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Donald Trump stated on October 19, 2016 in the third presidential debate:
"Heroin .. pours across our southern borders."  
By Jon Greenberg, Linda Qiu• October 20, 2016
Facebook posts stated on January 06, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Says Donald Trump "said illegal immigration has been a problem in America for 'thousands of years.' "  
By Ciara O'Rourke• January 18, 2019
Brad Schimel stated on March 12, 2017 in an interview:
In America, "more people die from" prescription narcotic painkillers "than from heroin and cocaine combined."  
By Dave Umhoefer• April 19, 2017
Donald Trump stated on September 12, 2016 in an interview on CNBC:
Heroin comes in the United States "from the southern border."
By Linda Qiu• September 13, 2016
Barack Obama stated on April 16, 2009 in a news conference.:
"More than 90 percent of the guns recovered in Mexico come from the United States."
By Robert Farley• April 17, 2009
Jeff Kottkamp stated on February 28, 2010 in an op-ed published in Florida newspapers:
"Nearly all of the top 50 prescribers of oxycodone in the United States are in Florida."
By Aaron Sharockman• March 9, 2010
Mitt Romney stated on November 22, 2011 in a Republican debate in Washington:
"We have, right now, Hezbollah, which is working throughout Latin America, in Venezuela, in Mexico, throughout Latin America, which poses a very significant and imminent threat to the United States of America."
By Becky Bowers• November 23, 2011
Daily Caller stated on September 19, 2016 in an article in the Daily Caller:
"Former President Bill Clinton and his Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) distributed ‘watered-down’ HIV/AIDS drugs to patients in sub-Saharan Africa."
By Jon Greenberg• September 23, 2016
Rick Perry stated on June 07, 2012 in a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.:
Barack Obama has "provided guns to Mexican drug cartels."
By W. Gardner Selby• June 18, 2012
John Cornyn stated on February 14, 2022 in a tweet:
"100,000 Americans died of an overdose in a single year."
By Nusaiba Mizan• February 21, 2022
Bob Schieffer stated on March 22, 2010 in comments on CBS's Face the Nation:
The Iraq war has been "our longest war."
By Louis Jacobson• March 23, 2010
Mike Fasano stated on November 23, 2010 in an interview with the St. Petersburg Times:
"Seven more people will die each and every day until the Legislature ratifies these (pain clinic) rules that are being approved by the Board of Medicine and the Department of Health."
By Lee Logan• November 24, 2010
Claire McCaskill stated on March 28, 2017 in a tweet:
"We have 5 percent of world population. 80 percent of opioids."
By Gary Garrison• May 10, 2017
Kasim Reed stated on August 11, 2015 in a speech at the Commerce Club:
"Peachtree and Pine is one of the leading sites for tuberculosis in the nation."
By Nancy Badertscher• August 19, 2015
Bernie Sanders stated on February 11, 2016 in a PBS Democratic debate:
"In America, we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs."
By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• February 12, 2016
Adam Putnam stated on October 30, 2011 in an interview on the CBS News show "Sunday Morning":
Says the giant African land snail "carries human meningitis."
By Becky Bowers• November 3, 2011
Melissa Agard stated on September 02, 2021 in News release:
"No other country on the planet witnesses the number of gun deaths that we do here in the United States, and it’s not even close."
By D.L. Davis• September 17, 2021
Eric Bolling stated on August 27, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News:
"In countries where there are higher, more strict gun laws, there is more gun violence."
By Jon Greenberg• September 1, 2015
Allen Peake stated on December 03, 2014 in a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol:
Unlike marijuana, medical cannabis oil cannot get you high.
By April Hunt• December 9, 2014
Marijuana Policy Project stated on August 15, 2013 in a TV ad:
Marijuana is "less toxic" than alcohol.
By Rochelle Koff• August 19, 2013

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By Emmarie Huetteman• January 15, 2020

Sorting out the truth about guns in Mexico

By David Adams, Robert Farley• April 16, 2009

The US attacked Venezuelan boats it says are carrying drugs. Is Venezuela sending drugs to the US?

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 22, 2025

Fact-checking the CNN debate in South Carolina

By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• January 20, 2012

'Transgender monkeys'? Musk highlights misleading posts in push for new Government Efficiency group

By Caleb McCullough, Mia Osmonbekov, Amy Sherman• November 18, 2024

Fact-checking the 21st International AIDS Conference

By Jon Greenberg• July 17, 2016

Fact-checking the CNN debate in South Carolina

By Bill Adair, Angie Drobnic Holan• January 20, 2012

Medical marijuana in Georgia

By April Hunt• March 30, 2015

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By Madison Czopek• September 25, 2024

Nikki Haley mixes red meat with more moderate tone in Exeter, New Hampshire, town hall

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• October 13, 2023

Rick Perry wishes he was in ... Washington?

By Meghan Ashford-Grooms• March 3, 2011

Pundits debate rape on campus in light of UVA story

By Steve Contorno• December 7, 2014

Migrants at the southwest border: The Northern Triangle nations

By Jon Greenberg• July 2, 2018

What a US exit from the WHO means for global health

By Amy Maxmen• January 27, 2025

In light of UVA story, pundits ask: Are 1 in 5 college women sexually assaulted?

By Steve Contorno• December 7, 2014

In this Democratic debate, health care issues took a backseat

By Emmarie Huetteman• November 21, 2019

Fentanyl deaths are up, but GOP ads mislead by blaming ‘open borders,’ migrants crossing illegally

By Tom Kertscher• October 28, 2022

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By Katie Sanders, PolitiFact Staff • August 28, 2020

For pharma, Trump versus Harris is a showdown between two industry foes

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What to know about a pro-ivermectin group’s study touting the drug versus COVID-19

By Tom Kertscher• June 30, 2021