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On 25 October 2015, a Tumblr page dedicated to dubious Hillary Clinton quotes posted an image of the Democratic presidential candidate along with a quote supposedly uttered by her during an interview with the Des Moines Register on 8 August 2015 about her vowing to shut down the NRA and ban handguns if she were elected President: The Shocking Hillary Clinton Quotes ... Tumblr page claims that all of their quotes are 100% sourced and even provides links to make it appear as if the quotes have been verified: But the link included with the above-displayed meme didn't lead to a page containing Clinton's purported quote; it just pointed to the Des Moines Register's main page. Additionally, a search of the Des Moines Register's archives yielded no results for the phrase in question (on 8 August 2015 or any other date). Hillary Clinton did campaign in Iowa in the summer and fall of 2015, and she was interviewed by the Des Moines Register more than once during that period. But she wasn't in Iowa on 8 August 2015, she wasn't interviewed by the Register on that date, nor was she quoted in the Register on that date. On 14 July 2015, the Register quoted Clinton on the subject of guns as follows: On 26 August 2015, the Register quoted Clinton on the subject of guns as follows: And on 6 October 2015, the Register quoted Clinton on the subject of guns as follows: In short, Hillary Clinton spoke of wanting to implement broader, universal background checks for gun purchasers to keep firearms away from domestic abusers and people with serious mental health problems, but not of shutting down the NRA or banning handguns entirely. I will get the NRA shut down if I become president. If we can ban handguns we will do it. is a completely fabricated quote that was not spoken by Hillary Clinton (or anyone else) and did not appear in the Des Moines Register (or any other source) on 8 August 2015 (or any other date).
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