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Jill Stein
stated on November 26, 2016 a video:

"Wisconsin uses voting machines that are outlawed, they are illegal."

Pants on Fire!

By Tom Kertscher • November 29, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on November 27, 2016 an interview on ABC's This Week:

"In 2015 roughly 10,000 political arrests occurred in Cuba. That is five times as many as occurred in 2010, when there were only about 2,000."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • November 29, 2016

Lena Taylor
stated on October 13, 2016 an opinion column:

"Slavery is still allowable under Wisconsin law as long as it’s a punishment for a crime."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • November 25, 2016

Amy Schumer
stated on November 3, 2016 a video:

"Anyone who knows you can just" look it up to "see if you voted."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • November 9, 2016

Senate Leadership Fund
stated on October 11, 2016 a TV ad:

"(Deborah) Ross defends those who want to burn the American flag, and even called efforts to ban flag-burning ‘ridiculous,’ yet refused to help a disabled veteran fly the flag."

Mostly True

By Will Doran • November 5, 2016

Deborah Ross
stated on October 13, 2016 a debate:

Says Richard Burr "was one of only three senators who voted against a ban on insider trading for members of Congress. And he called that vote brave."

True

By Will Doran • November 5, 2016

Richard Burr
stated on October 29, 2016 a private meeting with supporters:

"I had the longest judicial vacancy in the history of the United States."

Mostly True

By Will Doran • November 3, 2016

Eric Greitens
stated on September 29, 2016 a press release:

Says Chris Koster "fell silent" as attorney general in pursuing a case against a free classified service accused of promoting prostitution after accepting "over $12,000 in campaign contributions' from people affiliated with the service."

Mostly False

By Natalia Alamdari • November 2, 2016

Chris Sununu
stated on October 6, 2016 a No Labels forum:

Says drug dealers have "overdosed on purpose" to avoid prosecution.

False

By Ella Nilsen • October 28, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on October 25, 2016 an interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly:

In the Paula Jones case, Bill Clinton paid an "$850,000 penalty."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 25, 2016 a speech:

"The man who was in charge of the investigation of Hillary Clinton accepted essentially from Hillary Clinton $675,000 that went to his wife."

Mostly False

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

Ami Bera
stated on October 18, 2016 a U.S. Congressional campaign debate:

Says the U.S. Attorney’s Office said "that neither I nor my campaign had any idea what was going on" regarding my father's illegal campaign contributions. "And that’s why they closed this case."

Mostly True

By Chris Nichols • October 19, 2016

Scott Jones
stated on August 22, 2016 a radio interview:

Says allegations that he made unwanted sexual advances on a female sheriff’s deputy "were found by two separate judges to not have merit."

False

By Chris Nichols • October 17, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second 2016 presidential debate:

"You (Hillary Clinton) get a subpoena, and after getting the subpoena you delete 33,000 emails."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • October 10, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on September 4, 2016 an interview:

"Sixty percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • September 23, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 19, 2016 an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly:

"I never said" that Muslims would be subject to profiling under his policies.

False

By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 26, 2016 a Hillary for America television ad:

"Trump Management was charged with discriminating against African-Americans and breaking federal law."

True

By Lauren Carroll • September 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech:

Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on August 15, 2016 a speech in Scranton, Pa.:

Says military commanders have said that if Donald Trump were elected, "they would not follow his orders."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2016

Pat McCrory
stated on August 2, 2016 a press release:

"Roy Cooper's refusal to do his job is costing taxpayers money."

Mostly False

By Will Doran • August 16, 2016

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