Fact Check Posts – Page 113

Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 a CEO town hall:

"There was a very large infrastructure bill that was approved during the Obama administration, a trillion dollars. Nobody ever saw anything being built."

By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on April 4, 2017 a CEO town hall:

"When you look for a job, you can't find it and you give up. You are now considered statistically employed."

By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2017

John Conyers, Jr.
stated on March 28, 2017 a subcommittee hearing:

"Apprehension rates at the southern border have plummeted since the 1980s, and apprehensions of Mexicans specifically have reached their lowest point in nearly half a century."

By Miriam Valverde • April 3, 2017

Fight for the Future
stated on March 28, 2017 a tweet:

"215 members of Congress just voted to let your ISP spy on what type of underwear you buy and sell that data to advertisers."

By Lauren Carroll • March 30, 2017

Jeff Sessions
stated on March 27, 2017 a press briefing:

"Just last May, the Department of Justice inspector general found that these (‘sanctuary city’) policies also violate federal law."

By Miriam Valverde • March 30, 2017

Charles Schumer
stated on March 1, 2017 a Senate floor speech:

"In fact, if you add up the net wealth of his cabinet, it has more wealth than a third of the American people total -- close to 100 million people."

By Jana Heigl • March 27, 2017

Carolyn Maloney
stated on March 16, 2017 remarks on the House floor:

"More than half of Planned Parenthood facilities are in rural or medically underserved areas."

By Sarah Waychoff • March 24, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 remarks at a Kentucky rally:

"Since China joined — that’s another beauty — the WTO in 2001, the U.S. has lost many more than 60,000 factories."

By Lauren Carroll • March 24, 2017

Barack Obama
stated on March 23, 2017 a statement on the 7th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act:

"The vast majority of marketplace enrollees have experienced no average premium hike at all."

By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2017

Mike Pence
stated on March 19, 2017 remarks in Coral Springs, Fla.:

Says President Donald Trump’s proposal to allow Americans to buy health insurance across state lines would make it the same as "the way you buy car insurance" today.

By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2017

Sean Spicer
stated on March 20, 2017 a press briefing:

Says Paul Manafort "played a very limited role" in the Trump presidential campaign.

By John Kruzel • March 22, 2017

Chris Murphy
stated on March 16, 2017 a press conference:

"In year No. 1, 14 million Americans lose coverage," according to the CBO.

By John Kruzel • March 22, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 a rally in Kentucky:

"Since the day of my election, we've already cut illegal immigration at the southern border by 61 percent."

By Miriam Valverde • March 22, 2017

Patrick Leahy
stated on March 8, 2017 a House Judiciary Committee hearing:

Wealthy foreigners can obtain visas through a special program, but only a small number "invest in true high-unemployment areas. Almost every other EB-5 project uses gerrymandering to qualify as distressed."

By Miriam Valverde • March 21, 2017

Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 16, 2017 a press conference:

"There's no demonstrable evidence they (after-school programs that feed kids) are helping kids do better at school."

By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2017

Devin Nunes
stated on March 20, 2017 a House Intelligence Committee hearing:

"In recent years ... the Obama administration was committed to the notion, against all evidence, that we could reset relations with Putin."

By Louis Jacobson • March 20, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 a tweet:

"The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process."

By Lauren Carroll • March 20, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on March 18, 2017 a post on Twitter:

"Germany owes ... vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it provides to Germany!"

By Allison Graves • March 19, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on March 15, 2017 an interview with Fox's Tucker Carlson:

Says "the New York Times wrote about" Barack Obama wiretapping Donald Trump during the election.

By Lauren Carroll • March 16, 2017

Luis Gutierrez
stated on March 12, 2017 CNN's State of the Union:

"2009-2010, let's remember, hundreds of Republican amendments were adopted in the ACA."

By Gabrielle Healy • March 16, 2017

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