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Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 in the third 2016 presidential debate:

"We have 33,000 people a year who die from guns."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • October 20, 2016

Deborah Ross
stated on October 18, 2016 in a campaign ad:

"Sen. (Richard) Burr voted no on the Violence Against Women Act."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • October 18, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 13, 2016 in a speech in West Palm Beach, Fla.:

"Workers in the United States are making less than they were almost 20 years ago, and yet they are working harder."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2016 in a rally in Ambridge, Pa.:

"We don't have any" chess grandmasters in the United States.

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 in the second presidential debate in St. Louis:

"I've gotten to see the commercials that they did on you. And I've gotten to see some of the most vicious commercials I've ever seen of Michelle Obama talking about you, Hillary."

False

By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2016 in a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.:

Says Sidney Blumenthal wrote that the Benghazi attack was "almost certainly preventable. Clinton was in charge of the State Department, and it failed to protect U.S. personnel and an American consulate in Libya."

False

By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 in the second presidential debate:

"We have an increase in murder within our cities, the biggest in 45 years."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 in the second presidential debate:

Says a tweet he sent out "wasn’t saying, ‘check out a sex tape.’ It was just ‘take a look at" the background of Alicia Machado.

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2016 in the second 2016 presidential debate:

"Right now we are at 90 percent health insurance covered. That's the highest we've ever been in our country."

True

By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 1, 2016 in a statement from the campaign:

Says he has "a fiduciary responsibility to his business, his family and his employees to pay no more tax than legally required."

False

By Louis Jacobson • October 10, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 in the vice presidential debate in Farmville, Va.:

Says Donald Trump, in his campaign announcement speech, "also said, ‘And many of them (Mexicans) are good people. You keep leaving that out of your quote."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 in the vice presidential debate in Farmville, Va.:

"Gov. Pence said, inarguably, Vladimir Putin is a better leader than President Obama."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 in 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

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:

Says that during President Barack Obama’s tenure, the United States has created "15 million new jobs."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on October 3, 2016 in a pre-debate appearance in Virginia:

"In the state of Indiana, I’ve signed more than $3.5 billion in tax relief."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 in 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

Barack Obama
stated on September 28, 2016 in a CNN town hall:

"Since I came into office … we have increased the VA budget by 85 percent."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2016

Bloggers
stated on September 27, 2016 in Internet posts:

Say photographs of Hillary Clinton at the debate show what could be an earpiece.

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate at Hofstra University:

"NATO is opening up a major terror division. ... I'm sure I'm not going to get credit for it, but that was largely because of what I was saying and my criticism of NATO."

False

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate at Hofstra University:

In New York City, "murders are up."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016

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