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Barack Obama stated on August 2, 2016 in at the White House:

Because of the Trans-Pacific Partnership "we’ve got a country like Malaysia taking really serious efforts to crack down on human trafficking."

By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • August 5, 2016

Bernie Sanders stated on March 15, 2016 in a political ad for Bernie 2016:

"The Trans-Pacific trade deal could cost America 448,000 more jobs."

By Nadia Pflaum • March 24, 2016

Donald Trump stated on January 21, 2026 in remarks:

In artificial intelligence, “We're leading China by a lot.”

By Loreben Tuquero • January 29, 2026

SFA Fund stated on December 28, 2023 in a campaign ad:

Gov. Ron DeSantis “called China ‘Florida’s most important trading partner.’”

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 4, 2024

Vivek Ramaswamy stated on October 13, 2023 in a speech at the First in the Nation summit in Nashua, N.H.:

"95% of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals" in the U.S. come from China.

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • October 26, 2023

Facebook posts stated on August 7, 2022 in posts:

“The Earth just started spinning faster than ever before and scientists are gravely concerned.”

By Kristin Hugo • August 31, 2022

Joe Biden stated on August 20, 2021 in a press conference:

There has been “no question of our credibility from our allies around the world” regarding how the U.S. is withdrawing from Afghanistan.

By Miriam Valverde • August 26, 2021

John Calipari stated on January 20, 2018 in an interview:

"We have the highest graduation rate of basketball players in the history of the NCAA. We have the highest graduation rate of African-American basketball players in the history of the NCAA in basketball."

By John Kruzel • February 1, 2018

Rex Tillerson stated on April 28, 2017 in comments to the UN Security Council:

"China account(s) for 90 percent of North Korean trade."

By John Kruzel • May 1, 2017

Jim Barksdale stated on September 29, 2016 in a campaign video:

Sen. Johnny Isakson voted for a trade agreement, "with China costing Georgia 93,000 jobs."

By Ariella Phillips • October 15, 2016

Rush Limbaugh stated on October 5, 2016 in a radio show broadcast:

Says "11 straight years of no major hurricanes striking land" in the United States "bores a hole right through the whole climate change argument."

By Allison Graves • October 7, 2016

Barack Obama stated on August 2, 2016 in a press conference at the White House:

Thanks to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, "Vietnam is drafting and presenting unprecedented labor reforms, changing their Constitution to recognize worker organizations in Vietnam for the first time."

By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • August 4, 2016

Donald Trump stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican national convention:

Says Hillary Clinton "supported North American Free Trade Agreement), and she supported China’s entrance into the World Trade Organization…. She supported the job-killing trade deal with South Korea. She supported the Trans-Pacific Partnership."

By Linda Qiu • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2016 in a speech in Monessen, Penn.:

"As Bernie Sanders said, Hillary Clinton ‘voted for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions, millions of jobs.’ "

By Linda Qiu • June 29, 2016

Bernie Sanders stated on April 10, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Hillary Clinton voted "for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions of jobs."

By Linda Qiu • April 10, 2016

Donald Trump stated on March 27, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times:

"We’ve rebuilt China."

By Linda Qiu • April 4, 2016

Gary Painter stated on May 10, 2015 in as quoted in a Midland Reporter-Telegram news story:

"We’re the only nation in the world that does not use the military to secure our border."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 5, 2015

Ed Schultz stated on April 17, 2015 in a broadcast of MSNBC's "The Ed Show":

"America has lost over 50,000 manufacturing factories on other trade deals."

By Jon Greenberg • April 23, 2015

Don't Let Florida Go To Pot stated on August 5, 2014 in on their website:

"25 percent of all drug-related fatal vehicle accidents in the U.S. involve marijuana."

By Joshua Gillin • August 5, 2014

Stu Burguiere stated on July 15, 2014 in comments on The Glenn Beck Radio Program:

There are fewer wars, there are fewer people dying in wars "now than there have been in quite some time."

By Derek Tsang • July 21, 2014

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By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2021

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By Miriam Valverde • June 7, 2021

Is the new NAFTA the biggest trade deal ever, as Donald Trump said?

By Manuela Tobias • December 1, 2018

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By Jon Greenberg, John Kruzel • June 12, 2018

Claims mislead about California forcing jail time for using wrong transgender pronoun

By Chris Nichols • September 26, 2017

5 fact-checks about foreign trade, TPP, and China

By Angie Drobnic Holan • April 12, 2016

Yes, Donald Trump, Chevys are a rare sight in Japan, but why?

By Katie Sanders • November 27, 2015

Fact-checking the Republican Fox Business Network debate

By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 11, 2015

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