Fact Check Posts – Page 102

Donald Trump
stated on February 14, 2016 in a Republican debate in South Carolina:

Says Jeb Bush "said he would take his pants off and moon everybody ... Nobody reports that."

By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 13, 2016 in a debate in Greenville, S.C.:

"It has been over 80 years since a lame-duck president appointed a Supreme Court justice."

By Amy Sherman • February 14, 2016

Tony Capezza
stated on January 26, 2016 in testimony at General Assembly :

"In New England, Rhode Island has the second highest number of police officers being assaulted."

By Mark Reynolds • February 14, 2016

Tom Wolf
stated on February 9, 2016 in his budget proposal address:

If the General Assembly does not address the state's structural deficit, "more than 23,000 education professionals will be immediately yanked out of Pennsylvania schools."

By Anna Orso • February 12, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2016 in comments at the University of Iowa:

"We’re spending tremendous amounts of money to educate our kids. In the world, we're No. 1 per pupil by a factor of four."

By Daniel Lathrop • February 9, 2016

Joe Sestak
stated on January 25, 2016 in a talk with the Pennsylvania Press Club:

Says Pat Toomey visited Joe Sestak and other veterans in 2002 "and then came home and voted against every veterans appropriations bill."

By Anna Orso • February 8, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 7, 2016 in comments on Meet the Press:

"Tell me what Madeleine Albright’s position was on the War on Iraq. I wouldn’t be surprised if she supported it."

By Linda Qiu • February 7, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 6, 2016 in an ABC Republican debate in New Hampshire:

"The American people will not support doing anything about people that are in this country illegally until the law is enforced first."

By Amy Sherman • February 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.:

Regarding the Iraq War, "I was the one that said, ‘Don’t go, don’t do it, you’re going to destabilize the Middle East.’ "

By Lauren Carroll • February 7, 2016

Ted Strickland
stated on December 10, 2016 in a Facebook post:

"With 320,000 net Ohio manufacturing jobs lost, (Sen. Rob) Portman calls NAFTA a ‘proven success’."

By Nadia Pflaum • February 5, 2016

Adrian Garcia
stated on February 5, 2016 in a campaign news release:

"Gene Green is the NRA’s favorite Democrat in Congress. ... "It’s no wonder the congressman has a lifetime A rating from the NRA."

By Emma Hinchliffe • February 5, 2016

Katrina Shankland
stated on January 29, 2016 in a news release:

"Faced with $1 million in campaign debt," Scott Walker "is unloading his campaign security costs onto the backs of Wisconsin taxpayers."

By Tom Kertscher • February 5, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 3, 2016 in a town hall in Henniker, N.H.:

"During eight years under Ronald Reagan, African-American median income rose by about $5,000."

By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2016

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on January 27, 2016 in a blog post :

Says Catherine Cortez Masto "was happy to line her own pockets with taxpayer dollars when state employees were slammed with frozen salaries."

By Riley Snyder • February 3, 2016

Sheila Jackson Lee
stated on December 18, 2015 in remarks inserted into the Congressional Record:

"Between 1990 and 2013, the maternal mortality rate for women in the U.S. has increased by 136%."

By Fauzeya Rahman • February 1, 2016

Ben Carson
stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate:

"Last year, there were an additional 81,000 pages of government regulations. If you stack that up, it would be a three-story building."

By Lauren Carroll, Sean Gorman • January 29, 2016

Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate:

"A third of the budget for the city of Ferguson (Missouri) was being reaped by civil fines."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 29, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 in comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate:

"I have not insulted Donald personally."

By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 in a Fox News debate :

"Barack Obama, right now, No. 1, over seven years has dramatically degraded our military."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.:

China has "total control, just about, of North Korea."

By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2016

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