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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Say Anything Blog
Say Anything Blog
stated on January 29, 2018 a blog post
"Heitkamp High-Fives Schumer After Voting Against 20-Week Abortion Ban."
False
By Manuela Tobias • February 6, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 4, 2018 a tweet
"I authorized Zero access to White House (actually turned him down many times) for author of phony book! I never spoke to him for book."
False
By John Kruzel • January 5, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 10, 2017 an interview on 'Meet the Press'
Says Donald Trump "has not apologized" for comments caught on tape by "Access Hollywood."
False
By John Kruzel • December 14, 2017
Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon
stated on November 15, 2017 radio interview
Says Chuck Todd said the Roy Moore story "felt completely orchestrated."
False
By Manuela Tobias • November 15, 2017
Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on October 23, 2017 a tweet
Says Patrick Morrisey "ran for Congress in NJ as pro-choice."
False
By Manuela Tobias • October 30, 2017
Luther Strange
Luther Strange
stated on August 29, 2017 a campaign website
"Roy Moore fought for pay increases for politicians while courts had to shut down because of lack of funding."
False
By John Kruzel • September 22, 2017
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on June 29, 2017 a White House press briefing
"The president in no way, form or fashion has ever promoted or encouraged violence."
False
By Louis Jacobson, Manuela Tobias • July 5, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 11, 2017 a press conference
Americans don't "care at all" about Donald Trump's tax returns.
False
By Joshua Gillin • January 11, 2017
Howard Dean
Howard Dean
stated on November 15, 2016 an interview
Says Scott Walker left college "under an ethical cloud for having tried to fix" the election for student body president.  
False
November 18, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 26, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate
Says President Obama "was proposing pinprick strikes" for military intervention in Syria.
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 27, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on September 6, 2016 a radio ad
Says Ron Johnson "has essentially done nothing" to fight heroin addiction and opioid abuse.
False
October 26, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
The stories from women saying he groped or forced himself on them "largely have been debunked."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 20, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third presidential debate in Las Vegas
Says Hillary Clinton is "wrong" to say he mocked a disabled reporter.
False
By Alan Gathright, Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 13, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton was "let off the hook" for her email scandal while Gen. David Petraeus had his life "destroyed for doing far, far less."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2016
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 4, 2016 a TV ad
Says Pete Gallego "went and lobbied after you fired him from Congress."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 12, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 4, 2016 a Spanish-language campaign ad
Says Patrick Murphy wrongly conveyed Rubio's stance on abortion for women infected by Zika.
False
By Joshua Gillin • October 11, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate in St. Louis
"I've gotten to see the commercials that they did on you. And I've gotten to see some of the most vicious commercials I've ever seen of Michelle Obama talking about you, Hillary."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second 2016 presidential debate
Says after Hillary Clinton helped a man accused of raping a 12-year-old, "she's seen laughing on two separate occasions, laughing at the girl who was raped."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 10, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 1, 2016 a statement from the campaign
Says he has "a fiduciary responsibility to his business, his family and his employees to pay no more tax than legally required."
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the vice presidential debate
Says Donald Trump "hasn’t broken his promise" to release his tax returns.
False
By Linda Qiu • October 5, 2016
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