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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2016 a rally in Delaware, Ohio
"Ford is moving all of their small-car production to Mexico."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2016
AFSCME
AFSCME
stated on October 12, 2016 In a political ad
"Because as a Senator Toomey stood up for Wall Street. He wanted to privatize Social Security and invest it in the stock market. Wall Street would make billions in fees even if the stock market crashed. "
Mostly True
By Mark Dent • October 21, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on October 7, 2016 an interview
Says Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, has "paid to export throughout the world" Wahhabism -- "an extreme form of Islam" that basically teaches "Americans are the devil."
Mostly True
October 21, 2016
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on October 20, 2016 the Ohio Senate debate
Says Rob Portman "said the auto rescue was a lousy deal for Ohio."
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • October 21, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
Says Donald Trump "said as recently as a few weeks ago in Phoenix that every undocumented person would be subject to deportation."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • October 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
"We have 33,000 people a year who die from guns."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2016
Ami Bera
Ami Bera
stated on October 18, 2016 a U.S. Congressional campaign debate
Says the U.S. Attorney’s Office said "that neither I nor my campaign had any idea what was going on" regarding my father's illegal campaign contributions. "And that’s why they closed this case."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • October 19, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 16, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
"In exchange for five minutes with Bill Clinton, the government of Qatar was going to give $1 million to the Clinton Foundation."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • October 16, 2016
National Republican Congressional Committee
National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on October 11, 2016 a TV ad
Says Colorado congressional candidate Morgan Carroll "voted to allow welfare recipients to use your tax dollars at ATMs at strip clubs and pot dispensaries."
Mostly True
By Alan Gathright • October 13, 2016
National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association
stated on October 4, 2016 a campaign mailer
Says Patrick Murphy "supports a gun ban on commonly owned semi-automatic firearms used for hunting, recreational shooting and self defense."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • October 11, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate
"We have an increase in murder within our cities, the biggest in 45 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2016
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on September 6, 2016 an ad
"Kelly Ayotte voted to give big oil more than $20 billion in tax breaks."
Mostly True
By Allie Morris • October 7, 2016
Oxfam America
Oxfam America
stated on October 5, 2016 a tweet
"The world's 62 richest people own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion poorest."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 7, 2016
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on June 14, 2016 a campaign ad
Says "he fought Obama at the Supreme Court — and won."
Mostly True
By George Ash • October 7, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2016 a campaign event in Fla.
Says Hillary Clinton "promised, running for the Senate years ago, 200,000 jobs for upstate New York. ... Not only didn't they come, but they lost so many jobs."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • October 7, 2016
Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on September 28, 2016 a television interview
"In other states (where illegal immigrants have been allowed to get driver's licenses) their insurance premiums for everybody have gone down."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2016
Jason Kander
Jason Kander
stated on September 15, 2016 a campaign ad
"In the state legislature, I supported Second Amendment rights."
Mostly True
By Ellen Cagle • October 6, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the vice presidential debate in Farmville, Va.
"Gov. Pence said, inarguably, Vladimir Putin is a better leader than President Obama."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
Says Tim Kaine "actually tried to raise taxes by about $4 billion." 
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • October 5, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on September 6, 2016 a TV ad
The U.S. Senate has "one manufacturer — that'd be me."
Mostly True
By Cara Lombardo • October 4, 2016
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