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Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 16, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"
"We know that more than half of Hillary Clinton's meetings while she was secretary of state were given to major contributors to the Clinton Foundation."  
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • October 16, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second 2016 presidential debate
Says Libya "Ambassador (Christopher) Stevens sent 600 requests for help" in Benghazi.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2016
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on September 12, 2016 a web ad
"Just like Hillary Clinton," Russ Feingold had a "run-in with corruption and scandal by using a personal slush fund -- a.k.a. the Feingold Foundation --  while plotting another run for U.S. Senate."  
Mostly False
October 14, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on September 28, 2016 a CNN town hall
"If you look worldwide, the number of terrorist incidents have not substantially increased."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • October 13, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2016 a rally in Ambridge, Pa.
Says "I’ve been proven right" about "Hillary Clinton's radical call for open borders, meaning anyone in the world can enter the United States without any limit at all."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman, Linda Qiu • October 12, 2016
Pat McCrory
Pat McCrory
stated on October 11, 2016 a North Carolina governor's race debate
Says Syrian refugees are not being vetted, and "the FBI is not even being told where they are."
Mostly False
By Will Doran • October 12, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2016 a Facebook post.
"Stopped by Smiley Cookie to pick up some great cookies for the family, along with Rudy."
Mostly False
By Anna Orso • October 11, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 6, 2016 a speech in North Carolina
Says "Hillary Clinton set aside environmental and labor rules to help a South Korean company with a record of violating workers’ rights set up what amounts to a sweatshop in Haiti."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2016
ClearPath Action Fund
ClearPath Action Fund
stated on September 28, 2016 a campaign ad
Says "Rob Portman voted for the bipartisan bill to affirm climate change is real, humans significantly contribute to it and it needs to be addressed."
Mostly False
By Nadia Pflaum • October 10, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate
Says Hillary Clinton "viciously" attacked women abused by Bill Clinton.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 10, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 a debate.
Donald Trump says "that NATO is obsolete and that we need to get rid of NATO..."  
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • October 10, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate
"I was gone" when there was a red line against Syria.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • October 10, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate
"ICE just endorsed me."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • October 10, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate
"These are radical Islamic terrorists, and (Hillary Clinton) won't even mention the word."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 10, 2016
Pete Gallego
Pete Gallego
stated on October 4, 2016 a TV ad pointed out to PolitiFact Texas
Says Will Hurd said a border-long U.S.-Mexico wall "absolutely makes sense."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • October 7, 2016
Matt Tighe
Matt Tighe
stated on September 25, 2016 a story in The Buffalo News
Chris Jacobs "has been financed by the same men who are now facing charges in one of Western New York’s largest public corruption schemes"
Mostly False
By Dan Clark • October 7, 2016
Lesley Cohen
Lesley Cohen
stated on September 24, 2016 a political mail piece.
"It’s bad enough that (Stephen) Silberkraus appeared in a sexual fetish film where women were kidnapped from their homes and forced to live naked in kennels and trained to be pets. But when Silberkraus isn’t acting in films that degrade women, he’s stalking them in his personal time."
Mostly False
By Riley Snyder • October 6, 2016
National Republican Senatorial Committee
National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 8, 2016 an ad
Maggie Hassan "raised tuition, making it the highest in America."
Mostly False
By Lola Duffort • October 6, 2016
Colin Van Ostern
Colin Van Ostern
stated on August 16, 2016 a speech in Manchester, N.H.
As a result of Chris Sununu’s vote against a Planned Parenthood contract, "nearly 3,000 fewer" women and families statewide accessed health care for birth control, cancer screenings and annual exams.
Mostly False
By Ella Nilsen • October 6, 2016
Citizens for Michael McAuliffe and House Republican Organization
Citizens for Michael McAuliffe and House Republican Organization
stated on September 14, 2016 a video attack advertisement
Mike Madigan made a fortune on tax appeals… Saving his friends millions... It’s an inside game played by people like Merry Marwig, Madigan’s hand-picked candidate. When Marwig thought her property taxes were too high she got them lowered at your expense. Saved so much she did it again. Marwig and Madigan: Profiting from the same corrupt system.
Mostly False
By Marc Filippino • October 5, 2016
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