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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
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 9, 2016 the second presidential debate
"We've had Muslims in America since George Washington."
True
By Miriam Valverde • October 13, 2016
Charley Wilkison
Charley Wilkison
stated on July 15, 2016 an interview with Laura Rice for the Texas Standard
"Texas has lost the most law enforcement officers in the line of duty of any state in America."
True
By Rye Druzin • September 19, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on September 6, 2016 a speech
"When Moammar Gadhafi was set to visit the United Nations, and no one would let him stay in New York, Trump allowed Gadhafi to set up an elaborate tent at his Westchester County (New York) estate." 
True
By Sean Gorman • September 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 1, 2016 x
Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there."
True
By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • September 1, 2016
Michelle Obama
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
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
Chris Christie
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
Paul Ryan
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
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
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
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
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 a speech at Stanford University.
When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016
Mike Honda
Mike Honda
stated on March 16, 2016 a column posted on Medium
"Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912."  
True
By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2016
Right to Rise
Right to Rise
stated on March 1, 2016 a television ad.
Like Marco Rubio, Sen. Barack Obama had "one of the worst attendance records in the Senate."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 8, 2016
Stephanie Schriock
Stephanie Schriock
stated on February 1, 2016 as quoted by the Texas Tribune
"Texas is home to millions of Latinas, but the state has never elected a Latina to Congress."
True
By Emma Hinchliffe • February 29, 2016
Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthal
stated on February 15, 2016 an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball
"There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 18, 2016
A.J. Jacobs
A.J. Jacobs
stated on February 6, 2016 an interview
Says President John F. Kennedy released a star Green Bay Packer from military reserve duty so that he could play in the 1961 NFL Championship Game.  
True
February 9, 2016
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