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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate:
Says Hillary Clinton called the Trans-Pacific Partnership "the gold standard. You called it the gold standard of trade deals. You said it’s the finest deal you’ve ever seen."
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • September 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate:
Says Donald Trump once suggested that he "would try to negotiate down the national debt."
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By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate:
Says Donald Trump "was one of the people who rooted for the housing crisis. He said back in 2006, ‘Gee, I hope it does collapse because then I can go in and buy some and make some money.’ "
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 27, 2016
Jack Berry
Jack Berry
stated on September 15, 2016 in a debate.:
In Richmond, Va., there’s "more moving vans coming in than going out."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • September 26, 2016
Sylvester Turner
Sylvester Turner
stated on July 26, 2016 in a tweet announcing new display signage at airports and Houston's City Hall:
"Welcome to #Houston, the most #diverse city in #America."
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By Fauzeya Rahman • September 23, 2016
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 4, 2016 in an interview:
"Sixty percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana."  
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By Tom Kertscher • September 23, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on September 20, 2016 in a campaign ad:
Says "Marco Rubio would take away a woman’s right to choose for victims of rape or incest."
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By Joshua Gillin • September 23, 2016
Michael Morell
Michael Morell
stated on September 19, 2016 in an open letter to Donald Trump:
Says Donald Trump has outlined "policies that read like a Kremlin wish list."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 22, 2016
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on August 11, 2016 in an interview on Fox & Friends:
"We had the Democratic Governors Association and the Obama political machine come into a Republican primary to try and rig the election by spending $1 million against me in the last couple of days."
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By Ellen Cagle • September 21, 2016
LIBRE Initiative
LIBRE Initiative
stated on September 13, 2016 in a digital ad:
"Latinos in Nevada support Educational Savings Accounts, helping more than 450,000 students access better schools. But Catherine Cortez Masto is against it."
Mostly True
By Riley Snyder • September 19, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 in a speech in Arizona:
"Within just a few years, immigration as a share of national population is set to break all historical records."
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By Miriam Valverde • September 19, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on September 18, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press.":
Says Hillary Clinton and millennials have the same positions on climate change, abortion rights, immigration reform, gay rights and college affordability. "Donald Trump doesn't."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Linda Qiu • September 18, 2016
Robert Duffy
Robert Duffy
stated on August 19, 2016 in an op-ed in the Rochester Business Journal:
If upstate New York split from downstate "the economic indicators of upstate New York would be among the lowest in the country."
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By Dan Clark • September 16, 2016
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on August 22, 2016 in a tweet. :
"Over the last 40 years, this country’s prison population has grown by 500 percent."
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By Chris Nichols • September 16, 2016
Tammy Duckworth
Tammy Duckworth
stated on August 18, 2016 in in a speech:
Mark Kirk’s claim of national security expertise is "based on his military record which he lied about at least 10 times."
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By Matt Dietrich • September 15, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on September 13, 2016 in a TV ad:
Says Patrick "Murphy embellished, according to reports, his University of Miami academic achievement."
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By Amy Sherman • September 15, 2016
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 30, 2016 in a tweet:
"If Texas were a country our economy would rank # 10...in the WORLD."  
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By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 12, 2016 in 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 in a press conference in Mexico:
Says U.S.-Mexico border has "1 million legal border crossings each and every day."
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By Miriam Valverde • September 14, 2016
Duane Hall
Duane Hall
stated on August 23, 2016 in a tweet:
North Carolina’s coast "is possibly the best place in (the) U.S. for an offshore windfarm."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • September 9, 2016
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