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stated on August 10, 2016 a viral video

Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2016

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stated on August 5, 2016 a posting on various websites

Says in 2012 "Obama won in every state that did not require a photo ID and lost in every state that did require a photo ID in order to vote."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 9, 2016

Anthony Weiner
stated on July 27, 2016 an appearance on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher"

"We know this now. The banks no longer loan (Donald Trump) money because he's a terrible risk. So he goes to these (Russian) oligarchs and borrows money."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 8, 2016

Joaquin Castro
stated on July 28, 2016 a speech at the DNC

Says "Donald Trump has defended" World War II internment camps.

Half-True

By Miriam Valverde • July 29, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention

"Illegal immigration and the crime rate are as low as they’ve been in decades."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 28, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 a video shown at the Democratic convention

Says when an interviewer asked Donald Trump if he treats women with respect, Trump replied, "I can't say that."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 27, 2016

Elizabeth Warren
stated on July 25, 2016 a speech at the Democratic convention

"Donald Trump said he was excited for the 2008 housing crash that devastated millions of American families, because he thought it would help him scoop up more real estate on the cheap."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 26, 2016

Michelle Obama
stated on July 25, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia

"I wake up every morning in a house (the White House) that was built by slaves."

True

By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2016

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 24, 2016 an interview on CNN

Unemployment numbers "are artificial numbers. These are numbers that are massaged to make the existing economy look good, to make this administration look good when, in fact, it's a total disaster."

Pants on Fire!

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 25, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a campaign rally in Cleveland

Says Ted Cruz "never denied" his father was photographed with Lee Harvey Oswald.

Pants on Fire!

By Dylan Baddour • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention

"An amendment, pushed by Lyndon Johnson many years ago, threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention

"We in Indiana have . . . the highest credit rating in the nation."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 21, 2016

Chris Christie
stated on July 19, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention

Says Hillary Clinton "said all work-related emails were sent back to the State Department. The FBI director said, that's not true."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 20, 2016

Mark Geist
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention

"We defied the stand-down orders" during the Benghazi attack.

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 19, 2016

Frank Guinta
stated on July 4, 2016 an email

"Granite State shipbuilders . . . built the first ship that sailed into battle under a new American flag."

Half-True

By Nick Reid • July 16, 2016

Van Jones
stated on July 7, 2016 a panel discussion on CNN

African-Americans don't use drugs at a higher level than whites but "wind up going to prison six times more."

Mostly True

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

Paul Ryan
stated on June 26, 2016 a TV interview

The United States is "the oldest democracy" in the world.

True

By Sarah Hauer • July 11, 2016

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

"We got the highest vote count in the history of the Republican Party."

Mostly True

By Will Doran • July 8, 2016

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stated on July 6, 2016 a posting on Twitter

Says Attorney General Loretta Lynch "was a member of Bill Clinton's defense team during the 1992 Whitewater corruption probe."

Pants on Fire!

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 5, 2016 a tweet

"Taxpayers are paying a fortune for the use of Air Force One on the campaign trail" by President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 7, 2016

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