinton and their daughter, they take no salary, they get no money from it, they take no personal benefit from it."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • September 1, 2016
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on August 29, 2016 a TV ad
Says Gov. Pat McCrory "tried to cut education funding to its lowest budget share in over 30 years."
Half-True
By Will Doran • September 1, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 30, 2016 an email
"It has been 269 days since (Hillary) Clinton has held a press conference."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2016
End Citizens United
End Citizens United
stated on August 22, 2016 a campaign ad
Says U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin voted to "force seniors to pay more for prescription drugs."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 30, 2016
David Plouffe
David Plouffe
stated on August 28, 2016 an interview on Meet the Press
Says "Donald Trump himself contributed $100,000" to the Clinton Foundation.
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • August 28, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 24, 2016 at a rally in Tampa, Fla.
The Hollywood celebrities endorsing Hillary Clinton are "in many cases celebrities that aren’t very hot anymore."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • August 25, 2016
Deborah Ross
Deborah Ross
stated on August 22, 2016 a campaign ad
Says in Washington, D.C., Sen. Richard Burr "took millions from special interests, went there and cashed in, voted to cut (his) own taxes and raise taxes on working folks."
Half-True
By Will Doran • August 25, 2016
Reince Priebus
Reince Priebus
stated on August 23, 2016 comments on "The Mike Gallagher Show"
"The fact is" the Clinton Foundation has "got about 80 percent in overhead and 20 percent of the money is actually getting into the places it should."
False
By Aaron Sharockman • August 25, 2016
Celia Israel
Celia Israel
stated on August 23, 2016 a press conference by Austin Democrats
Says Donald Trump’s "Make America Great Again" caps are "made in China."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • August 24, 2016
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on August 12, 2016 an online ad campaign, "The Portman Files"
"Who would sign up to speak for a (Haitian) dictator? Rob Portman."
Mostly False
By Nadia Pflaum • August 23, 2016
Paul Manafort
Paul Manafort
stated on August 14, 2016 an interview on "State of the Union"
In Hillary Clinton's tax returns, "you saw a lot of income coming from donors to the Clinton Foundation and people who benefitted from her State Department term as well."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 14, 2016
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