Fact Check Posts – Page 125

Mike Pence
stated on October 3, 2016 in a pre-debate appearance in Virginia:

"In the state of Indiana, I’ve signed more than $3.5 billion in tax relief."

By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:

"First, Donald Trump said wages are too high, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage."

By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 in the first presidential debate at Hofstra University:

The Great Recession emerged "in large part because of tax policies that slashed taxes on the wealthy, failed to invest in the middle class, took their eyes off of Wall Street, and created a perfect storm."

By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on September 28, 2016 in a CNN town hall:

"Since I came into office … we have increased the VA budget by 85 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • September 30, 2016

Chelsea Clinton
stated on September 28, 2016 in an interview with Cosmo:

Says "Gary Johnson and the Libertarian Party want to get rid of the public school system."

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

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate at Hofstra University:

"These people that we were going to deport for good reason ended up becoming citizens. Ended up becoming citizens. And it was 800. And now it turns out it might be 1,800, and they don't even know."

By Miriam Valverde • September 29, 2016

Bloggers
stated on September 27, 2016 in Internet posts:

Say photographs of Hillary Clinton at the debate show what could be an earpiece.

By Louis Jacobson • September 28, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 in the presidential debate in Hempstead, N.Y.:

Says "no, you’re wrong," responding to the assertion that stop-and-frisk was ruled unconstitutional in New York.

By Lauren Carroll • September 28, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate:

Says to Hillary Clinton, "You heard what I said about (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal), and all of a sudden you were against it."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate at Hofstra University:

"NATO is opening up a major terror division. ... I'm sure I'm not going to get credit for it, but that was largely because of what I was saying and my criticism of NATO."

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 20, 2016 in a speech in North Carolina:

Says "Hillary Clinton's plan would bring in 620,000 refugees in her first term, alone, with no effective way to screen or vet them. Her plan would cost $400 billion in terms of lifetime welfare and entitlement costs."

By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate at Hofstra University:

In New York City, "murders are up."

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2016 in a speech in Roanoke, Va.:

Says Hillary Clinton’s energy agenda "will cost the U.S. economy over $5 trillion"

By Linda Qiu • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate:

Says top Clinton advisers "were pressing" birther movement stories "very hard."

By Jon Greenberg • September 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate:

"The only years that anybody's ever seen" of Donald Trump’s tax returns "showed he didn't pay any federal income tax."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 27, 2016 in the first presidential debate:

Says Donald Trump "started his career back in 1973 being sued by the Justice Department for racial discrimination because he would not rent apartments in one of his developments to African-Americans."

By Steve Contorno • September 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate at Hofstra University:

According to "independent experts," Donald Trump's tax plan "would blow up the debt by over $5 trillion and would in some instances disadvantage middle-class families compared to the wealthy."

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate:

"In Chicago, they've had thousands of shootings, thousands since Jan. 1. Thousands of shootings."

By Miriam Valverde • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 in a presidential debate:

"I did not support the war in Iraq … The record shows that I’m right."

By Lauren Carroll • September 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 in a Presidential debate:

Says Donald Trump "publicly invited Putin to hack into Americans’ (emails)."

By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2016

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