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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech:
Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 13, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 12, 2016 a statement after a terrorist attack in Orlando:
"We admit more than 100,000 lifetime migrants from the Middle East each year."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 13, 2016
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on June 5, 2016 an appearance on Meet the Press:
Says the United States has "treaties with apparently 69 countries where we are obligated to defend their borders. And these were treaties that were executive treaties, not authorized by Congress."  
Mostly False
By Neelesh Moorthy • June 9, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on April 15, 2016:
Says Merrick Garland "authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Department had designated as terrorists."
Mostly False
By Cassie Owens • June 7, 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 June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech:
Says Donald Trump said the U.S. should "encourage" Japan to get nuclear weapons.
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech :
Says Donald Trump "says he has foreign policy experience because he ran the Miss Universe pageant in Russia."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech :
Says "Donald Trump says climate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 1, 2016 a rally in Sacramento, Calif.:
Says Hillary Clinton has spoken "such lies about my foreign policy. They said I want Japan to … get nuclear weapons. Give me a break."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 13, 2016 a press conference:
"The Nordic countries are some of the few countries" that meet development aid goals.  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 26, 2016
Todd Wilcox
Todd Wilcox
stated on May 20, 2016 a newspaper interview:
"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."
False
By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016
David Miliband
David Miliband
stated on May 17, 2016 a panel discussion:
"The geography of poverty has changed fundamentally in the last 15 years," with more of it concentrated in fragile and conflict states.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 23, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 22, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":
"When I was secretary of state, I had a very high approval rating."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 22, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on May 15, 2016 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"The Chinese last year probably stole $360 billion in intellectual property from the United States."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • May 17, 2016
Gwen Moore
Gwen Moore
stated on April 27, 2016 a congressional hearing:
Water rates in Manila, Philippines, "were raised up to 845 percent" when a subsidiary of the World Bank became a partial owner.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • May 12, 2016
Carlos Beruff
Carlos Beruff
stated on May 5, 2016 a press release:
Says President Obama’s deal "allows Iran to produce a nuclear weapon."
False
By Joshua Gillin, Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 3, 2016 a Clinton campaign tweet:
Says Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, build a wall, ban Muslims, and more.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2016
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 2, 2016 a post on Medium:
Cervical cancer in Africa is "fully preventable with basic education, screening and vaccines."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2016
Michelle Obama
Michelle Obama
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview posted on Medium:
"Research even shows that sending more girls to school can boost an entire country’s GDP."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • April 29, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 22, 2016 a news release:
The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program."
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • April 29, 2016
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