Fact Check Posts – Page 129

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 25, 2016 in remarks in Reno:

"Parents and teachers are already worrying about what they call the ‘Trump Effect.’ They report that bullying and harassment are on the rise in our schools, especially targeting students of color, Muslims and immigrants."

By Lauren Carroll • August 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 25, 2016 in a speech in Manchester, N.H.:

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to raise taxes on African-American owned businesses to as much as nearly 50 percent more than they're paying now."

By Joshua Gillin • August 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 24, 2016 in at a rally in Tampa, Fla.:

The Hollywood celebrities endorsing Hillary Clinton are "in many cases celebrities that aren’t very hot anymore."

By Linda Qiu • August 25, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 24, 2016 in a speech in Tampa:

"Since President Obama came into office, another 2 million Hispanics have joined the ranks of those in poverty. … The number of Hispanic children living in poverty increased by 15 percent in that short period of time."

By Louis Jacobson • August 25, 2016

Reince Priebus
stated on August 23, 2016 in comments on "The Mike Gallagher Show":

"The fact is" the Clinton Foundation has "got about 80 percent in overhead and 20 percent of the money is actually getting into the places it should."

By Aaron Sharockman • August 25, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2016 in a campaign ad:

Says Hillary Clinton wants illegal immigrants "collecting Social Security benefits."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 24, 2016

Jennifer Granholm
stated on August 10, 2016 in an interview on CNN:

Says Hillary Clinton "abided by the ethics agreement" between the Clinton Foundation and the Obama administration.

By Linda Qiu • August 24, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2016 in remarks in Michigan:

The Obama administration gave Iran "$400 million in ransom payment cash."

By Lauren Carroll • August 24, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 23, 2016 in a fundraising email:

Says a CNN anchor said that Hillary Clinton has gotten "a free ride so far from the media. We're the biggest ones supporting her campaign."

By Louis Jacobson • August 23, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 15, 2016 in a post on Medium:

"Almost half a million people are still eligible (for DACA), particularly in the Asian-American and Pacific Islander community."

By Miriam Valverde • August 22, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on August 16, 2016 in a campaign event:

"In Congress right now, we're doing the best job we have ever done in women in the federal legislature," but it’s still only "19 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech in Youngstown, Ohio:

"We admit about 100,000 permanent immigrants from the Middle East every year."

By Miriam Valverde • August 19, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech in Scranton, Pa.:

Says military commanders have said that if Donald Trump were elected, "they would not follow his orders."

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 17, 2016 in a campaign rally in Cleveland:

"I am the only candidate who ran in either the Democratic or the Republican primary who said from the very beginning (that) I will not raise taxes on the middle class."

By Lauren Carroll, Warren Fiske • August 17, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on August 15, 2016 in a campaign speech in Scranton, Pa. :

Says her campaign platform includes the "biggest investment in new, good-paying jobs since World War II."

By Lauren Carroll • August 17, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on August 5, 2016 in a Medium post:

"Most Americans support" the legalization of marijuana.

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2016

Paul Manafort
stated on August 14, 2016 in an interview on "State of the Union":

Says there was a "NATO base in Turkey being under attack by terrorists."

By Linda Qiu • August 16, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech in Youngstown, Ohio:

"Under those eight years before (Barack) Obama came along, we didn’t have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack in the United States" since Sept. 11, 2001.

By Linda Qiu • August 16, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on August 3, 2016 in a town hall meeting:

Legal prescription drugs "statistically kill 100,000 people a year, (but) there are no documented deaths due to marijuana."

By Joseph Cariz • August 16, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2016 in a speech on foreign policy in Youngstown, Ohio:

"I had previously said that NATO was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism. Since my comments, they have changed their policy and now have a new division focused on terror threats."

By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2016

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