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Bike Austin
stated on June 8, 2016 in a press release:

"Bike lanes and sidewalks have been proven to reduce crashes by up to 38 percent on Austin’s streets."

Mostly False

By Jane Wester • July 29, 2016

Funny Or Die
stated on July 25, 2016 in a video shown at the Democratic National Convention:

Says Trump shirts are made in Bangladesh, Trump suits in Mexico, Trump Vodka in the Netherlands, Trump crystal barware in Slovenia and his cufflinks and ties in China.

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • July 26, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:

"Just 9 percent of Muslims in Pakistan view ISIS favorably. Unfortunately, that 9 percent is 16 million people. And that’s just one country."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2016

Mike Rawlings
stated on July 8, 2016 in a news conference:

In 2016, Dallas, Texas, has fewer "police officer-related shootings than any large city in America."

Half-True

By Neelesh Moorthy • July 12, 2016

Rodney Ellis
stated on May 19, 2016 in a press release in response to a lawsuit:

Harris County, Texas has "some of the highest jailing and incarceration rates in the U.S. and the world."

Mostly True

By Fauzeya Rahman • July 8, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 2, 2016 in an interview on MSNBC:

Says she "never received nor sent any material that was marked classified" on her private email server while secretary of state.

False

By Lauren Carroll • July 6, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 in in a speech critiquing Hillary Clinton:

Says Hillary Clinton’s State Department "approved the transfer of 20 percent of America’s uranium holdings to Russia, while nine investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation."

Mostly False

By Linda Qiu • June 30, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 19, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says delegates can't "legally" change the Republican National Convention rules to prevent Donald Trump’s nomination.

Mostly False

By Linda Qiu • June 19, 2016

Pat McCrory
stated on May 24, 2016 in a radio interview on Charlotte's WBT:

Says the Human Rights Campaign is secretly funded

Mostly False

By Will Doran • May 27, 2016

Pete Gallego
stated on April 22, 2016 in Pete Gallego campaign press release:

Says Will Hurd "cosponsored a bill that would militarize our border and allow 200 miles of new roads to be built in the Big Bend region -- cutting up our beloved park."

Half-True

By Filipa Ioannou • May 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 22, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

"Let me say that I don't think (Bernie Sanders has) had a single negative ad ever run against him."

False

By Linda Qiu • May 22, 2016

George Clooney
stated on April 16, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"The overwhelming amount of the money that we're raising is not going to Hillary (Clinton) to run for president. ... It's going to the congressmen and senators to try to take back Congress."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 5, 2016

John Oliver
stated on April 24, 2016 in a broadcast of HBO's "Last Week Tonight":

"We knew Strom Thurmond had proposed" the amendment that blocked Puerto Rico’s use of Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2016

New Day for America
stated on April 25, 2016 in a robocall:

Says "Hillary Clinton has promised to raise taxes by $1 trillion dollars."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 27, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on April 22, 2016 in an attack ad:

Says Donald Trump thinks "a grown man pretending to be a woman (should) be allowed to use the women's restroom."

Mostly False

By Linda Qiu • April 25, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on April 3, 2016 in comments on Meet the Press:

"I have now put out all of my emails."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 3, 2016

Grover Norquist
stated on March 24, 2016 in a Fox Business interview:

Under Hillary Clinton, State Department "officials were sending official thank-yous to people who gave to the Clinton Foundation."

False

By Jon Greenberg • March 28, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on March 11, 2016 in a GOP debate at the University of Miami:

Foreign aid "is less than 1 percent of our federal budget."

True

By Amy Sherman, C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press":

"We (Trump University) have an ‘A’ from the Better Business Bureau."

False

By Jon Greenberg • February 28, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 19, 2016 in a rally in North Charleston, S.C.:

Says that in the Philippines more than a century ago, Gen. John Pershing "took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs’ blood," and shot 49 Muslim rebels. "The 50th person, he said, ‘You go back to your people, and you tell them what happened.’ And for 25 years, there wasn’t a problem."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2016

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