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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2019 a press conference in Biarritz, France
Crimea "was sort of taken away from President Obama. … And he wanted Russia to be out of what was called the G-8. And that was his determination."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2019 a post-G7 news conference
"We made a ridiculous deal (with Iran). We gave them $150 billion. We gave them $1.8 billion, and we got nothing."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 27, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 26, 2019 an Instagram post
 "Last year, South Carolina spent $21,756 per prison inmate and $11,552 per student."
Mostly True
By John Kruzel • August 27, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 20, 2019 a speech
Says President Donald Trump hasn’t condemned David Duke and Richard Spencer.
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 27, 2019
Ken Cuccinelli
Ken Cuccinelli
stated on August 22, 2019 a panel discussion
A federal pilot program to DNA test illegal immigrants showed "something like 30% (of test subjects) are fake families."
Half-True
By John Kruzel • August 26, 2019
Ivanka Trump
Ivanka Trump
stated on August 20, 2019 a tweet
"Since the passage of Tax Cuts, real disposable personal income per household has increased $5,205."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 15, 2019 an interview with Cardi B
"We have something like one out of four young black men in this country end up in the criminal justice system. They may end up in jail, they may end up on parole, they may end up on probation."
Half-True
By Daniel Funke • August 22, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2019 remarks at the White House
"Yesterday we had the strongest dollar in the history of our country."
False
By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2019
Amy Klobuchar
Amy Klobuchar
stated on August 12, 2019 an interview
The "boyfriend loophole" means that "if you commit a serious crime of domestic abuse against your wife, you can't get a gun, but if you do it against your girlfriend, you can."  
Half-True
August 22, 2019
Peter Navarro
Peter Navarro
stated on August 18, 2019 an interview
U.S. tariffs on China are "not hurting anybody" in the United States.  
Pants on Fire!
August 20, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2019 a tweet
"Wow, Report Just Out! Google manipulated from 2.6 million to 16 million votes for Hillary Clinton in 2016 Election!"
False
By John Kruzel • August 19, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2019 a rally in Manchester, NH
Says Pennsylvania chemical plant and Louisiana liquified natural gas plant "could never have happened" without his administration.
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 16, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2019 a speech in Monaca, Pa.
"We were losing all our cases in the World Trade Organization. ... And then I came along. Now we’re winning a lot of cases because they know that they’re not on very solid ground."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2019 a speech at a chemical plant in Pennsylvania
Says the large trade deficit with Japan stems from them sending "millions of cars," while "we send them wheat," but the deficit is "changing rapidly."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 15, 2019
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 11, 2019 an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation"
"If you go back, you can see Wayne LaPierre, who runs the NRA, testifying in front of Congress in favor of background checks 15 or 20 years ago."
True
By Bill McCarthy • August 13, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on August 5, 2019 a Facebook meme
"In 2016, counties hosting a Trump rally saw a 226% spike in hate crimes."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on August 7, 2019 a campaign stop in Iowa
Says Donald Trump "asserted that immigrants would quote, ‘carve you up with a knife’."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 9, 2019
Pete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 5, 2019 a Medium post
"The Trump Administration cut funding allocated to the Department of Homeland Security to combat white nationalism."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • August 9, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 7, 2019 a tweet
Says U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley were "totally misrepresenting what took place inside of the hospital. Their news conference after I left for El Paso was a fraud. It bore no resemblance to what took place with those incredible people that I was so lucky to meet and spend time with."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 9, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2019 remarks in Morristown, N.J.
Asked what his administration would be doing about "the gun problem," said, "We have done much more than most administrations. … We’ve done, actually, a lot."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2019
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