Fact Check Posts – Politifact

Danielle Nierenberg
stated on January 9, 2017 in a tweet:

"Tanzania farmers face 12 years in prison for trading seeds thanks to foreign aid."

By Linda Qiu • February 10, 2017

Social Media
stated on February 1, 2017 in tweets :

Says Melania Trump’s security detail at Trump Tower costs more than the annual budget for the National Endowment for the Arts.

By Linda Qiu • February 8, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2017 in an interview with Bill O'Reilly:

Says "109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers" were affected by the immigration executive order.

By Linda Qiu • February 6, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 1, 2017 in a tweet:

"The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia."

By Linda Qiu, Miriam Valverde • February 2, 2017

Sean Spicer
stated on January 30, 2017 in a daily press briefing:

The language that's part of the president's National Security Council memo "is identical to the language" used by President George W. Bush in 2001 and President Barack Obama in 2009.

By Linda Qiu • January 31, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 29, 2017 in a statement:

"My policy is similar to what President Obama did in 2011 when he banned visas for refugees from Iraq for six months."

By Linda Qiu • January 30, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2017 in an interview with CBN:

"If you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were a Christian, it was impossible."

By Linda Qiu • January 29, 2017

Jerry Brown
stated on January 24, 2017 in his State of the State address:

"One hundred and ninety-four countries signed the Paris Agreement to control greenhouse gases. Our own voluntary agreement to accomplish the same goal — the Under2 MOU — has 165 signatories, representing a billion people."

By Linda Qiu • January 26, 2017

Ashley Judd
stated on January 21, 2017 in a speech at the Women's March.:

"Pads and tampons (are) still taxed when Viagra and Rogaine are not."

By Linda Qiu • January 22, 2017

Sean Spicer
stated on January 21, 2017 in a press conference:

"That was the largest audience to witness an inauguration, period."

By Linda Qiu • January 22, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2017 in a tweet:

Says Georgia’s 5th congressional district, represented by John Lewis, is "in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested)."

By Linda Qiu • January 15, 2017

Charles Schumer
stated on January 3, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC:

Says Donald Trump campaigned on not cutting Medicare and Social Security, but his nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, "made his career on cutting Medicare and Medicaid."

By Linda Qiu • January 10, 2017

Cory Booker
stated on January 8, 2017 in an interview on 'Face the Nation':

"In 2009, Mitch McConnell was the person that’s saying, 'Hey, we should get all the ethics information in before we do the hearings.' "

By Linda Qiu • January 8, 2017

Lumos
stated on December 19, 2016 in a factsheet:

"An estimated 8 million children worldwide live in orphanages or residential institutions. Shockingly, 80 percent of these children are not orphans."

By Linda Qiu • January 4, 2017

BuzzFeedUSA.com
stated on December 20, 2016 in a website:

"Breaking: Crew of Air Force One Refuses to Fly Obama 6000 miles ‘Just to Play Golf’ "

By Linda Qiu • December 30, 2016

Food & Water Watch
stated on December 10, 2016 in a campaign letter:

Says Rex Tillerson "sued to keep a fracking project out of his backyard."

By Linda Qiu • December 14, 2016

Social Media
stated on November 8, 2016 in a viral Tweet:

Says "thousands" at a Manhattan rally for Donald Trump were chanting "We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back."

By Linda Qiu • November 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 7, 2016 in a speech in Raleigh, N.C.:

"Beyonce and Jay Z, I like them, I like them ... I get bigger crowds than they do. It's true. I get far bigger crowds."

By Aaron Sharockman, Linda Qiu • November 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on November 4, 2016 in a campaign rally:

Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "51 percent of single parents would see their taxes go up."

By Linda Qiu • November 6, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2016 in a campaign rally :

"The FBI has reopened its investigation into Hillary Clinton ... and discovered another 650,000 emails."

By Linda Qiu • November 1, 2016

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