Latest Fact-Checks In Cap and Trade

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Evan Jenkins
Evan Jenkins
stated on May 1, 2018 in a debate:
"All the things Patrick (Morrisey) is saying — (that I supported) Hillary Clinton, cap and trade, Planned Parenthood — PolitiFact went through each and every allegation and said, ‘False, False, False, False.’ "
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • May 2, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on May 29, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":
"I believe we should have tax on carbon and deal aggressively with climate change. That is not (Hillary Clinton's) position."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • May 29, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire:
"Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 10, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News:
"I have never supported cap and trade."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • January 29, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on April 19, 2015 in an interview on CBS' Face the Nation:
"I can tell you with certainty (cap and trade) would have a devastating impact on our economy."
False
By Lauren Carroll • April 23, 2015
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on December 17, 2013 in a speech on the Senate floor:
"61 percent of non-tea party Republicans actually agree...there is 'solid evidence the earth is warming,' ...[but] 70 percent of tea partiers, contrarily, say there is 'no solid evidence' the earth is warming."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • December 28, 2013
Sheldon Whitehouse
Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on November 13, 2013 in a speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate:
In a poll, "53 percent of young Republican voters . . . under age 35 said that they would describe a climate [change] denier as 'ignorant,' 'out of touch' or 'crazy.'"
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 25, 2013
Josh Mandel
Josh Mandel
stated on October 31, 2012 in a radio ad:
Says that Sherrod Brown is an "Obama rubber stamp" for "supporting the job-killing cap and trade plan."
False
By Tom Feran • November 1, 2012
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
stated on July 26, 2012 in a TV ad.:
Tim Kaine supported "higher energy costs for families."
Mostly False
August 21, 2012
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on February 14, 2012 in a video ad airing in Michigan:
Says Mitt Romney supports cap and trade.
False
By Molly Moorhead • February 16, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on January 23, 2012 in a debate in Tampa, Fla.:
"When I was fighting against cap and trade, the speaker was sitting down with Nancy Pelosi on a sofa encouraging it."
Half-True
January 24, 2012
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on December 3, 2011 in a Republican presidential candidate forum:
"I never favored cap and trade."
False
By Molly Moorhead • December 7, 2011
Democratic National Committee
Democratic National Committee
stated on November 28, 2011 in a Web ad:
Says Mitt Romney has said different things about whether global warming is caused by humans
Mostly True
By Angie Drobnic Holan • November 30, 2011
Tim Pawlenty
Tim Pawlenty
stated on August 11, 2011 in an interview with the 'Miami Herald.':
"The weight of the evidence (on global warming) is that most of it, maybe all of it, is because of natural causes ... it’s fair to say the science is in dispute."
False
By Angie Drobnic Holan, David G. Taylor • August 14, 2011
Jeff Tittel
Jeff Tittel
stated on June 13, 2011 in testimony to the General Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities committee:
"One of the reasons that Budweiser stayed in New Jersey is the money they got from RGGI to put solar on their roof to save on their energy costs."
False
By Erin O'Neill • July 4, 2011
Diane Allen
Diane Allen
stated on May 9, 2011 in a press release:
Says Ocean Spray is moving its Bordentown processing facility to Pennsylvania largely because of costs associated with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
False
By Bill Wichert • June 20, 2011
Anonymous GOP critics
Anonymous GOP critics
stated on June 7, 2011 in a web news story:
Commerce Secretary nominee John Bryson "appears to endorse world government."
False
June 9, 2011
Johnny Isakson
Johnny Isakson
stated on March 11, 2011 in a Twitter post:
"Since President Obama took office, gas prices have gone up 67 percent."
Half-True
By Eric Stirgus • March 23, 2011
Ohio Coal Association
Ohio Coal Association
stated on March 1, 2011 in testimony to a House subcommittee:
Says that President Obama said in 2008 that his proposed greenhouse gas regulations "will bankrupt" anyone who wants to build a new coal-fired power plant.
Mostly True
By Stephen Koff • March 14, 2011
Chain email
Chain email
stated on October 7, 2010 in e-mail and blog postings:
The cap-and-trade bill before Congress "prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2010
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