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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 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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stated on October 30, 2017 a blog post:

"Jeff Flake’s office leaks names of those charged in Mueller’s Russian probe."

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stated on October 3, 2017 a blog post:

"Las Vegas shooting witnesses report multiple gunmen dressed as security guards."

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stated on September 11, 2017 a blog post:

"Florida Governor Rick Scott now listed as ‘critical’ after bizarre hurricane cleanup accident."

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stated on August 17, 2017 a tweet:

"Study what General Pershing of the United States did to terrorists when caught. There was no more Radical Islamic Terror for 35 years!"

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stated on August 13, 2017 a video on his website:

Emails show Democrats, Hillary Clinton and George Soros instigated and orchestrated racial protests in Charlottesville by trying to "control" and keep people "desperate."

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stated on May 29, 2017 Internet rumors:

President Donald Trump "announced that he would reinstate a national day of remembrance for fallen officers that the traitor before him had done away with."

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stated on May 19, 2017 an broadcast of the "Hugh Hewitt Show":

"In some places, there is no individual (health insurance) market."

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stated on April 11, 2017 media comments:

Before the presidential campaign, "I didn't know Steve (Bannon)."

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stated on March 12, 2017 an interview on "Meet the Press":

"The number of individuals who actually got coverage through the exchange who didn't have coverage before, or who weren't eligible for Medicaid before is relatively small. So we've turned things upside down completely for 3 million, or 4 million, or 5 million individuals."

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false

stated on February 25, 2017 a tweet:

"The National Debt in my first month went down by $12 billion."

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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
Facebook posts
stated on February 11, 2020 in a Facebook post:

“Breaking: UK Prepares For Full Lockdown After Hundreds Of New Cases — Wuhan Super Virus Updates.”

By Tom Kertscher • February 24, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on February 19, 2020 in a Facebook post:

"Pardons — Obama: 1,927, Trump: 26. And Trump is abusing that power?"

By Tom Kertscher • February 24, 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
Daniel Lipinski
stated on February 14, 2020 in a TV interview:

Says the Affordable Care Act “took money out of the Medicare trust fund.”

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • February 23, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on February 20, 2020 in an image:

“Bernie Sanders wants free health care for all and was asked how he would pay for it. His answer was raise taxes to 52% on anybody making over $29,000 per year.”

By Daniel Funke • February 21, 2020
Elizabeth Warren
stated on February 19, 2020 in a debate:

"Amy, I looked online at your (health care) plan. It’s two paragraphs."

By Louis Jacobson • February 21, 2020
Viral image
stated on February 16, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says President Trump’s limousine driver did burnouts to entertain Daytona 500 spectators during a rain delay.

By Samantha Putterman • February 21, 2020
Facebook posts
stated on February 8, 2020 in a Facebook post:

Says image shows Pete Buttigieg in a leather suit posing with two other men.

By Miriam Valverde • February 21, 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