Fact Check Posts – Page 109

Ted Cruz
stated on June 29, 2015 an interview on NPR:

The Supreme Court’s views "are radically out of step with public opinion" regarding its decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.

By Lauren Carroll • July 1, 2015

MoveOn.org
stated on June 11, 2015 a Facebook post:

Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "voted to cut $700m from Medicare."

By Lucas Daprile • July 1, 2015

Greg Abbott
stated on June 12, 2015 a press release:

A Texas law "will repatriate $1 billion of gold bullion from the Federal Reserve in New York to Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2015

Ultraviolet
stated on June 15, 2015 a Facebook post:

Says Jeb Bush "appointed a guardian for the fetus of a rape survivor."

By Joshua Gillin • June 25, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on June 20, 2015 a speech:

Says Barack Obama told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy "that the number one threat to the military and the world today is global warming."

By Tom Kertscher • June 25, 2015

NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on June 18, 2015 a TV ad:

Says Scott Walker "said that forcing women facing abortion to get invasive ultrasounds was 'just a cool thing.'"

By Tom Kertscher • June 24, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on June 15, 2015 a speech launching his 2016 campaign:

"The party in the White House" is responsible for "a massive tax increase on the middle class."

By Lauren Carroll • June 23, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on June 18, 2015 remarks at the White House:

"This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency."

By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on June 15, 2015 his presidential announcement speech:

The Democrats are "responsible" for "the swift, mindless drawdown of a military that was generations in the making."

By Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2015

Ron Christie
stated on June 12, 2015 a panel discussion on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher":

"After the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax rate cuts ... there was more money coming into the treasury."

By Jon Greenberg • June 17, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2015 his presidential announcement speech:

"When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Japan? It doesn’t exist, folks."

By Katie Sanders • June 17, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on June 15, 2015 a social media post:

Says Bill Clinton "gave a speech in 1996 about Iraq having WMDs" and said "we needed a regime change," even though everyone blamed those things on George W. Bush.

By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2015

Mark Warner
stated on June 4, 2015 an interview.:

Millennials "will be 75 percent of the workforce in the next 10 years."

By Sean Gorman • June 15, 2015

John Podesta
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Hillary Clinton's "been very clear where she stands on trade."

By Lauren Carroll • June 14, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on June 2, 2015 a speech:

Thanks to the Act 10 collective bargaining law that took effect four years ago, ACT scores in Wisconsin "are now second-best in the country for states where more than half the kids take the exam."

By Tom Kertscher • June 12, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on June 7, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday":

If Fox News' presidential debate rules had been in place during the 1992 election, "Bill Clinton wouldn't have been on the stage."

By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on May 7, 2015 a visit to Deerfield, NH:

"The entirety of North America -- Canada, the United States and Mexico -- there's more known reserves in those three countries than in Russia and Saudi Arabia."

By Clay Wirestone • June 5, 2015

Don Zimmerman
stated on April 27, 2015 an Austin City Council briefing:

"You don't have to be as smart as a fifth-grader to know what causes the climate is the sun. The sun. I have people tell me, ‘Carbon dioxide warms the Earth.’ No, it doesn't. The sun warms the Earth."

By Asher Price • June 5, 2015

Al Sharpton
stated on May 29, 2015 a broadcast of MSNBC's "PoliticsNation":

The Texas Senate "approved a bill to put a special label on the insurance cards of anyone who bought a plan through Obamacare" that includes the letter "S" for subsidy.

By Jon Greenberg • June 3, 2015

Martin O'Malley
stated on May 30, 2015 his presidential announcement speech:

"The CEO of Goldman Sachs let his employees know that he’d be just fine with either Bush or Clinton."

By Linda Qiu • June 2, 2015

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