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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate at Hofstra University
"You will learn more about Donald Trump by going down to the Federal Elections" to see the financial disclosure form than by looking at tax returns.
False
By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate
"I did not — I did not — I do not say that. I do not say that" climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate
Says Donald Trump once suggested that he "would try to negotiate down the national debt."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate
Says Donald Trump "was one of the people who rooted for the housing crisis. He said back in 2006, ‘Gee, I hope it does collapse because then I can go in and buy some and make some money.’ "
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 27, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to shut down shale, and shut down natural gas."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 26, 2016
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on September 23, 2016 a speech in Buffalo
"Most private sector jobs in the history of Buffalo exist in Buffalo today"
True
By Dan Clark • September 24, 2016
Michael Morell
Michael Morell
stated on September 19, 2016 an open letter to Donald Trump
Says Donald Trump has outlined "policies that read like a Kremlin wish list."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2016 a speech in Kenansville, N.C.
"Our African-American communities are absolutely in the worst shape they've ever been in before. Ever. Ever. Ever."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • September 22, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 15, 2016 a speech at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
Says comprehensive immigration reform "will add $700 billion to our economy."  
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 21, 2016
Republican National Committee
Republican National Committee
stated on September 17, 2016 an email
"Over the past eight years, black youth unemployment is up."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 15, 2016 a speech
"Latinos are 17 percent of our country's population but hold only 2 percent of its wealth."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 19, 2016
Robert Duffy
Robert Duffy
stated on August 19, 2016 an op-ed in the Rochester Business Journal
If upstate New York split from downstate "the economic indicators of upstate New York would be among the lowest in the country."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • September 16, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 22, 2016 a tweet
Says she "would bring 186,740 new jobs to Wisconsin" and "Donald Trump would cost Wisconsin 61,050 jobs."
Half-True
September 16, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 30, 2016 a tweet
"If Texas were a country our economy would rank # 10...in the WORLD."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 6, 2016 a rally.
Barack Obama has "doubled our national debt. Doubled it. It's going to be close to $20 trillion when he leaves."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • September 12, 2016
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on August 12, 2016 a campaign ad
"As governor, Ted Strickland left only 89 cents in Ohio’s rainy day fund."  
True
By Nadia Pflaum • September 8, 2016
Donald Trump
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
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 18, 2016 "Flush," a campaign ad
"And while (Ted) Strickland proposed cuts for services for children, he wasted over $250,000 remodeling his bathrooms at the governor’s mansion."  
Pants on Fire!
By Nadia Pflaum • September 1, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 27, 2016 a speech
"Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms" using "radical regulation," by raising business tax "rates as high as nearly 50 percent" and by taxing "family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 31, 2016
Robin Schimminger
Robin Schimminger
stated on August 3, 2016 a hearing on economic development in Albany, NY.
On job creation numbers in the latest Start-Up NY report: "This is a significant number of overcounts in the compilation that I’ve looked at."
False
By Dan Clark • August 26, 2016
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