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Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention:

After the shootings of Dallas policemen, "nearly 500 people applied in just 12 days."

By Jon Greenberg • July 29, 2016

Chris Murphy
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:

"Ninety percent of Americans want our background check system strengthened and expanded to cover more gun sales."

By Lauren Carroll • July 28, 2016

Republican National Committee
stated on July 25, 2016 an email to reporters:

Speakers at the Democratic National Convention made "zero mentions of the global terrorist threat posed by ISIS."

By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2016

Michelle Obama
stated on July 25, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:

"I wake up every morning in a house (the White House) that was built by slaves."

By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention:

"An amendment, pushed by Lyndon Johnson many years ago, threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:

"Our trade deficit in goods reached nearly … $800 billion last year alone."

By Lauren Carroll • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 the 2016 Republican National Convention:

"Forty-three million Americans are on food stamps."

By Nadia Pflaum • July 22, 2016

Chris Christie
stated on July 19, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention:

Says Hillary Clinton "said all work-related emails were sent back to the State Department. The FBI director said, that's not true."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 20, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 21, 2016 a speech:

Says Donald Trump’s proposed tax treatment of hedge fund managers "makes the current loophole even worse."

By Adam Thorp • July 1, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 27, 2016 a speech in Cincinnati:

"Risk analysts listed Donald Trump, a Donald Trump presidency, as one of the top threats facing the global economy, ahead of terrorism."

By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech in New York City:

Says Hillary Clinton "said she was under attack (in Bosnia) but the attack turned out to be young girls handing her flowers."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Jon Greenberg • June 22, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech:

"A trade war is something very different (than curbing new trade agreements). We went down that road in the 1930s. It made the Great Depression longer and more painful."

By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 22, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

"When I was secretary of state, I had a very high approval rating."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 22, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 19, 2016 an interview on CNN:

"We now do have evidence" that Donald Trump is being used as a recruiting tool for terrorists.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 20, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on April 25, 2016 remarks in Borden, Ind.:

"I earned more votes in the state of Wisconsin than Donald Trump did in New York."

By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on April 14, 2016 a Democratic debate in Brooklyn:

In nine Democratic debates, "We've not had one question about a woman's right to make her own decisions about reproductive health care, not one question."

By Amy Sherman • April 15, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 a speech at Stanford University.:

When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 13, 2016 an a television ad:

"Bernie Sanders passed more roll call amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member."

By Linda Qiu • March 24, 2016

Joe Pitts
stated on March 10, 2016 a Medium post:

"According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 120 Americans on average die from a drug overdose every day. Overall, drug overdose deaths now outnumber deaths from firearms."

By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2016

Mike Honda
stated on March 16, 2016 a column posted on Medium:

"Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912."

By Louis Jacobson, Tom Kertscher • March 17, 2016

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