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Paul Ryan
stated on June 19, 2016 a TV interview

Under the current procedure, if someone "on a terror watch list" tries to buy a gun, authorities are notified.

Half-True

By Jonathan Anderson • September 2, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 1, 2016 x

Says Alex Jones "said that the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were child actors and no one was actually killed there."

True

By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • September 1, 2016

Gwen Moore
stated on August 15, 2016 an interview

Milwaukee has "the highest incarceration rate among African-American men in the country."

Half-True

August 31, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 29, 2016 a tweet

"Inner-city crime is reaching record levels."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2016

Reince Priebus
stated on August 28, 2016 an interview during NBC's Meet the Press

Says Hillary Clinton "is the one that labeled African-American youth as ‘superpredators.’"

Mostly True

By Allison Graves • August 28, 2016

Lamar Smith
stated on July 19, 2016 remarks to the Texas delegation to the Republican National Convention

"One third of all federal prisoners today are illegal immigrants."

Mostly False

By W. Gardner Selby • August 25, 2016

Edward Flynn
stated on July 8, 2016 a news conference

Milwaukee police use deadly force at a rate that is "among the lowest" in the country.

Half-True

By Jacob Carpenter • August 19, 2016

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 2, 2016 a television ad

"In Catherine Cortez Masto's last term as attorney general, Nevada murder went up 11 percent, robbery went up 28 percent, rape 51 percent. When Cortez Masto left office, Nevada ranked as America's third most dangerous state."

Mostly False

By Riley Snyder • August 10, 2016

Milwaukeeans for Self-Governance
stated on July 20, 2016 a radio ad

Says Milwaukee County district attorney candidate Verona Swanigan "has worked as a prosecutor."

False

August 4, 2016

David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on July 17, 2016 an interview

Says Barack Obama "said black males are two times more likely to be shot by a law enforcement officer than white males" and "that is a lie" because "there is no data."

Mostly False

August 3, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech

"We fixed a loophole in the (gun) background record check system so that we could make our commonwealth safer."

True

By Sean Gorman • July 29, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention

"Illegal immigration and the crime rate are as low as they’ve been in decades."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 28, 2016

Amy Klobuchar
stated on July 26, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention

"Human trafficking is the third-biggest criminal enterprise in the world."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a campaign rally in Cleveland

Says Ted Cruz "never denied" his father was photographed with Lee Harvey Oswald.

Pants on Fire!

By Dylan Baddour • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention

Says Hillary Clinton "wants sanctuary cities."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland

"Homicides last year increased by 17 percent in America’s 50 largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016

Darryl Glenn
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention

"Neighborhoods have become more violent" under President Barack Obama's "watch."

Mostly False

By Alan Gathright • July 20, 2016

Van Wanggaard
stated on July 10, 2016 an opinion article

"You're more likely to be the victim of a violent crime in Milwaukee than in 96 percent of the country."

Half-True

July 15, 2016

Tammy Duckworth
stated on June 8, 2016 a tweet

Says Mark Kirk "called for the mass arrest of 18,000 African Americans" and "was apparently fine with Trump’s #StillTooRacist call for mass deportation."

False

By Kevin Hoffman • July 15, 2016

Van Jones
stated on July 7, 2016 a panel discussion on CNN

African-Americans don't use drugs at a higher level than whites but "wind up going to prison six times more."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 13, 2016

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