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PolitiFact’s annotated vice presidential debate

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Gov. Mike Pence, right, speaks as Sen. Tim Kaine listens during the vice-presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (Andrew Gombert/Pool vi
Allison Graves
By Allison Graves
October 5, 2016
By Joseph Cariz
October 5, 2016
By Katherine Burns
October 5, 2016
By Rachel Tiede
October 5, 2016

PolitiFact’s writers annotated the transcript of the vice presidential debate on Medium. Read the transcript of the debate with our analysis and fact-checks by clicking here.

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Democratic Governors Association
stated on July 13, 2018 in a post on Medium:
Says Adam Putnam “backed a water bill that gutted water quality regulations.”
Half-True
By Allison Graves • July 18, 2018
Rick Scott
stated on June 13, 2018 in an ad:
Says Sen. Bill Nelson “voted for higher taxes” 349 times.
False
By Allison Graves • July 5, 2018
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 28, 2018 in a Fox News debate:
Says Adam Putnam “endorsed the Schumer-Obama Gang of Eight immigration amnesty.”
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • June 29, 2018
Bill Nelson
stated on June 21, 2018 in an ad:
Says he “actually wrote the bipartisan law that makes it illegal to drill off Florida’s coast.”
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • June 29, 2018
Adam Putnam
stated on June 7, 2018 in an interview with Fox News:
Florida taxpayers “pay tens of millions of dollars a year to feed and house in our prison system criminal illegal aliens.”
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • June 26, 2018
New Republican PAC
stated on June 11, 2018 in a political ad:
Says Bill Nelson voted for “cuts to Medicare providers” and voted to weaken “Social Security protections” as a U.S. senator.
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • June 15, 2018
Andrew Gillum
stated on June 20, 2018 in a debate:
Under Philip Levine, Miami Beach “passed a resolution to ban assault rifles, which was not enforceable and never enforced. He passed a resolution to raise the minimum wage, which actually no one got the benefit of because it was not enforced.”  
Mostly True
By Allison Graves • June 9, 2018
Florida Democratic Party
stated on June 6, 2018 in in a press release:
“Flip Flop! After opposing term limits for decades, Adam Putnam adopts Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis’ position.”
Half-True
By Allison Graves • June 8, 2018
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 2, 2018 in during a BBQ :
“The bulk of the problem with the opioid epidemic is the fentanyl and all the synthetic drugs coming across the southern border.”  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • June 7, 2018
Florida House Majority Office
stated on May 17, 2018 in a video:
It is a “myth” that “per-student funding only rose by 47 cents this year.”
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • May 30, 2018
Senate Majority PAC
stated on May 21, 2018 in in an ad:
Says Bill Nelson is “one of America’s most independent senators.”
Half-True
By Allison Graves • May 24, 2018
Bloggers
stated on May 14, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
“BREAKING NEWS: Donald Trump On His Way To Donate Kidney To Melania Trump.”
Pants on Fire!
By Allison Graves • May 17, 2018
Bloggers
stated on May 15, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
“Legendary Actor Sidney Poitier: Donald Trump might become ‘The Greatest Of All Time.’ ”  
Pants on Fire!
By Allison Graves • May 17, 2018
The Collective super PAC
stated on May 11, 2018 in an ad:
Says Gwen Graham “voted against President Obama 52 percent of the time.”
Half-True
By Allison Graves • May 17, 2018
Bloggers
stated on May 14, 2018 in a post on the Internet:
Says Julia Roberts told Celine Dion, “If you hate Trump you can go in your country.”
Pants on Fire!
By Allison Graves • May 15, 2018

PolitiFact’s annotated vice presidential debate

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Sarah Trone Garriott
stated on October 21, 2026 in a social media post:
U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn “took thousands of dollars from Chinese companies.”
Half-True
By Shreya Reddy • October 30, 2026
Christina Bohannan
stated on October 7, 2026 in a Des Moines Register candidate Q&A:
President Donald Trump’s tariffs are “costing the average family $4,200 out of their pocket.”
Mostly False
By Anna Olson • October 30, 2026
Angie Nixon
stated on October 23, 2026 in an interview:
Florida U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody “is trading stocks and she’s gotten richer” by $2 million since entering Congress.
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • October 30, 2026
New Deal for All
stated on October 23, 2026 in an ad:
Florida U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody “cast the deciding vote to block the release of the Epstein files.”
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • October 28, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on October 12, 2026 in a rally in Youngstown, Ohio:
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton “is trying to double your state income tax.”
False
By Cami Henry-Seymore • October 27, 2026
Social Media
stated on October 20, 2026 in social media posts:
A woman’s account of a message displayed on a Cook County, Illinois, voting machine proves the election is “rigged.”
Pants on Fire!
By Loreben Tuquero • October 27, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on October 25, 2026 in a rally:
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is “a jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member.”
Pants on Fire!
By Caleb McCullough • October 27, 2026
Josh Turek
stated on October 7, 2026 in a debate:
“We lead the nation in farm foreclosures now here in Iowa.”
Mostly False
By Riley Dunn • October 27, 2026
Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2026 in a rally in Perry, Georgia:
For gasoline prices, “You’re still paying lower than (under) Biden and Obama.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2026
Chris Pappas
stated on October 13, 2026 in a debate:
New Hampshire U.S. Senate candidate John E. Sununu “cashed in” with “Big Pharma,” earning “up to $35 million.”
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 26, 2026
David Jolly
stated on October 20, 2026 in a speech:
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds “suggests there were good parts of Jim Crow.”
Half-True
By Samantha Putterman • October 26, 2026
Josh Stein
stated on October 20, 2026 in an X post:
In North Carolina, “thousands more absentee ballots (are) being rejected this election — at a rejection rate twice as high as in 2022.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • October 23, 2026
WinSenate
stated on October 19, 2026 in an ad:
“After just five years in Washington,” Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson is “$8 million richer.”
Mostly False
By Caleb McCullough • October 23, 2026
X posts
stated on October 21, 2026 in X posts:
This video shows a former James Talarico student accusing him of misconduct.
Pants on Fire!
By Jeff Cercone • October 22, 2026
Club for Growth Action
stated on September 14, 2026 in an ad:
U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor “repeatedly” violated “a law aimed at stopping members of Congress from insider trading.”
Mostly False
By Loreben Tuquero • October 22, 2026
Kelly Ayotte
stated on August 23, 2026 in an ad:
New Hampshire Democratic governor candidate Cinde Warmington “was a Purdue Pharma lobbyist. She said that OxyContin was a miracle drug.”
True
By Louis Jacobson • October 22, 2026
JD Vance
stated on October 17, 2026 in un foro con votantes de CBS News:
“La razón principal por la que los precios de la gasolina están tan altos es porque cuando Joe Biden era presidente, alrededor del 20% de la capacidad de refinación estadounidense dejó de operar”.
False
By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2026
Roger Marshall
stated on October 16, 2026 in an interview with Sean Hannity:
Kansas U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hamilton “wants to shut down the beef industry.”
False
By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2026
Ashley Moody
stated on October 6, 2026 in a TV ad:
Florida U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon “backed a $4 trillion tax hike on everyone in this diner,” including a server and older adults.
Half-True
By Maria Briceño • October 20, 2026
Mike Rogers
stated on October 18, 2026 in an interview:
Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed “didn’t disavow” the Muslim Brotherhood.
False
By Caleb McCullough • October 19, 2026
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