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Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 30, 2016 a tweet
"If Texas were a country our economy would rank # 10...in the WORLD."  
Mostly True
By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 12, 2016 an interview on CNN
"You've got a medical report on me that meets the same standard as Mitt Romney and Barack Obama."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a press conference in Mexico
Says U.S.-Mexico border has "1 million legal border crossings each and every day."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • September 14, 2016
Duane Hall
Duane Hall
stated on August 23, 2016 a tweet
North Carolina’s coast "is possibly the best place in (the) U.S. for an offshore windfarm."
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By Will Doran • September 9, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 7, 2016 the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum
Says Donald Trump is "on record extensively supporting (the) intervention in Libya."
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By Jon Greenberg • September 8, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 7, 2016 the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum
"Classified material has a header which says ‘top-secret, secret, confidential.’ Nothing, and I will repeat this and this is verified in the report by the Department of Justice, none of the emails sent or received by me had such a header."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • September 8, 2016
Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau
stated on August 25, 2016 a letter
Young women, "account for a shocking 74% of all new HIV infections among adolescents in Africa."
Mostly True
By Joseph Cariz • September 7, 2016
Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on August 29, 2016 a television ad
Says "Joe Heck voted 10 times to defund Planned Parenthood ... and Heck opposes a woman's right to choose, even when her health is at risk."
Mostly True
By Riley Snyder • September 6, 2016
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on August 29, 2016 an interview.
"Undocumented workers crossing the border right now is at a 12-year low."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • September 6, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on August 31, 2016 a statement
"Sen. Rubio has the worst vote attendance record of any Florida senator in nearly 50 years."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • September 2, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a campaign speech in Phoenix
"There are at least 23 countries that refuse to take their people back after they’ve been ordered to leave the United States, including large numbers of violent criminals."  
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • September 1, 2016
Hilary Rosen
Hilary Rosen
stated on August 24, 2016 "The Diane Rehm Show"
"The Clinton Foundation is a charity where President and Secretary Clinton and their daughter, they take no salary, they get no money from it, they take no personal benefit from it."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • September 1, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 30, 2016 an email
"It has been 269 days since (Hillary) Clinton has held a press conference."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 31, 2016
Reince Priebus
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
David Plouffe
David Plouffe
stated on August 28, 2016 an interview on Meet the Press
Says "Donald Trump himself contributed $100,000" to the Clinton Foundation.
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • August 28, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 25, 2016 remarks in Reno
"Parents and teachers are already worrying about what they call the ‘Trump Effect.’ They report that bullying and harassment are on the rise in our schools, especially targeting students of color, Muslims and immigrants."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • August 26, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 11, 2016 a tweet
Says "President Obama’s proposed oil tax would cost consumers 24 cents a gallon."  
Mostly True
August 26, 2016
Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel
stated on July 26, 2016 a press event
Chicago Public Schools "lead the country in high school graduation of an urban school system," "match the United States of America in kids graduating high school going on to a four-year college," and are "producing eighth-grade leaders in the country in math gains, fourth-grade leaders in reading gains."
Mostly True
By Madeleine Doubek • August 25, 2016
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 18, 2016 a tweet.
"22 veterans take their own lives each day."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • August 23, 2016
Julie Pace
Julie Pace
stated on August 21, 2016 a panel on "Fox News Sunday"
"Neither Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump has a plan to address the civil war in Syria."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • August 21, 2016
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