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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Donald Trump says "that NATO is obsolete and that we need to get rid of NATO..."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
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 vice presidential debate:
Says Donald Trump "never said that" more nations should get nuclear weapons.
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • October 5, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:
Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to expand (Obamacare) into a single-payer program."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 5, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 vice presidential debate:
Donald Trump would "engage in a risky scheme to privatize Social Security."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:
Says "Iraq has been overrun by ISIS because Hillary Clinton failed to renegotiate . . . a status of forces agreement."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 the first presidential debate at Hofstra University:
The Great Recession emerged "in large part because of tax policies that slashed taxes on the wealthy, failed to invest in the middle class, took their eyes off of Wall Street, and created a perfect storm."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2016
Rudy Giuliani
Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 2, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says Hillary Clinton has "taken hundreds of millions from those countries" where "women are stoned, where women are killed for adultery and women can't drive."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • October 2, 2016
Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy
Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy
stated on September 15, 2016 a political advertisement:
Says Proposition 205 "blocks market entry" for new marijuana dispensaries.
Mostly False
By Anthony Cave • September 30, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 28, 2016 a speech:
Says Hillary Clinton "gave up 20 percent of America's uranium supply to Russia."  
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • September 30, 2016
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
stated on September 27, 2016 a TV ad:
Says Miami Congressman Carlos "Curbelo supports drilling offshore" and "repeatedly voted against President Obama's ability to fight pollution and combat climate change."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • September 29, 2016
Dan Flynn
Dan Flynn
stated on September 13, 2016 a letter to state health officials:
"Not one illness has been reported from raw milk in" Texas "in more than four years. A total of six illnesses have occurred in the last 20 years."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • September 29, 2016
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