Fact Check Posts – Page 101

Donald Trump
stated on January 3, 2018 in a statement released by the White House:

The Senate seat won in a special election by a Democrat had been "held for more than thirty years by Republicans."

By Louis Jacobson • January 3, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on December 27, 2017 in an event in West Palm Beach:

"We have signed more legislation than anybody. We broke the record of Harry Truman."

By Louis Jacobson • December 29, 2017

Ivanka Trump
stated on December 21, 2017 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":

In April, "the vast majority will be (filling out their taxes) on a single postcard."

By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on December 20, 2017 in a speech:

"We essentially repealed Obamacare because we got rid of the individual mandate ... and that was a primary source of funding of Obamacare."

By Jon Greenberg • December 21, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2017 in a speech:

Says of the diversity visa lottery program, "they give us their worst people, they put them in a bin," and "the worst of the worst" are selected.

By Miriam Valverde • December 20, 2017

Verified Politics
stated on December 13, 2017 in an article posted on the website:

Says Sen. Mitch McConnell's delay in seating Alabama Sen.-elect Doug Jones "is a flagrant violation of Senate policy, which requires Jones assume office the instant one of them wins the election."

By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2017

Scott Perry
stated on November 30, 2017 in a House committee hearing:

Says the Obama administration purged "training courses and information about Islamism, jihad, Sharia, and the Muslim Brotherhood."

By Miriam Valverde • December 15, 2017

Bernie Sanders
stated on December 10, 2017 in an interview on 'Meet the Press':

Says Donald Trump "has not apologized" for comments caught on tape by "Access Hollywood."

By John Kruzel • December 14, 2017

Nancy Pelosi
stated on December 8, 2017 in a statement released by her office:

"Even with full control of the House, Senate and White House, Republicans have still failed to deliver on their promise of higher wages for working families."

By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2017

Don Blankenship
stated on December 3, 2017 in a campaign ad:

Says "Obama’s deadliest cover-up (in an explosion that killed 29 miners) has been uncovered" by internal government documents.

By Jon Greenberg • December 11, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on December 8, 2017 in a rally in Pensacola, Fla.:

"Black homeownership just hit the highest level it has ever been in the history of our country."

By Louis Jacobson • December 11, 2017

Bloggers
stated on December 8, 2017 in a blog post:

"Gloria Allred Accuser **ADMITS** She Tampered With Roy Moore’s Yearbook 'Signature.' "

By Manuela Tobias • December 8, 2017

Brendan Boyle
stated on December 5, 2017 in a tweet:

Says the concealed carry bill would allow residents of certain states to "travel to your community and walk right into a school zone with a loaded weapon, no matter what local laws say."

By John Kruzel • December 7, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 in a cabinet meeting:

"We’re … getting into the pool of the 100 million people that are not working. That pool is now coming back."

By Louis Jacobson • December 7, 2017

Doug Jones
stated on November 30, 2017 in a campaign ad:

"In a 2014 case involving a man convicted of abusing two underage girls, Judge Roy Moore disagreed and wrote the dissenting opinion."

By Jon Greenberg • December 6, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on December 6, 2017 in remarks at the White House:

The Jerusalem Embassy Act "passed Congress by an overwhelming bipartisan majority and was reaffirmed by a unanimous vote of the Senate only six months ago."

By Louis Jacobson • December 6, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on December 4, 2017 in remarks to reporters:

"Hillary Clinton lied many times to the FBI."

By Miriam Valverde • December 5, 2017

Jeff Sessions
stated on November 14, 2017 in public testimony before Congress:

"The violent crime rate has risen, and the homicide rate has risen by more than 20 percent in just two years, really after 30 years of decline in violent crime."

By Sophie Kaplan • December 4, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on November 29, 2017 in a speech in St. Charles, Mo.:

Says the tax bill "is going to cost me a fortune, this thing -- believe me. Believe me, this is not good for me."

By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on November 29, 2017 in a speech in St. Charles, Mo.:

"For years, they have not been able to get tax cuts -- many, many years, since Reagan."

By Louis Jacobson • November 30, 2017

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