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Funny Or Die
Funny Or Die
stated on July 25, 2016 a video shown at the Democratic National Convention
Says Trump shirts are made in Bangladesh, Trump suits in Mexico, Trump Vodka in the Netherlands, Trump crystal barware in Slovenia and his cufflinks and ties in China.
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 26, 2016
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on July 25, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention
"We are the only industrialized nation that doesn't guarantee workers paid family leave."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 26, 2016
Tim Canova
Tim Canova
stated on July 9, 2016 a post on Medium
Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz "has voted for huge subsidies for the sugar industry ... as well as for delays in cleanups."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 25, 2016
UN's UNICEF
UN's UNICEF
stated on July 6, 2016 an article on Medium
In South Sudan, "more teenage girls die in childbirth than finish high school."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 25, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2016 Dallas fundraiser
The U.S. has to go to "plane graveyards" and museums to get parts for its 20-year-old jet fighters while it sells new jets to other countries.
Mostly True
By Filipa Ioannou • July 23, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention
"Nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records, ordered deported from our country, are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens."
Mostly True
By Miriam Valverde • July 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland
"Household incomes are down more than $4,000 since the year 2000."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican national convention
Says Hillary Clinton "supported North American Free Trade Agreement), and she supported China’s entrance into the World Trade Organization…. She supported the job-killing trade deal with South Korea. She supported the Trans-Pacific Partnership."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • July 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland
"While Hillary Clinton plans a massive, and I mean massive, tax increase, I have proposed the largest tax reduction of any candidate who has run for president this year, Democrat or Republican."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention
Says Hillary Clinton "wants sanctuary cities."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2016
North Carolina Republican Party
North Carolina Republican Party
stated on July 19, 2016 a roll call at the Republican National Convention
Says North Carolina is "home of the largest military installations in the world."
Mostly True
By Will Doran • July 21, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention
"We in Indiana have . . . the highest credit rating in the nation."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 21, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention
Says "Hillary (Clinton) wants to increase the number (of Syrian refugees) by 500 percent."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Miriam Valverde • July 21, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention
"Just 9 percent of Muslims in Pakistan view ISIS favorably. Unfortunately, that 9 percent is 16 million people. And that’s just one country."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2016
Scott Peters
Scott Peters
stated on July 12, 2016 a media conference call.
Donald Trump "rooted for the housing crisis, because he knew he could make money off of it."
Mostly True
By Chris Nichols • July 20, 2016
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on July 19, 2016 the GOP convention in Cleveland
" ‘What difference, at this point, does it make?' I am the guy that got under her skin and provoked that infamous response from Hillary Clinton by asking a pretty simple question, 'Why didn't you just pick up the phone and call the survivors’ (of the Benghazi attack)?"
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • July 20, 2016
Harry Reid
Harry Reid
stated on July 11, 2016 remarks on the Senate floor
"(Koch Industries) is among the worst in toxic air pollution in the entire United States ... and churns out more climate-changing greenhouse gases than oil giants Chevron, Shell and Valero."
Mostly True
By Riley Snyder • July 19, 2016
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland
"We have the lowest percentage of Americans actually holding a job in 40 years."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2016
Rick Saccone
Rick Saccone
stated on July 13, 2016 floor remarks during a House session
"Illegal tobacco sales, price driven too high, has been connected to at least several cases of funding terrorism against us in multi-year investigations over the last decade and a half."
Mostly True
By Cassie Owens • July 18, 2016
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on June 22, 2016 a press conference and several other recent public appearances.
Says middle-class New York State residents will have the "lowest tax rate in 70 years."
Mostly True
By Dan Clark • July 15, 2016
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