Fact Check Posts – Page 66

Do the fish swim in the streets of Miami at high tide, as Barack Obama said in Paris?

By Amy Sherman

December 4, 2015

"You go down to Miami and when it's flooding at high tide on a sunny day, fish are swimming through the middle of the streets."…

Jeb Bush’s Social Security plan raises retirement age to 70, Taddeo says

By Amy Sherman , Joshua Gillin

November 30, 2015

Jeb Bush’s plan for Social Security is "disastrous for seniors and raises the retirement age to 70."

Jeb Bush says United States lacks military equipment so it has to borrow in Europe

By Amy Sherman

November 25, 2015

For NATO exercises, "we don’t have enough of our own hardware and equipment even for training purposes. So the Brits are spotting us choppers."

Do federal officials plan to send 425 Syrian refugees to Florida as Rick Scott says?

By Amy Sherman

November 20, 2015

The federal government is "making the decision, whether we like it or not, to send 425 refugees to our state" from Syria.

PAC supporting Ted Cruz says when Marco Rubio tried to ‘push amnesty,’ Cruz stopped him

By Amy Sherman

November 13, 2015

"When Chuck Schumer and Marco Rubio tried to push amnesty, it was Ted Cruz who stopped them."

Ben Carson says Hillary Clinton gave conflicting accounts about Benghazi

By Amy Sherman

November 11, 2015

Says Hillary Clinton told her daughter and a government official that Benghazi "was a terrorist attack, and then tells everybody else that it was a…

Marco Rubio said there was never evidence that the attacks on Benghazi were spontaneous

By Amy Sherman , Clayton Youngman

November 4, 2015

"There was never a single shred of evidence presented to anyone" that the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, were "spontaneous, and in fact, the CIA themselves understood…

Jeb Bush says that Florida has cheapest public college tuition

By Amy Sherman

October 30, 2015

"In Florida, we have the lowest in-state tuition of any state."

When attacked for missed votes, Marco Rubio calls out Barack Obama and John Kerry for missing votes

By Amy Sherman , Linda Qiu

October 29, 2015

In 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama "missed 60 or 70 percent of his votes." In 2004, John Kerry missed "close to 60 to 70 percent" and…

Jeb Bush says top 1 percent pay nearly half of all taxes

By Amy Sherman

October 26, 2015

"The top 1 percent pay 45 percent of all taxes in the country."

Liberal pundit: Marco Rubio opposes rape, incest abortion exception

By Aaron Sharockman , Amy Sherman

October 25, 2015

Says Marco Rubio opposes abortion "even in the case of rape and incest."

Marco Rubio says Hillary Clinton called Syria’s Bashar al-Assad a ‘reformer’

By Amy Sherman

October 23, 2015

"Even after Syrian troops began to shoot protesters in the streets with live ammunition in 2011, Clinton labeled Bashar al-Assad a ‘reformer.' "

Latest Fact Checks By Amy Sherman

Do the fish swim in the streets of Miami at high tide, as Barack Obama said in Paris?

Jeb Bush’s Social Security plan raises retirement age to 70, Taddeo says

Jeb Bush says United States lacks military equipment so it has to borrow in Europe

Do federal officials plan to send 425 Syrian refugees to Florida as Rick Scott says?

PAC supporting Ted Cruz says when Marco Rubio tried to ‘push amnesty,’ Cruz stopped him

Ben Carson says Hillary Clinton gave conflicting accounts about Benghazi

Marco Rubio said there was never evidence that the attacks on Benghazi were spontaneous

Jeb Bush says that Florida has cheapest public college tuition

When attacked for missed votes, Marco Rubio calls out Barack Obama and John Kerry for missing votes

Jeb Bush says top 1 percent pay nearly half of all taxes

Liberal pundit: Marco Rubio opposes rape, incest abortion exception

Marco Rubio says Hillary Clinton called Syria’s Bashar al-Assad a ‘reformer’