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Hillary Clinton
stated on October 31, 2016 a rally in Cincinnati:

Says of Donald Trump, "He even said, on his very first day in office, he would require every school in America to let people carry guns into our classrooms."

True

By Lauren Carroll • November 1, 2016

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

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on November 25, 2016 a TV ad :

Says "Morgan Carroll opposed requiring convicted sex offenders to register their online profiles, making it harder to track online sex offenders and child predators."

Mostly False

By Alan Gathright • November 1, 2016

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

Priorities USA Action
stated on September 28, 2016 a TV ad:

Says Donald Trump wants to deport "our Dreamers."

Mostly True

By Miriam Valverde • November 1, 2016

Elise Stefanik
stated on October 6, 2016 a television ad:

When asked about bills in Congress important to the North Country, Derrick responded ‘I just don’t know enough about it.’

Mostly False

By Dan Clark • November 1, 2016

Austin Board of Realtors PAC
stated on October 29, 2016 a mailer spotted by an Austin voter:

Says Gerald Daugherty is endorsed by the Austin American-Statesman.

False

By W. Gardner Selby • November 1, 2016

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

Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2016 a campaign speech:

Says Barack Obama "is the first president in modern history not to have a single year of 3 percent growth."

Mostly True

By Joshua Gillin • October 31, 2016

Sean Duffy
stated on October 27, 2016 an interview on CNN:

"One of George Soros' companies has provided some of the (voting) machines" for some states.

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • October 31, 2016

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

Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2016 a rally outside Cleveland:

Says Ohio’s I-X Center "used to be a great plant," but "thousands of people of worked here, and they left" when their jobs were moved overseas.

False

By Nadia Pflaum • October 31, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 30, 2016 a campaign rally in Albuquerque:

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to let people just pour in. You could have 650 million people pour in and we do nothing about it. Think of it. That’s what could happen. You triple the size of our country in one week."

Pants on Fire!

By Miriam Valverde • October 31, 2016

Roger Stone
stated on October 26, 2016 an interview on Alex Jones' radio show:

Says Hillary Clinton "shows up in Broward County" and had a private meeting with elections supervisor Brenda Snipes.

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman • October 31, 2016

Levar Stoney
stated on October 17, 2016:

"Jack Berry voted for a plan to cut $23.8 million from our schools."

Mostly False

By Warren Fiske • October 31, 2016

Russ Feingold
stated on October 6, 2016 a meeting with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board.:

Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "doesn't even believe that there's a man-made role in climate change."

Mostly True

By Cara Lombardo • October 31, 2016

Robby Mook
stated on October 30, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

"There are Justice Department policies against" FBI Director James Comey discussing details of a federal investigation "so close to an election."

Mostly True

By Linda Qiu • October 30, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 28, 2016 a press conference:

Says FBI Director James Comey’s letter about new developments in the investigation into her emails "only" went "to Republican members of the House."

False

By Lauren Carroll • October 30, 2016

Brian Kemp
stated on October 19, 2016 a tweet:

The "left" is blatantly attempting to disrupt Georgia’s elections.

False

By Ariella Phillips • October 29, 2016

Chris Malone
stated on September 28, 2016:

Says Democratic challenger for his N.C. House seat "raised taxes on clothing, school supplies – even baby diapers!"

Pants on Fire!

By Will Doran • October 28, 2016

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