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Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2016 a tweet:

"An analysis showed that Bernie Sanders would have won the Democratic nomination if it were not for the Super Delegates."

False

By Linda Qiu • July 25, 2016

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 24, 2016 an interview on CNN:

Unemployment numbers "are artificial numbers. These are numbers that are massaged to make the existing economy look good, to make this administration look good when, in fact, it's a total disaster."

Pants on Fire!

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 25, 2016

Tom Marino
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech to the PA delegation at the RNC.:

"[Hillary Clinton]'s not trusted -- virtually at all."

Mostly False

By Anna Orso • July 20, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 18, 2016 an interview on Fox News with Bill O'Reilly:

Says as GOP was picking a convention city, "I recommended Ohio."

False

By Jon Greenberg • July 19, 2016

Reince Priebus
stated on July 17, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says no one from the Bush family attended the 2012 Republican National Convention and "there was no President Bush" at the 2008 convention.

False

By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • July 17, 2016

Firearms Policy Coalition
stated on June 16, 2016 an email blast.:

California’s Proposition 63 would "CRIMINALIZE the sharing of ammunition between friends who may be hunting or shooting together."

Mostly False

By Chris Nichols • July 12, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 5, 2016 a speech in Raleigh, N.C.:

"We got the highest vote count in the history of the Republican Party."

Mostly True

By Will Doran • July 8, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 5, 2016 a tweet:

"Taxpayers are paying a fortune for the use of Air Force One on the campaign trail" by President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 7, 2016

Michael Caputo
stated on June 22, 2016 an interview on Capital Tonight, Time Warner Cable News.:

Says Donald Trump "spent the least amount of money of any of the competitive primary contenders that he beat so badly."

Mostly True

By Dan Clark • July 1, 2016

Bryce Reeves
stated on June 17, 2016 a radio interview.:

Gov. Terry McAuliffe "has made several statements that he would love to be in a Cabinet secretary position with the Clinton administration."

False

By Warren Fiske • June 27, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on June 22, 2016 an announcement:

On running for re-election to U.S. Senate

Full Flop

By Amy Sherman • June 22, 2016

Steve Chabot
stated on June 8, 2016 his campaign blog:

Says the Clinton Foundation "accepted millions and millions of dollars from governments like Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates," which violated "a ban on all contributions to the Foundation from foreign nations."

Mostly False

By Nadia Pflaum • June 20, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on March 11, 2016 keynoting South by Southwest Interactive:

"We’re the only advanced democracy in the world that makes it harder for people to vote."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • June 20, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 19, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says delegates can't "legally" change the Republican National Convention rules to prevent Donald Trump’s nomination.

Mostly False

By Linda Qiu • June 19, 2016

Joaquin Castro
stated on June 6, 2016 a tweet:

"@realDonaldTrump is coming to San Antonio, which is 60% Mexican-AMERICAN."

Mostly True

By Filipa Ioannou • June 17, 2016

Safety For All Initiative
stated on June 13, 2016 a campaign website:

"More than 32,000 Americans lose their lives to gun violence each year."

Mostly True

By Chris Nichols • June 14, 2016

Scott Walker
stated on June 8, 2016 an interview:

On his support for Donald Trump.

Half Flip

By Tom Kertscher • June 14, 2016

Bloggers
stated on June 7, 2016 a headline in the Justice Gazette:

Says Bernie Sanders "wins California landslide, But ⅔ of his votes aren’t counted."

Pants on Fire!

By Chris Nichols • June 10, 2016

Georgians for Bernie Sanders for President
stated on May 23, 2016 Facebook post.:

Polls show Bernie Sanders would do better than Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head battle against Donald Trump.

Mostly True

By Jim Tharpe • June 8, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 1, 2016 a campaign speech:

We’ve broken "by millions" the all-time record for votes in a GOP presidential primary election.

False

By Chris Nichols • June 2, 2016

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