PolitiFact | Live fact-checking the third Trump, Clinton presidential debate

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Live fact-checking the third Trump, Clinton presidential debate

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Joshua Gillin

By Joshua Gillin October 19, 2016

Aaron Sharockman

By Aaron Sharockman October 19, 2016

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump face-off for the last time at 9 p.m. ET Wednesday from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.

Over 90 minutes, do you think they might say something in need of fact-checking?

We'll be live fact-checking the candidates via the Twitter feed below. Follow along starting at 9 p.m. E.T.

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FreedomJunkshun.com

stated on November 6, 2017 a headline:

"Supreme Court issues its first bench warrant ever."

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stated on November 7, 2017 an Internet post:

Says the University of Florida "requests to cancel rivalry game" against Florida State University.

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YourNewsWire.com

stated on November 5, 2017 an Internet post:

"Texas Church shooter was Antifa and wanted to start (a) ‘communist revolution.’ "

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Sebastian Gorka

stated on November 1, 2017 an appearance on 'Hannity':

Says Jake Tapper said Allahu Akbar was a "beautiful phrase" after a terrorist attack in New York.

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stated on October 6, 2017 Internet posts:

"California Democrat Maxine Waters charged on 3 counts."

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stated on October 29, 2017 Internet posts:

Says actor Morgan Freeman said, "Jailing Hillary" is the best way to "restore public faith in government."

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FreedomJunkshun.com

stated on October 28, 2017 a headline:

"Hillary Clinton leaves the country as Mueller indictment is announced."

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FreedomJunkshun.com

stated on October 27, 2017 a headline:

"Breitbart leaks names of four Dems being charged in Mueller’s Russia probe."

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stated on October 4, 2017 a Facebook post:

"People who die from a home invasion make up a sad but minuscule .04% of all gun murders in the U.S. And over a third of them are killed by their own gun that the criminal has either stolen or wrestled from them."

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stated on October 23, 2017 a headline:

"Tulsa school closes after brutal fire."

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AsAmericanAsApplePie.org

stated on October 16, 2017 a headline:

"Hillary (Clinton) caught on tape laughing about (Hurricane) Irma ‘wiping out all of those Florida hillbillies’."

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AsAmericanAsApplePie.org

stated on October 15, 2017 a headline:

"San Juan city council votes unanimously to impeach Trump-hating mayor."

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stated on October 9, 2017 Internet posts:

A viral image shows LeBron James wearing a T-shirt that reads, "We march, y’all mad. We sit down, y’all mad. We speak up, y’all mad. We die, y’all silent."

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stated on October 9, 2017 a headline:

"President Trump signs executive order stripping NFL of ‘non-profit’ status."

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AsAmericanAsApplePie.org

stated on October 8, 2017 a headline:

"Jason Aldean gig canceled after he sells out to liberals on ‘SNL’."

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Republican State Leadership Committee
stated on March 26, 2020 in a campaign ad:

Says Jill Karofsky as a prosecutor “went easy on” a Madison man in a 1999 sexual assault case

By Eric Litke • March 27, 2020
Turning Point USA
stated on March 25, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak "has banned the use of an anti-malaria drug that might help cure coronavirus.”

By Daniel Funke • March 27, 2020
Donald Trump
stated on March 26, 2020 in a Hannity show interview:

Speaking of his restriction on travel from China, “I had (Joe) Biden calling me xenophobic. … He called me a racist, because of the fact that he felt it was a racist thing to stop people from China coming in.”

By Miriam Valverde • March 27, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says to leave objects in the sun to avoid contracting the coronavirus.

By Tom Kertscher • March 27, 2020
Duey Stroebel
stated on March 24, 2020 in a tweet:

Says that under order from Gov. Tony Evers, he and his eight children can’t legally have dinner together anymore.

By Eric Litke • March 27, 2020
Bloggers
stated on February 28, 2020 in a news article:

“Swing State Hit With 2020 Voting Lawsuit - Accused Of Registering Over 1,500 Deceased People In Pennsylvania.”

By Jessica Calefati • March 27, 2020
Daniel Kelly
stated on March 8, 2020 in a TV interview:

Says a Marquette professor called him a "maverick" and found no correlation between his opinions and conservative background.

By Haley BeMiller • March 27, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on March 23, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says the CDC now says that the coronavirus can survive on surfaces for up to 17 days.

By Samantha Putterman • March 26, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on March 20, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says truck drivers are being turned away from fast-food restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Samantha Putterman • March 26, 2020
John Cornyn
stated on March 18, 2020 in a press conference:

“China is to blame because the culture where people eat bats and snakes and dogs and things like that, these viruses are transmitted from the animal to the people and that's why China has been the source of a lot of these viruses like SARS, like MERS, the Swine Flu and now the coronavirus.”

By Madlin Mekelburg • March 26, 2020