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Deborah Ross
Deborah Ross
stated on October 13, 2016 a TV ad
"Richard Burr voted to protect tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas but voted against a tax break to help working people."
Half-True
By Will Doran • November 2, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2016 a campaign rally
"The FBI has reopened its investigation into Hillary Clinton ... and discovered another 650,000 emails."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • November 1, 2016
Joe Heck
Joe Heck
stated on October 25, 2016 a political ad.
Says "Catherine Cortez Masto indicted (Brian Krolicki), who was an innocent man, in order to save Harry Reid's political career"
Half-True
By Riley Snyder • November 1, 2016
Michelle Mosby
Michelle Mosby
stated on October 11, 2016 a radio ad.
Joe Morrissey "has been a delegate in the General Assembly for eight years with no laws passed to help our black community with education or workforce."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • November 1, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 29, 2016 a rally in Daytona Beach, Fla.
"Donald Trump's strategy is pretty simple. They have even said in his campaign it's to get women to stay home, get young people to stay home, get people of color to stay home, and get a lot smart, intelligent men to stay home, too."
Half-True
By Allison Graves • October 31, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 27, 2016 a get-out-the-vote rally in North Carolina
"We are seeing kids who are healthier."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 28, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 27, 2016 a rally in Springfield, Ohio
"Nearly half of African-American children under the age of 6 are living in abject poverty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2016
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on October 11, 2016 a speech
Global warming leads to much quicker spread of the Zika virus because the increased temperature, "makes mosquitoes mature faster,  . . . bite more due to having a higher metabolism, and makes the Zika virus inside of them incubate faster."
Half-True
By Joseph Cariz • October 28, 2016
Our Democracy 2020
Our Democracy 2020
stated on October 26, 2016 a news release
Says an election clerk in Green Bay refused to allow early voting on the UW-Green Bay campus because she "was afraid it would help Democrats," showing "outrageous partisan bias."
Half-True
October 28, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 26, 2016 a rally in Tampa, Fla.
"One-half of undocumented workers pay federal income taxes, which means they are paying more federal income taxes than Donald Trump pays."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • October 27, 2016
Barney Frank
Barney Frank
stated on September 28, 2016 a fundraising email supporting Illinois' 10th House District Democratic nominee Brad Schneider
"Paul Ryan’s already spent millions to try and permanently derail Brad (Schneider)’s progressive, energized campaign." 
Half-True
By Marc Filippino • October 27, 2016
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on October 25, 2016 an interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly
In the Paula Jones case, Bill Clinton paid an "$850,000 penalty."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 26, 2016 a rally in Charlotte, N.C.
"We’ve spent $6 trillion" on the wars in the Middle East.
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • October 27, 2016
Patrick Murphy
Patrick Murphy
stated on October 23, 2016 a TV interview on WFLA
"We have never done business with Donald Trump."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 23, 2016 a tweet from her campaign
"Donald Trump says he'd deport 16 million people."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2016
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 4, 2016 a campaign appearance
Says he and his running mate "are the only candidates that do believe in free trade."
Half-True
By Cara Lombardo • October 25, 2016
Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney
stated on October 17, 2016 a debate.
As executive director of the Democratic Party of Virginia there were "300 people on my payroll in 2008."
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • October 25, 2016
Gerald Daugherty
Gerald Daugherty
stated on October 17, 2016 his campaign website
Says he’s "taken an 8% pay decrease in each of the nine years he has been in office."
Half-True
By Rachel Rice • October 24, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 22, 2016 a press conference
"400 bills have my name on them either as a sponsor or a co-sponsor. You don’t get that done unless you work with folks on the other side."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • October 24, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 20, 2016 a speech at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner
In 1928 "school boards sent home letters with children saying that if Al Smith is elected president, you will not be allowed to have or read a Bible."
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By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2016
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