Fact Check Posts – Page 105

National Rifle Association
stated on October 5, 2017 in a press release:

"The Obama administration approved the sale of bump fire stocks on at least two occasions."

By Manuela Tobias • October 6, 2017

Charles Schumer
stated on October 4, 2017 in a Senate floor speech:

"The Republicans are proposing to pay for their giant tax cut to the rich by gutting Medicare and Medicaid."

By Louis Jacobson • October 6, 2017

Steve Israel
stated on October 2, 2017 in an op-ed in the "New York Times":

Says the Dickey Amendment "prevents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from even researching the relationship between gun violence and public health. ... The government can’t study gun violence but is spending $400,000 analyzing the effects of Swedish massages on rabbits."

By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2017

HoustonChronicle-tv.com
stated on October 4, 2017 in a web post:

"Celine Dion’s 16-year-old Rene-Charles Angelil’s was among the 58 victims who were killed" in Las Vegas.

By Sophie Kaplan • October 4, 2017

Mick Mulvaney
stated on October 1, 2017 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

On whether higher federal deficits are acceptable.

By Louis Jacobson • October 4, 2017

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 2, 2017 in a tweet:

"The crowd (in Las Vegas) fled at the sound of gunshots. Imagine the deaths if the shooter had a silencer ..."

By Manuela Tobias • October 4, 2017

Bloggers
stated on October 2, 2017 in a fake news post:

A flight crew took a knee and stranded the New Orleans Saints on an airport runway.

By Emily Tanaka • October 3, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2017 in a tweet:

In the Alabama Senate runoff, "the candidate I endorsed (Luther Strange) went up MANY points after endorsement!"

By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2017

James Lankford
stated on September 25, 2017 in a press conference:

"The First Amendment’s the First Amendment. It goes start to finish. We can’t say to one football coach you’re fired if you kneel in silent prayer at the end of the game, but to a player, if you kneel in protest to a game, you’re celebrated."

By Manuela Tobias • October 2, 2017

Lamar Smith
stated on September 18, 2017 in a letter to a constituent :

"The average tax bill for Americans in 2016 was a 41 percent increase from 2013."

By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2017 in an interview with reporters:

Says "No, I don't benefit, I don't benefit" from his tax proposal.

By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2017 in a speech in Indianapolis:

Ending the estate tax would "protect millions of small businesses and the American farmer."

By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2017 in an interview:

"We have one senator who’s a ‘yes’ vote ... but he’s in the hospital. And he’s a ‘yes’ vote. So we can’t do it by Friday. So we have the votes" to pass a health care bill.

By John Kruzel • September 28, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on September 22, 2017 in a rally:

"So now they take drugs, literally, and they throw it, a hundred pounds of drugs. They throw it over the wall, they have catapults, but they throw it over the wall, and it lands and it hits somebody on the head."

By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2017

Cory Gardner
stated on September 24, 2017 in an interview:

North Korea is "the fifth or fourth most sanctioned nation."

By John Kruzel • September 27, 2017

Tom Cotton
stated on September 17, 2017 in an NBC interview:

"If you pass the so-called Dream Act, it will be the single biggest amnesty in the history of the United States, even bigger than the 1986 amnesty."

By Miriam Valverde • September 26, 2017

Bloggers
stated on September 21, 2017 in a post on the Internet:

"12 more hurricanes headed towards U.S."

By Emily Tanaka • September 25, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2017 in a tweet:

"NFL attendance and ratings are WAY DOWN. Boring games yes, but many stay away because they love our country."

By Manuela Tobias • September 24, 2017

Roy Moore
stated on September 21, 2017 in a debate:

DACA was "a mere memo from the Department of Homeland security under Barack Obama, which violated the laws."

By Joshua Gillin, Miriam Valverde • September 22, 2017

Luther Strange
stated on September 21, 2017 in a debate:

Alabama is "the most generous state in the union in terms of what we give to charities."

By Louis Jacobson • September 22, 2017

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