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Donald Trump stated on June 30, 2018 in a tweet:
"I have watched ICE liberate towns from the grasp of MS-13."
By Miriam Valverde• July 9, 2018
Donald Trump stated on June 28, 2017 in an immigration roundtable discussion:
"We're pretty much at the 50 percent mark" on deportations of MS-13 gang members.
By Miriam Valverde• June 30, 2017
Donald Trump stated on May 22, 2018 in a speech:
Says "Nancy Pelosi came out in favor of MS-13."
By Miriam Valverde• May 24, 2018
Donald Trump stated on May 15, 2018 in a speech:
Says of MS-13 gang members, "We are getting them out of our country by the thousands."
By Miriam Valverde• May 15, 2018
Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2017 in a tweet:
"The weak illegal immigration policies of the Obama Admin. allowed bad MS 13 gangs to form in cities across U.S. We are removing them fast!"
By Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• April 18, 2017
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address:
Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors."
By Miriam Valverde• February 7, 2018
Donald Trump stated on October 22, 2018 in a rally for Republican candidates in Houston:
Says Beto O’Rourke "voted to shield MS-13 gang members from deportation."
By W. Gardner Selby• October 25, 2018
Donald Trump stated on July 02, 2018 in a tweet:
Sen. Kamala Harris is "supporting the animals of MS-13."
By Chris Nichols• July 3, 2018
Viral image stated on July 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Donald Trump said, "Immigrants aren’t people, they’re animals."
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 25, 2019
Viral image stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:
The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.”
By Tom Kertscher• November 23, 2021
Facebook posts stated on May 08, 2023 in a Facebook post:
“Both murderers in Texas were not only illegals, but gang members” and were “most likely tied to MS-13.”
By Samantha Putterman• May 10, 2023
Joe Biden stated on August 07, 2019 in a campaign stop in Iowa:
Says Donald Trump "asserted that immigrants would quote, ‘carve you up with a knife’."  
By Jon Greenberg• August 9, 2019
Tweets stated on April 05, 2019 in a tweet:
Says President Donald Trump said asylum seekers "aren't people. These are animals."
By Miriam Valverde• April 8, 2019
Senate Leadership Fund stated on September 25, 2018 in an attack ad:
Says Jacky Rosen "voted against stopping criminals from re-entering the United States."  
By Jon Greenberg• October 2, 2018
Tom Cotton stated on February 26, 2021 in a CPAC speech:
The Biden administration “halted deportations for all illegal aliens — murderers, rapists, terrorists, MS-13 gang members are not being deported."
By Miriam Valverde• February 26, 2021
CSC Mediagroup.USA stated on January 30, 2018 in a headline:
Democrats "booed families of children murdered by MS13."
By Amy Sherman• February 1, 2018
Facebook posts stated on July 07, 2023 in a Facebook post:
Video shows that Attorney General Merrick Garland “cries like kid after Taylor Greene calls out stupid ‘Trump’s Arraignment.’”
By Madison Czopek• August 3, 2023
Facebook posts stated on August 13, 2019 in a post on Facebook:
Says Barbara Walters said Jane Fonda "betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during the Vietnam War."   
By Ciara O'Rourke• October 30, 2019
Chris Cox stated on October 08, 2017 in a "Fox News Sunday" interview:
Says Sen. Dianne Feinstein said "if she had 51 votes in the Senate for 'Mr. and Ms. America, turn in all of your guns,' they would do it."
By Jon Greenberg• October 8, 2017
Facebook posts stated on April 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“New York Times editor admits Biden sexual assault story was censored at behest of Biden campaign.”
By Tom Kertscher• May 4, 2020

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By Louis Jacobson• February 26, 2018

Donald Trump made 8 misleading claims about immigration on Fox and Friends

By Miriam Valverde• May 24, 2018

In Context: Donald Trump's comments about immigrants, ‘animals’

By Miriam Valverde• May 17, 2018

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s misleading immigration claims in meeting with California officials

By Miriam Valverde• May 17, 2018

Fact-checking an immigration meme that's been circulating for more than a decade

By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde• July 5, 2018

What Donald Trump got wrong in his Tennessee rally for Marsha Blackburn

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman, Miriam Valverde• May 30, 2018

Donald Trump’s misleading claims about immigration in State of the Union address

By Miriam Valverde• January 31, 2018

Seven whoppers from Trump’s first 100 days

By Gabrielle Healy• April 28, 2017

The timeline of Donald Trump’s explanations for the Stormy Daniels payment

By John Kruzel• May 3, 2018

President Trump’s Record With The Truth As He Visits California

By Chris Nichols• March 12, 2018

Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Tampa with Ron DeSantis

By Katie Akin, John Kruzel, Amy Sherman• August 1, 2018

What Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has said about election fraud, QAnon and other conspiracy theories

By Daniel Funke• February 2, 2021

Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in North Dakota

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Donald Trump’s shifting explanations for the Stormy Daniels payment (updated)

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By Miriam Valverde• October 7, 2018