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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 25, 2016 a speech:
"The man who was in charge of the investigation of Hillary Clinton accepted essentially from Hillary Clinton $675,000 that went to his wife."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 26, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 25, 2016 a rally in Florida:
Says Donald Trump "was asked if he would defend our allies. He said well, first he'd want to know if they made any payments to us to defend them."
True
By Miriam Valverde • October 26, 2016
Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
stated on October 14, 2016 a political advertisement:
Department of Veterans Affairs doctors "are prohibited from recommending medical marijuana."
True
By Anthony Cave • October 26, 2016
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 25, 2016 an interview on CNN:
"It's four or five states where the number of insurance options have narrowed" under the Affordable Care Act.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 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
John Rafferty
John Rafferty
stated on October 16, 2016 a debate.:
"Recently though, the media has reported on thousands of illegal voters here in the commonwealth."
Pants on Fire!
By Anna Orso • October 26, 2016
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on September 9, 2016 education conference:
"We have almost 68,000 Georgia students who are required by law to attend a chronically failing school."
Mostly True
By Ariella Phillips • October 26, 2016
Russ Feingold
Russ Feingold
stated on September 6, 2016 a radio ad:
Says Ron Johnson "has essentially done nothing" to fight heroin addiction and opioid abuse.
False
By Tom Kertscher • October 26, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2016 a rally in Florida:
"Wikileaks also shows how John Podesta rigged the polls by oversampling Democrats, a voter suppression technique."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • October 25, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 24, 2016 a rally in New Hampshire:
Says Donald Trump is "the first person running for president, Republican or Democrat, who refused to say that he would respect the results of this election."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • October 25, 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
No on 56 campaign
No on 56 campaign
stated on October 7, 2016 a campaign TV ad. :
California’s proposed tobacco tax "diverts 82 percent of the new taxes to line the pockets of wealthy special interests like insurance companies who don't have to help even one more patient."  
Mostly False
By Chris Nichols • 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
David Holmes
David Holmes
stated on October 17, 2016 a Facebook post and video:
Says Gerald Daugherty advocated lowering the penalty for crimes like strangulation in domestic violence cases because "they just ‘throw more people into the’" jail "‘system." 
Mostly False
By Rachel Rice • October 24, 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
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2016 a rally in Cleveland, Ohio:
"14 percent of noncitizens are registered to vote."  
False
By Allison Graves • 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."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2016
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
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