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Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2016 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

July 29, 2016

Joseph Crowley
stated on July 26, 2016 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 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 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

July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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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