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PolitiFact: Live fact-checking the Cleveland GOP debate

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during the first Republican presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio. (AP)

Joshua Gillin

By Joshua Gillin August 5, 2015

Angie Drobnic Holan

By Angie Drobnic Holan August 5, 2015

Louis Jacobson

By Louis Jacobson August 5, 2015

Aaron Sharockman

By Aaron Sharockman August 5, 2015

Sources posted inside the live blog.

stated on October 9, 2017 in Internet posts:

A viral image shows LeBron James wearing a T-shirt that reads, "We march, y’all mad. We sit down, y’all mad. We speak up, y’all mad. We die, y’all silent."

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stated on October 9, 2017 in a headline:

"President Trump signs executive order stripping NFL of ‘non-profit’ status."

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AsAmericanAsApplePie.org

stated on October 8, 2017 in a headline:

"Jason Aldean gig canceled after he sells out to liberals on ‘SNL’."

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FreedomJunkshun.com

stated on November 6, 2017 in a headline:

"Supreme Court issues its first bench warrant ever."

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stated on November 7, 2017 in an Internet post:

Says the University of Florida "requests to cancel rivalry game" against Florida State University.

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YourNewsWire.com

stated on November 5, 2017 in an Internet post:

"Texas Church shooter was Antifa and wanted to start (a) ‘communist revolution.’ "

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Sebastian Gorka

stated on November 1, 2017 in an appearance on 'Hannity':

Says Jake Tapper said Allahu Akbar was a "beautiful phrase" after a terrorist attack in New York.

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stated on October 6, 2017 in Internet posts:

"California Democrat Maxine Waters charged on 3 counts."

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stated on October 29, 2017 in Internet posts:

Says actor Morgan Freeman said, "Jailing Hillary" is the best way to "restore public faith in government."

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FreedomJunkshun.com

stated on October 28, 2017 in a headline:

"Hillary Clinton leaves the country as Mueller indictment is announced."

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stated on October 27, 2017 in a headline:

"Breitbart leaks names of four Dems being charged in Mueller’s Russia probe."

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stated on October 4, 2017 in a Facebook post:

"People who die from a home invasion make up a sad but minuscule .04% of all gun murders in the U.S. And over a third of them are killed by their own gun that the criminal has either stolen or wrestled from them."

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stated on October 23, 2017 in a headline:

"Tulsa school closes after brutal fire."

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AsAmericanAsApplePie.org

stated on October 16, 2017 in a headline:

"Hillary (Clinton) caught on tape laughing about (Hurricane) Irma ‘wiping out all of those Florida hillbillies’."

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AsAmericanAsApplePie.org

stated on October 15, 2017 in a headline:

"San Juan city council votes unanimously to impeach Trump-hating mayor."

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stated on October 9, 2017 in Internet posts:

A viral image shows LeBron James wearing a T-shirt that reads, "We march, y’all mad. We sit down, y’all mad. We speak up, y’all mad. We die, y’all silent."

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stated on October 9, 2017 in a headline:

"President Trump signs executive order stripping NFL of ‘non-profit’ status."

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AsAmericanAsApplePie.org

stated on October 8, 2017 in a headline:

"Jason Aldean gig canceled after he sells out to liberals on ‘SNL’."

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FreedomJunkshun.com

stated on November 6, 2017 in a headline:

"Supreme Court issues its first bench warrant ever."

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stated on November 7, 2017 in an Internet post:

Says the University of Florida "requests to cancel rivalry game" against Florida State University.

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YourNewsWire.com

stated on November 5, 2017 in an Internet post:

"Texas Church shooter was Antifa and wanted to start (a) ‘communist revolution.’ "

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Scott Bessent
stated on May 18, 2025 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":

“Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump."

By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
stated on May 14, 2025 in Senate testimony:

It’s “all true” that the measles vaccine wanes quickly, was never fully safety tested and contains fetal debris.

By Madison Czopek • May 16, 2025
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 12, 2025 in a post on X:

“Republicans just unveiled their ‘big, beautiful bill,’ which will take Medicaid & health insurance away from 13.7 million Americans.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2025
Gavin Newsom
stated on May 14, 2025 in in a press conference:

On California offering affordable health care access for immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

By Amy Sherman • May 16, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2025 in an event in the White House:

Declining cargo traffic at U.S. ports “means we lose less money. … When you say it's slowed down, that's a good thing.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2025
Alex Jones
stated on May 11, 2025 in en una publicación en X:

Un vídeo muestra al presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, al primer ministro del Reino Unido, Keir Starmer, y al canciller alemán, Friedrich Merz, con una bolsa de cocaína tras visitar al presidente ucraniano, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

By Maria Briceño • May 16, 2025
Marcia Morey
stated on April 30, 2025 in a speech in the North Carolina House of Representatives:

“Google caved in to Trump. They erased Black History Month from the calendar.”

By Paul Specht • May 15, 2025
Stephen Miller
stated on May 9, 2025 in an interview:

The Immigration and Nationality Act “stripped Article III courts, that's the judicial branch, of jurisdiction over immigration cases.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 15, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on May 11, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

Under a new executive order, prescription drug prices will be reduced “almost immediately.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

The Digital Equity Act is a handout "based on race,” and “illegal.”

By Amy Sherman • May 13, 2025

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