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Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2016 a campaign speech

Says Barack Obama "is the first president in modern history not to have a single year of 3 percent growth."

By Joshua Gillin • October 31, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third presidential debate

"Nobody knows about it, nobody talks about it, but under Obama, millions of people have been moved out of this country, they've been deported."

By Miriam Valverde • October 21, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2016 a speech in Green Bay, Wisconsin

"It’s possible that non-citizen voters were responsible for Obama’s 2008 victory in North Carolina."

By Will Doran • October 19, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2016 in a speech

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

By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2016

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."

By Sean Gorman • September 12, 2016

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

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

By Louis Jacobson • September 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 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."

By Louis Jacobson • September 2, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on August 11, 2016 a tweet

Says "President Obama’s proposed oil tax would cost consumers 24 cents a gallon."

August 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 24, 2016 a speech in Tampa

"Since President Obama came into office, another 2 million Hispanics have joined the ranks of those in poverty. … The number of Hispanic children living in poverty increased by 15 percent in that short period of time."

By Louis Jacobson • August 25, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on August 4, 2016 a rally

The Obama administration has been "raising taxes."

By Sean Gorman • August 16, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 10, 2016 a speech in Sunrise, Fla.

Says Barack Obama "founded ISIS. I would say the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • August 11, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on August 2, 2016 a Phoenix town hall

Says that under the Obama administration, "the debt has nearly doubled."

By Anthony Cave • August 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 8, 2016 an economic address in Detroit

"The Obama-Clinton war on coal has cost Michigan over 50,000 jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • August 9, 2016

Viral image
stated on August 5, 2016 a posting on various websites

Says in 2012 "Obama won in every state that did not require a photo ID and lost in every state that did require a photo ID in order to vote."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 9, 2016

Richard Burr
stated on August 3, 2016 a press release

Says Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are "responsible for leading America into a deal that will arm Iran."

By Will Doran • August 5, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention.

The Iran nuclear deal is "putting billions of dollars back into a country that’s the world’s largest supporter of terrorism. We are actually giving them the money to fund the terrorists that are killing us and our allies."

By Dan Clark • August 5, 2016

Katrina Pierson
stated on August 2, 2016 an interview on CNN.

"It was under Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton that changed the rules of engagement that probably cost (Capt. Humayun Khan’s) life."

By Linda Qiu • August 3, 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."

August 3, 2016

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 24, 2016 an interview on CNN

Unemployment numbers "are artificial numbers. These are numbers that are massaged to make the existing economy look good, to make this administration look good when, in fact, it's a total disaster."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 25, 2016

Sean Duffy
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech

"Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have left us with $19 trillion in debt."

July 19, 2016

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