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Rebuilding America Now
Rebuilding America Now
stated on June 23, 2016 an advertisement against Hillary Clinton
Says Hillary Clinton "savaged" the dignity of people who accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment or assault "and shamed them."
Mostly False
By Neelesh Moorthy • July 6, 2016
Sean Hannity
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."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2016
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
stated on June 23, 2016 a comedy sketch
Says "Paul Ryan shut off the C-SPAN cameras when the Democrats started their sit-in."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 27, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton "has even deleted this record of total support (for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement) from her book."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2016
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on June 14, 2016 an interview with Bob Cole on Austin's KOKE-FM
Austin was the "site of the first mass shooting in the country."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • June 23, 2016
Viral image
Viral image
stated on June 1, 2016 Facebook post by Liberals are Cool
"Tuition-free public universities and colleges are just a pipe dream. False. They were both free up until the Vietnam War."  
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • June 10, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech
"A trade war is something very different (than curbing new trade agreements). We went down that road in the 1930s. It made the Great Depression longer and more painful."
True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2016
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on May 17, 2016 a radio interview.
Virginia’s banning of felons from voting is a "Jim Crow-era law."
False
By Warren Fiske • June 6, 2016
Wendy Davis
Wendy Davis
stated on March 14, 2016 an interview with Texas Monthly
"Texas is one of only a handful of states that does not have an equal pay law."
False
By Eleanor Dearman • May 27, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 27, 2016 a post on Twitter
"No one in American history has moved from a June 16 announcement to a May 26 winning of a majority. Trump's achievement is remarkable."
Pants on Fire!
By Aaron Sharockman • May 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 24, 2016 an advertisement
"In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 22, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The only two (Donald Trump tax returns) we have show that he hasn't paid a penny in taxes."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 24, 2016
Steve Adler
Steve Adler
stated on May 17, 2016 a panel discussion in Austin
"The first tweet was sent from Austin."
Pants on Fire!
By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
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.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 20, 2016
Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace
stated on May 15, 2016 an episode of "Fox News Sunday"
"Every Republican nominee since Richard Nixon, who at one time was under an audit, has released their tax returns."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • May 18, 2016
Ed Gillespie
Ed Gillespie
stated on April 30, 2016 a speech
"For the first time in over 40 years, Republicans don’t hold a single statewide office" in Virginia.
True
By Sean Gorman • May 12, 2016
Terry McAuliffe
Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 22, 2016 a speech.
Before April 22, "we have restored the rights of more than 18,000 individuals, which is more than the past seven governors combined in their four-year terms."
True
By Warren Fiske • May 9, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 3, 2016 an interview on Fox News
Says Ted Cruz’s father "was with Lee Harvey Oswald" before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu • May 3, 2016
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 26, 2016 a multitude of Facebook posts
"Today President Obama said there will NOT be a National Day of Prayer in May."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 29, 2016
Tom
Tom "Smitty" Smith
stated on April 14, 2016 a commentary published in the Austin American-Statesman
"Texas has 600,000 registered voters who don’t have the kind of photo ID needed to vote."
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • April 22, 2016
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