Latest Fact-Checks In Terrorism

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention
Says Hillary Clinton "has called for a radical 550 percent increase in Syrian  ... refugees . . .  despite the fact that there’s no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from."  
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on June 27, 2016 a statement
"Sanctuary cities such as Philadelphia refuse to cooperate with the federal government in locating suspected terrorists who are in their custody and are in the country illegally."
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By Anna Orso • July 8, 2016
Bob Graham
Bob Graham
stated on April 24, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We know that Saudi Arabia started al-Qaida."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 24, 2016
Great America PAC
Great America PAC
stated on March 31, 2016 a TV ad
Says Ted Cruz "wanted to let in more Syrian refugees and give amnesty to illegal immigrants."  
Half-True
April 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2016 a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee
"During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on February 5, 2016 a public forum
Says Barack Obama "has the legal authority to let in really however many refugees he wants, from whatever country."
Half-True
March 11, 2016
Joe Heck
Joe Heck
stated on February 23, 2016 a press release
"There is no evidence to support the claim that Guantanamo is used as a recruiting tool" for terrorists.
Half-True
By Riley Snyder • February 29, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on January 25, 2016 a CNN town hall
When terrorists killed more than 250 Americans in Lebanon under Ronald Reagan, "the Democrats didn’t make that a partisan issue."
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By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on January 26, 2016 an interview
Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson wants to put 100,000 troops, including 25,000 Americans, "into the area where ISIS is."
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January 29, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on January 22, 2016 a campaign email
Says Barack Obama's administration has admitted that money from its Iran nuclear deal "would go directly to terrorism."
Half-True
January 29, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
Regarding the USA Freedom Act, "There is nothing we are allowed to do under this bill that we could not do before."
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By Lauren Carroll • December 16, 2015
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on November 17, 2015 an interview on Fox
The federal government is "making the decision, whether we like it or not, to send 425 refugees to our state" from Syria.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • November 20, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 16, 2015 an interview on MSNBC
The New York Police Department used to have "surveillance going on in and around mosques in New York City. ... Our mayor totally cut that out."
Half-True
By Clayton Youngman • November 20, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 29, 2015 an interview on CNN
"There was never a single shred of evidence presented to anyone" that the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, were "spontaneous, and in fact, the CIA themselves understood that early on."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Clayton Youngman • November 4, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on August 15, 2015 a radio interview
Israel has seen a "90 percent reduction in terrorist attacks" that it attributes to building a 500-mile fence.
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • October 2, 2015
Andrew Napolitano
Andrew Napolitano
stated on August 5, 2015 in an interview on Fox's "Hannity"
Emails released to the public show Hillary Clinton discussed "the location of Ambassador Stevens, who of course was murdered, in Libya."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • August 11, 2015
Lincoln Chafee
Lincoln Chafee
stated on June 14, 2015 Campaign speech
"One of the reasons I believe we’re in trouble in Yemen is we lost the population on drone strikes issues. That’s what stirred up the population. That’s what is happening in Yemen."  
Half-True
By Mark Reynolds • July 26, 2015
Stanley McChrystal
Stanley McChrystal
stated on June 12, 2015 comments on the Hugh Hewitt radio show
ISIS reaches "about 100 million people a day" through social media.
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 25, 2015
Mark Pocan
Mark Pocan
stated on May 20, 2015 a radio interview
"Twenty-five percent of people in the country have said they changed their email and phone habits because of" the collection of data allowed by the Patriot Act.
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By Sarah Hauer • June 15, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on May 10, 2015 a USA Today op-ed
"There is not a single documented case of abuse" of the bulk metadata collection program.  
Half-True
By Kirby Wilson • June 4, 2015
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