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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2019 a speech to the U.N. General Assembly
"80% of the world’s population lives in countries where religious liberty is in significant danger or even completely outlawed."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 25, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2019 an exchange with reporters at the UN
"Europe and other nations (need to) contribute to Ukraine. Because they’re not doing it. Just the United States. We’re putting up the bulk of the money."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 25, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 18, 2019 a retweet from his account
Says Ilhan Omar "partied" on the anniversary of 9/11.
Pants on Fire!
By Bill McCarthy • September 19, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 12, 2019 a tweet
 "The Obama-Biden Administration did not conduct workplace raids—in fact, it ended them."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • September 18, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 12, 2019 a speech
The United States is "very energy independent."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • September 13, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic debate
Says the Obama administration "didn't lock people up in cages."
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 13, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic debate in Houston
"54 senators said, let's do background checks, let's get rid of assault weapons, and with 54 senators it failed because of the filibuster."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 13, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on September 12, 2019 a Democratic presidential debate
"The difference between what I support and what you support, Vice President Biden, is that you require them to opt in (to a Medicare public option), and I would not require them to opt in. … They would automatically be enrolled. That’s a big difference. … Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?"
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 12, 2019 the Democratic debate in Houston
"Over 90% of the American people think we have to get assault weapons off the street  — period."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 12, 2019
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on September 6, 2019 an op-ed
"One unnamed donor gave $17 million to the Leo-affiliated Judicial Crisis Network to block the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland and to support Gorsuch; then a donor — perhaps the same one — gave another $17 million to prop up Kavanaugh."
True
By John Kruzel • September 11, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 9, 2019 a rally in Fayetteville, N.C.
China has "had now the worst year in 57 years."
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • September 10, 2019
Arlen Parsa
Arlen Parsa
stated on September 1, 2019 a tweet
Thirty-four of the 47 men depicted in the famous "Declaration of Independence" painting were slaveholders.  
True
September 10, 2019
Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang
stated on September 4, 2019 a town hall
The Green New Deal "would do away with commercial air travel."
False
By John Kruzel • September 6, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 4, 2019 a CNN town hall on climate change
"70% of the pollution of the carbon that we're throwing into the air comes from three industries."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • September 6, 2019
John Delaney
John Delaney
stated on August 27, 2019 an interview
The Amazon rainforest fires are "directly related to trade" tensions between the United States and China. 
False
By John Kruzel • September 6, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 4, 2019 a tweet
Originally "almost all models predicted" Dorian would hit Alabama.
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 5, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on September 3, 2019 an NPR interview
Referring to the Iraq War, "immediately, the moment it started, I came out against the war at that moment."
False
By Miriam Valverde • September 5, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2019 an event in Hanover, N.H.
Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 28, 2019 a tweet
Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on August 27, 2019 an op-ed in the Washington Post
"We lag behind many other developed nations in connectivity and speed, while also paying more for that service."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 29, 2019
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