Fact Check Posts – Page 116

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 13, 2017 in an interview with MSNBC's Chris Hayes:

"Before the Affordable Care Act, (West Virginia’s) uninsured rate for people 64 to 19 was 29 percent. Today, it is 9 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2017

Stephen Miller
stated on February 12, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"I'm calling into question the accuracy of the ruling. The district judge in Seattle said there was no indication of terrorism from these seven countries in our country."

By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2017

Tom Cotton
stated on February 7, 2017 in a Fox News interview:

Of 1 million green cards issued a year, "almost none of those green cards are based on job skills or demonstrated economic needs."

By Miriam Valverde • February 14, 2017

Ron Johnson
stated on February 3, 2017 in a CNN interview:

Israel cut its illegal immigration rate by "99 percent" by constructing a 143-mile fence along its southern border.

By Miriam Valverde • February 13, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 12, 2017 in a tweet:

Says "72% of refugees admitted into U.S. (2/3 -2/11) during COURT BREAKDOWN are from 7 countries: SYRIA, IRAQ, SOMALIA, IRAN, SUDAN, LIBYA & YEMEN."

By Allison Graves • February 12, 2017

Stephen Miller
stated on February 12, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"This issue of busing voters in to New Hampshire is widely known by anyone who’s worked in New Hampshire politics. It’s very real, it’s very serious."

By Katie Sanders • February 12, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 12, 2017 in a tweet:

"While on FAKE NEWS @CNN, Bernie Sanders was cut off for using the term fake news to describe the network. They said technical difficulties!"

By Allison Graves • February 12, 2017

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 5, 2017 in an interview on CNN:

Says former President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominations "required 60 votes."

By Gabrielle Healy • February 9, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 9, 2017 in a tweet:

Says CNN’s Chris Cuomo "never asked" Sen. Richard Blumenthal about Blumenthal's misstatements on his own service in Vietnam.

By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2017

Jeanne Shaheen
stated on February 8, 2017 in a CNN interview:

"Back when Ted Cruz called Mitch McConnell a liar on the floor of the Senate floor, nobody invoked Rule 19 to censor him."

By Joshua Gillin • February 8, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 7, 2017 in a meeting with sheriffs in the White House:

"The murder rate in our country is the highest it’s been in 47 years."

By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 2, 2017 in a Facebook post:

"Smart! 'Kuwait issues its own Trump-esque visa ban for five Muslim-majority countries.' "

By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2017

Seth Moulton
stated on January 31, 2017 in a CNN interview:

"ISIS is already using the rhetoric from the Trump administration, the text of this executive order, to incite attacks against us and to recruit more terrorists to their side."

By Miriam Valverde • February 7, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2017 in a speech in Tampa, Fla.:

Terrorism and terrorist attacks in the United States and Europe have "gotten to a point where it's not even being reported."

By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2017 in an interview with Bill O'Reilly:

Says "109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers" were affected by the immigration executive order.

By Linda Qiu • February 6, 2017

Kellyanne Conway
stated on February 2, 2017 in There was no massacre:

"Two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized and they were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green massacre. … It didn't get covered"

By Louis Jacobson, Steve Contorno • February 3, 2017

Kellyanne Conway
stated on February 2, 2017 in an interview on "Fox and Friends":

"This is longest that the nation has gone without a secretary of the Treasury, at least in modern times. If it's not the longest, it's darn close to it."

By Allison Graves • February 2, 2017

Keith Ellison
stated on January 29, 2017 in a CBS 'Face The Nation' interview:

"About three-quarters of (Syrian refugees) are women and children. A full third of them are kids under 12 years old."

By Miriam Valverde • February 2, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 1, 2017 in a tweet:

"The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia."

By Linda Qiu, Miriam Valverde • February 2, 2017

Nancy Pelosi
stated on January 31, 2017 in a CNN town hall:

Says Neil Gorsuch "comes down on the side of felons over gun safety."

By Lauren Carroll • February 2, 2017

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