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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 a presidential debate
"ISIS is in 32 countries."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 24, 2016
Doctors Without Borders
Doctors Without Borders
stated on October 12, 2016 a press release
A World Health Organization report shows "that more people are dying of TB."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2016
Joe Morrissey
Joe Morrissey
stated on October 17, 2016 a debate.
The city of Richmond "built the second richest team in the NFL a $14 million stadium."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • October 24, 2016
Al Gore
Al Gore
stated on October 11, 2016 a campaign speech
Says electric utilities "are trying to fool you into amending your state Constitution in a way that gives them the authority to shut down net metering."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • October 21, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third presidential debate
"Nobody knows about it, nobody talks about it, but under Obama, millions of people have been moved out of this country, they've been deported."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 21, 2016
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 20, 2016 an Ohio Senate debate in Cleveland
"The director of the FBI said that we cannot figure out who (Syrian refugees) are, what their intentions are, because we have no information on them, because we don’t have any contact with the Syrian government or any people on the ground to be able to determine that."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third presidential debate
Russia has "tremendous numbers of nuclear warheads — 1,800, by the way — where they expanded, and we didn't."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • October 20, 2016
Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 17, 2016 at a debate in Columbus, Ohio
Says Sen. Rob Portman says Ted Strickland earned $400,000 a year as a lobbyist after leaving Ohio for Washington.  
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • October 20, 2016
Catherine Cortez Masto
Catherine Cortez Masto
stated on October 14, 2016 a Nevada U.S. Senate debate.
Says Joe Heck "voted to shut down the government."
Half-True
By Riley Snyder • October 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 in the third presidential debate.
"What I have put forward does not add a penny to the debt."  
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • October 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
"There was even a time when (Donald Trump) didn't get an Emmy for his TV program three years in a row and he started tweeting that the Emmys were rigged."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 20, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
Says Hillary Clinton "wanted the wall."
Half-True
October 20, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate
"What the District of Columbia was trying to do (with its handgun ban) was to protect toddlers from guns."
Half-True
By Riley Snyder • October 20, 2016
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on October 14, 2016 in a Ohio senatorial candidate debate
Says Sen. Rob Portman said, "It would be irresponsible not to cut Medicare."
Half-True
By Nadia Pflaum • October 20, 2016
Scott Jones
Scott Jones
stated on October 18, 2016 a U.S. Congressional campaign debate
Colorado saw "increased incidents of emergency room visits by young people" and "increased incidents of driving while under the influence of marijuana" following the legalization of recreational pot.
Half-True
By Chris Nichols • October 19, 2016
Ann Kirkpatrick
Ann Kirkpatrick
stated on October 10, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate
Says Sen. John McCain "has taken more money from Wall Street than any other sitting senator."
Half-True
By Anthony Cave • October 19, 2016
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on October 11, 2016 a debate
"Gov. (Pat) McCrory took $500,000 directly out of the disaster relief fund. And you know what it’s for? House Bill 2."
Half-True
By Will Doran • October 19, 2016
Deborah Ross
Deborah Ross
stated on October 18, 2016 a campaign ad
"Sen. (Richard) Burr voted no on the Violence Against Women Act."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 17, 2016 a U.S. Senate debate
"In about three weeks over a half million Floridians are going to lose their coverage again" through Obamacare.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 18, 2016
Brad Schneider
Brad Schneider
stated on September 16, 2016 a campaign tweet
Says Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Dold "continues to side with his Republican leadership and the NRA in blocking consideration of a bill that would keep firearms out of the hands of people on the terrorist watch list."
Half-True
By Anna Bruzgulis • October 18, 2016
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