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Barack Obama
stated on September 28, 2016 in a CNN town hall:

"Since I came into office … we have increased the VA budget by 85 percent."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2016

Bloggers
stated on September 27, 2016 in Internet posts:

Say photographs of Hillary Clinton at the debate show what could be an earpiece.

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 in 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."

False

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016

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

In New York City, "murders are up."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate at Hofstra University:

According to "independent experts," Donald Trump's tax plan "would blow up the debt by over $5 trillion and would in some instances disadvantage middle-class families compared to the wealthy."

True

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate at Hofstra University:

"The gun epidemic is the leading cause of death of young African-American men, more than the next nine causes put together."

True

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 in 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
stated on September 20, 2016 in 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

Donald Trump
stated on September 19, 2016 in an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly:

"I never said" that Muslims would be subject to profiling under his policies.

False

By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2016

Republican National Committee
stated on September 17, 2016 in an email :

"Over the past eight years, black youth unemployment is up."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2016

Americans for Prosperity
stated on September 14, 2016 in a campaign ad:

"300,000 Floridians have lost their health insurance" as a result of Obamacare.

False

By Louis Jacobson • September 19, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2016 in in a speech:

"I finished" the controversy about where President Barack Obama was born.

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 13, 2016 in a speech in Aston, Pa.:

"My opponent has no child care plan."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on September 13, 2016 in a speech in Philadelphia:

Says Donald Trump's foundation "took money other people gave to his charity and then bought a six-foot-tall painting of himself."

True

By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2016

Planned Parenthood Votes
stated on September 7, 2016 in an ad:

Nevada Republican Senate nominee "Joe Heck voted to criminalize abortion for rape victims."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2016

William Weld
stated on September 7, 2016 in an Ask Me Anything session on reddit:

Says "76 percent of all voters in the United States say they want Johnson-Weld, by name, in the presidential debates."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2016 in a speech in Philadelphia:

"Our veterans, in many cases, are being treated worse than illegal immigrants."

False

By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • September 9, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on September 4, 2016 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"Food stamps have gone up two-and-a-half times under Barack Obama."

False

By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 6, 2016 in an interview with ABC News:

"I released the most extensive financial review of anybody in the history of politics. … You don't learn much in a tax return."

False

By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech on immigration in Phoenix:

"Since 2013 alone, the Obama administration has allowed 300,000 criminal aliens to return back into United States communities. These are individuals encountered or identified by (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), but who were not detained or processed for deportation because it wouldn't have been politically correct."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • September 2, 2016

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