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Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech on foreign policy in Youngstown, Ohio:

"I had previously said that NATO was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism. Since my comments, they have changed their policy and now have a new division focused on terror threats."

False

By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2016

Carlos Beruff
stated on August 6, 2016 in a Facebook post:

"The director of the FBI said that we cannot properly vet people coming from the Middle East."

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • August 12, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 10, 2016 in a speech in Sunrise, Fla.:

Says Barack Obama "founded ISIS. I would say the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton."

Pants on Fire!

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • August 11, 2016

Richard Burr
stated on August 3, 2016 in a press release:

Says Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are "responsible for leading America into a deal that will arm Iran."

Half-True

By Will Doran • August 5, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention.:

The Iran nuclear deal is "putting billions of dollars back into a country that’s the world’s largest supporter of terrorism. We are actually giving them the money to fund the terrorists that are killing us and our allies."

Half-True

By Dan Clark • August 5, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 1, 2016 in a rally in Columbus, Ohio:

Russia and China are "doing naval exercises together someplace."

Mostly True

By Nadia Pflaum • August 4, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2016 in an appearance on MSNBC:

Says Donald Trump "is going to go out and carpet bomb" the Middle East.

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 2, 2016

Reince Priebus
stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech:

Says Hillary Clinton's Iran nuclear deal "lined the pockets of the world's number one state sponsor of terrorism with your money."

Mostly False

By Tom Kertscher • July 29, 2016

Joseph Crowley
stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic convention:

Says Donald Trump "cashed in" on Sept. 11, "collecting $150,000 in federal funds intended to help small businesses recover — even though days after the attack Trump said his properties were not affected."

Half-True

By Linda Qiu • July 27, 2016

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

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

True

By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on July 19, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention:

Says that as a U.S. senator, Russ Feingold "voted against authorizing our military 11 separate times."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • July 22, 2016

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

Says Hillary Clinton "has called for a radical 550 percent increase in Syrian ... refugees . . . despite the fact that there’s no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from."

Half-True

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

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

"In 2009, pre-Hillary, ISIS was not even on the map."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:

"Just 9 percent of Muslims in Pakistan view ISIS favorably. Unfortunately, that 9 percent is 16 million people. And that’s just one country."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 17, 2016 in an interview on 60 Minutes:

"Hillary Clinton invented ISIS with her stupid policies. She is responsible for ISIS."

False

By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2016

Mark Geist
stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention:

"We defied the stand-down orders" during the Benghazi attack.

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 19, 2016

Rick Saccone
stated on July 13, 2016 in floor remarks during a House session:

"Illegal tobacco sales, price driven too high, has been connected to at least several cases of funding terrorism against us in multi-year investigations over the last decade and a half."

Mostly True

By Cassie Owens • July 18, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 12, 2016 in a speech at a Trump rally:

Says Hillary Clinton "took 13 hours to send help to Americans under fire" during the terrorist attack in Benghazi.

False

By Adam Thorp • July 14, 2016

Kelli Ward
stated on July 3, 2016 in a campaign advertisement:

Says Sen. John McCain spent the July 4 weekend in Islamabad, Pakistan, selling "F-16s and advanced weapons to the folks who harbored Osama bin Laden."

False

By Anthony Cave • July 14, 2016

Pat Toomey
stated on June 27, 2016 in a statement:

"Sanctuary cities such as Philadelphia refuse to cooperate with the federal government in locating suspected terrorists who are in their custody and are in the country illegally."

Half-True

By Anna Orso • July 8, 2016

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