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Donald Trump
stated on February 18, 2017 a campaign rally

"Look at what’s happening last night in Sweden. Sweden, who would believe this? Sweden. They took in large numbers. They’re having problems like they never thought possible."

By Allison Graves • February 19, 2017

Kellyanne Conway
stated on February 2, 2017 There was no massacre

"Two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized and they were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green massacre. … It didn't get covered"

By Louis Jacobson, Steve Contorno • February 3, 2017

Mario Diaz-Balart
stated on January 30, 2017 a press release

Says former President Barack Obama "took similar action against Cuban refugees" as President Donald Trump did in his executive order.

By Amy Sherman • January 31, 2017

Viral image
stated on November 9, 2016 a post-election Tweet

Says the KKK marched in Mebane, N.C., after Trump’s victory

By Will Doran • November 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2016 a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Says Sidney Blumenthal wrote that the Benghazi attack was "almost certainly preventable. Clinton was in charge of the State Department, and it failed to protect U.S. personnel and an American consulate in Libya."

By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2016

Ted Strickland
stated on September 21, 2016 a campaign ad

Says Rob Portman "even voted to allow people on the terrorism watch list to buy guns."

By Nadia Pflaum • September 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate at Hofstra University

"NATO is opening up a major terror division. ... I'm sure I'm not going to get credit for it, but that was largely because of what I was saying and my criticism of NATO."

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016

Tom Tancredo
stated on September 19, 2016 a fundraising email

Says eight Americans died in a knife attack at a Minnesota mall.

By Alan Gathright • September 20, 2016

Sean Duffy
stated on August 23, 2016 an interview

Says Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin has "ties to the Muslim Brotherhood."

September 14, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on August 15, 2016 a speech in Youngstown, Ohio

"Under those eight years before (Barack) Obama came along, we didn’t have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack in the United States" since Sept. 11, 2001.

By Linda Qiu • August 16, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2016 a speech on foreign policy in Youngstown, Ohio

"I had previously said that NATO was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism. Since my comments, they have changed their policy and now have a new division focused on terror threats."

By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2016 an appearance on MSNBC

Says Donald Trump "is going to go out and carpet bomb" the Middle East.

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

Donald Trump
stated on July 17, 2016 an interview on 60 Minutes

"Hillary Clinton invented ISIS with her stupid policies. She is responsible for ISIS."

By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 12, 2016 a speech at a Trump rally

Says Hillary Clinton "took 13 hours to send help to Americans under fire" during the terrorist attack in Benghazi.

By Adam Thorp • July 14, 2016

Kelli Ward
stated on July 3, 2016 a campaign advertisement

Says Sen. John McCain spent the July 4 weekend in Islamabad, Pakistan, selling "F-16s and advanced weapons to the folks who harbored Osama bin Laden."

By Anthony Cave • July 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech in New York

The Benghazi victims were "left helpless to die as Hillary Clinton soundly slept in her bed."

By Lauren Carroll • June 23, 2016

Bloggers
stated on June 13, 2016 an article

Says Hillary Clinton’s "State Department blocked investigation into Orlando killer’s mosque."

By Allison Graves • June 23, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech on terrorism and immigration

There is "no system to vet" refugees from the Middle East.

By Linda Qiu • June 13, 2016

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."

By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016

Roy Blunt
stated on April 18, 2016 a petition against President Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo Bay

"Jason Kander supports [Obama’s] plan to bring the remaining suspected terrorists to U.S. soil."

By Mike Jenner • May 9, 2016

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