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The truth about the 2016 presidential campaign

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Aaron Sharockman

By Aaron Sharockman September 26, 2016

We've fact-checked Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton more than 400 times combined since they announced their candidacies for president. See their records on PolitiFact's Truth-O-Meter below.

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stated on August 5, 2021 a viral image:

Says there are fewer than 2,000 confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations in the U.S.

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stated on June 21, 2021 a post on Facebook:

Says President John F. Kennedy said, “There are people in Washington, D.C., in positions of power to whom the border is just a nuisance, and I think some of them believe that illegal immigration is a moral good. It is not.”

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stated on October 7, 2020 a post on Facebook:

“Shredded Pennsylvania Mail in ballot Applications were discovered in a trailer. The applications were for @realDonaldTrump.”

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stated on October 4, 2020 comments on ABC's "This Week":

Says Joe Biden stays in his basement.

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stated on August 14, 2020 a post on Facebook:

“As of the last 24 hours this is the protocol regarding masks: Masks should only be used by healthcare workers, caretakers or by people who are sick with symptoms like fever and cough.”

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stated on June 30, 2020 a post on Facebook:

An image from the St. Louis protest is “what MSM (mainstream media) won’t show you. Peaceful demonstrator pointing weapon at homeowner.”

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stated on June 24, 2020 a Facebook post:

Tennis star Serena Williams wrote that she’s “sick of COVID-19. I’m sick of black vs. white. I’m sick of Democrats vs. Republicans. I’m sick of gay vs. straight. I’m sick of Christians vs atheists. I’m REALLY sick of the media.”

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stated on June 12, 2020 a post on Facebook:

Says Tim Tebow “kneeled in protest of abortion during the National Anthem in 2012. He was praised by fans as being a ‘model American.’”

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stated on February 29, 2020 posts on Twitter and Facebook:

Says Sen. Chuck Schumer deleted a Feb. 5 tweet criticizing President Donald Trump’s decision to ban some forms of travel to and from China.

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stated on February 29, 2020 a post on Facebook:

“Bernie Logic: Nobody can live on $7 an hour. We must raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Also we must raise the tax rate to 52%. $15 an hour * 52% = $7.80. $15 an hour - $7.80 = $7.20. $7.20 an hour!!!”

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stated on December 20, 2019 the sixth Democratic presidential debate:

Says Pete Buttigieg ran statewide in Indiana and "lost by 20 points."

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stated on October 29, 2018 a post on Facebook:

"As some of you may know I am the recent $3.4 million lotto winner. I’d like to spread some positivity so I’m sending $1,000 to the first 100k people that share this."

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stated on February 7, 2018 a blog post:

"FBI RAIDS OBAMA – Find Massive Secret That Was Hidden For YEARS."

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stated on March 28, 2018 a blog post:

"Robert Redford Says: Michelle And Barack Obama Should Get Five Years In Prison."

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stated on November 29, 2017 a post on Twitter:

Says Joe Scarborough is party to an "unsolved mystery" from his time as a congressman in Florida.

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Herschel Walker
stated on November 16, 2022 in an ad:

“(Raphael) Warnock’s camp was shut down for failing to report five findings of child abuse and neglect."

By Tom Kertscher • November 29, 2022
Viral image
stated on November 25, 2022 in an Instagram post:

“Saudi team gets $460K Rolls-Royces for upset win.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 29, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on November 13, 2022 in a video:

Climate change is “dictated by solar activity and the moon” and has “nothing to do with mankind.”

By Andy Nguyen • November 29, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on November 21, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Qatar refused “to receive the German national team’s plane, which bears the gay logo, which forced them to return the plane to the airport of the Sultanate of Oman.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • November 29, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on November 27, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Images of a woman having bloody makeup applied show "fake combatant photos” in Ukraine.

By Jeff Cercone • November 28, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on November 20, 2022 in an Instagram post:

The Biden administration is deporting Cubans “because Cubans by and large are conservatives.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • November 23, 2022
Ron Klain
stated on November 14, 2022 in an interview:

"This is something no president’s done since John F. Kennedy — to hold Senate seats and potentially even go up one Senate seat.”

By Tom Kertscher • November 22, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on December 6, 2021 in a post:

Suggests "108 FIFA registered players/coaches have died" because of COVID-19 vaccines.

By Yacob Reyes • November 22, 2022
TikTok posts
stated on November 20, 2022 in a video:

The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario suggested “that ‘unvaccinated’ people are mentally ill and in need of psychiatric medication.”

By Jeff Cercone • November 22, 2022
Instagram posts
stated on November 17, 2022 in a post:

“Joe Biden is being investigated for human trafficking and is guilty.”

By Andy Nguyen • November 22, 2022