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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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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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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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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Glenn Grothman
stated on January 16, 2020 in a tweet:

"In #WI, over 44,000 jobs depend on trade with Mexico and Canada."

By D.L. Davis • February 26, 2020
Todd Gilbert
stated on February 12, 2020 in a floor speech.:

“America’s carbon emissions are being reduced at a rate far higher than any country in the world.”

By Warren Fiske • February 24, 2020
Jane O’Meara Sanders
stated on January 26, 2020 in a tweet:

"@BernieSanders receives strong support from the conservative & most rural part of Vermont."

By Kit Norton • February 20, 2020
Gavin Newsom
stated on February 19, 2020 in a State of the State Address:

"Back in 2005, when we did that first point-in-time count, there were over 188,000 people that were deemed homeless in the state of California. … That’s 35,000 more than we have today.”

By Chris Nichols • February 20, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 13, 2020 in a rally:

Says “black babies die at rates twice as high as white babies because of a lack of access to affordable health care.”

By Madlin Mekelburg • February 20, 2020
Amy Klobuchar
stated on February 20, 2020 in an MSNBC interview:

“The majority of hunters now want universal background checks, the majority of Trump voters.”

By Bill McCarthy • February 20, 2020
Michael Bloomberg
stated on February 20, 2020 in a tweeted video:

Video shows Democratic presidential candidates speechless for 20 seconds when discussing whether any of them started a business.

By Daniel Funke • February 20, 2020
Bloggers
stated on February 20, 2020 in a story:

Says the United Nations plans to “implant everyone with a biometric ID.”

By Samantha Putterman • February 20, 2020
Viral image
stated on February 20, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says Maxine Waters tweeted, “Every single gun owner I have talked to has told me, ‘As soon as I walked out of that gun store, I felt a killer growing inside of me.’ When will we acknowledge there is no such thing as a responsible gun owner?”

By Ciara O'Rourke • February 20, 2020
Pete Buttigieg
stated on February 19, 2020 in the Democratic debate in Nevada:

The budget hole in Bernie Sanders’ plans “is bigger than the size of the entire economy of the United States."

By Jon Greenberg • February 20, 2020