Latest Fact-Checks In Human Rights

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Rob Portman
Rob Portman
stated on October 20, 2016 an Ohio Senate debate in Cleveland
"The director of the FBI said that we cannot figure out who (Syrian refugees) are, what their intentions are, because we have no information on them, because we don’t have any contact with the Syrian government or any people on the ground to be able to determine that."
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By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 vice presidential debate
Says "Donald Trump proposes to deport 16 million people, 11 million who are here without documents, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to get rid of birthright citizenship."  
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By Miriam Valverde • October 7, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention
Says Hillary Clinton "has called for a radical 550 percent increase in Syrian  ... refugees . . .  despite the fact that there’s no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from."  
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 19, 2016 a TV ad
Says Bernie Sanders "fundamentally changed the lives" of Immokalee farm workers in Florida for the better.  
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By Amy Sherman • April 5, 2016
Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly
stated on November 11, 2015 a broadcast of "The Kelly File" on Fox News
"In a period of roughly 72 hours, a small group of angry black students managed to force the resignation of the two highest ranking officials at that school."
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By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 8, 2014 a news release
The authors of a report on CIA’s torture techniques "never interviewed a single CIA official."
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By Amy Sherman • December 11, 2014
Benjamin Crump
Benjamin Crump
stated on November 23, 2014 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
Says "99 percent of the time police officers aren't charged when they kill young people of color."
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By Jon Greenberg • November 25, 2014
James Vincent
James Vincent
stated on August 4, 2013 an appearance on WPRI-TV's "Newsmakers."
Twenty four states have voter ID or comparable restrictions; before Barack Obama was elected, it was two.
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2013
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 11, 2013 a speech
Says Abraham Lincoln supported an agreement that allowed slavery in New Mexico "and a law to return runaway slaves to their owners."
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April 21, 2013
Charles Cooper
Charles Cooper
stated on March 26, 2013 arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court
"Very few men outlive their own fertility."
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By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • March 28, 2013
Beatrice Lanzi
Beatrice Lanzi
stated on February 24, 2012 "an appearance on A Lively Experiment."
"One out of four of our young people say they are victims of this (dating) violence."
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 4, 2012
Julian Assange
Julian Assange
stated on April 12, 2010 an interview on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report"
"The permission to engage was given before the word RPG was ever used."
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April 14, 2010