Latest Fact-Checks By Anna Bruzgulis

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Bruce Rauner
stated on March 15, 2017 in In a tweet :

"Our families have the highest property taxes in the country. We must change this."

Mostly True

By Anna Bruzgulis • April 20, 2017

Rahm Emanuel
stated on November 15, 2016 in Interview with Bill Kurtis :

[Chicago is the] only city in the United States, you get a B average in high school, community college is free.

Half-True

By Anna Bruzgulis • December 28, 2016

Brad Schneider
stated on September 16, 2016 in a campaign tweet:

Says Republican U.S. Rep. Bob Dold "continues to side with his Republican leadership and the NRA in blocking consideration of a bill that would keep firearms out of the hands of people on the terrorist watch list."

Half-True

By Anna Bruzgulis • October 18, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 10, 2015 in a debate in Milwaukee, Wis.:

"We’re losing now over $500 billion a year in terms of imbalance with China."

Mostly False

By Anna Bruzgulis • November 11, 2015

Rafael Cruz
stated on July 31, 2015 in an interview with the Austin American-Statesman:

"Prior to 1962, everybody prayed before school started," and "the Bible was the principal textbook in all schools."

Mostly False

By Anna Bruzgulis • August 10, 2015

Sandra Smith
stated on July 28, 2015 in an interview with Mike Huckabee:

"Almost 95 percent of all (Planned Parenthood) pregnancy services were abortions."

False

By Anna Bruzgulis • August 4, 2015

Bill O'Reilly
stated on July 27, 2015 in an interview on "The O'Reilly Factor":

Russia and China "absolutely said pretty clearly" they would not keep economic sanctions on Iran if the United States "walked away from the deal."

Mostly True

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 30, 2015

Jose Diaz-Balart
stated on July 26, 2015 in a pundit panel segment on "Meet the Press":

"The majority of the Hispanic population and the growth (of the population) is U.S.-born."

True

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 29, 2015

Occupy Democrats
stated on July 17, 2015 in a meme on Facebook:

"House Republicans just passed a bill that makes it legal for single mothers to be fired by their employers."

False

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 28, 2015

Jon Stewart
stated on July 21, 2015 in an interview on "The Daily Show":

The United States is "fighting with Iraqis to defeat ISIS along with Iran. But in Yemen we're fighting Iran with Iraqis and Saudis."

Half-True

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 23, 2015

Other Space
stated on July 14, 2015 in in a Change.org petition:

"By declaring that Pluto was no longer a planet, the (International Astronomical Union) put into place a planetary definition that would have even declassified Earth as a planet if it existed as far from the sun as Pluto does."

Half-True

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 21, 2015

Pamela Geller
stated on July 16, 2015 in a tweet :

"ISIS supporter tweeted at 10:34 a.m. Shooting began at 10:45 a.m." in Chattanooga, Tenn.

False

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 21, 2015

Bobby Jindal
stated on July 15, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"In New Orleans, nearly 100 percent of our kids are in charter schools."

True

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 16, 2015

Jan Brewer
stated on July 8, 2015 in comments on CNN:

"We know from ... the federal data, that they only stop or apprehend one out of four illegal people crossing our border."

Mostly False

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 14, 2015

Bloggers
stated on July 9, 2015 in a website post:

"Jay-Z and Beyonce Attempt to Buy Rights to Confederate Flag to Prevent Further Use."

Pants on Fire!

By Anna Bruzgulis, Will Cabaniss • July 9, 2015

Chuck Todd
stated on July 5, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

In Florida, "the number of voters who now register as ‘other’ has grown by a million in the last 10 years. Compare that with the Democrats, who only grew by 300,000 and the Republicans who grew by just 200,000."

Mostly True

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 8, 2015

Newt Gingrich
stated on June 28, 2015 in comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Amazon has removed "an educational game about Gettysburg."

Half-True

By Anna Bruzgulis • June 30, 2015

John Lott
stated on June 24, 2015 in comments on Fox News:

"The United States doesn’t have the highest murder rate among developed countries. You look at Russia, you look at Brazil, those are countries that have 3 to 5 times higher murder rates than what we have here in the United States."

Half-True

By Anna Bruzgulis • June 30, 2015

Stanley McChrystal
stated on June 12, 2015 in comments on the Hugh Hewitt radio show:

ISIS reaches "about 100 million people a day" through social media.

Half-True

By Anna Bruzgulis • June 25, 2015

Ann Coulter
stated on June 24, 2015 in comments on Fox Business Network:

Says South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley "is an immigrant."

Pants on Fire!

By Anna Bruzgulis • June 24, 2015

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