Fact Check Posts – Page 129

Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2016 a Facebook post:

"The Obama administration was actively supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group that became the Islamic State."

By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2016

Tom McCarey
stated on June 6, 2016 In a Penn Live editorial:

"Never mind that no red light camera, no speed camera, nor any radar gun has ever stopped one accident from occurring."

By Mark Dent • June 14, 2016

Bloggers
stated on June 7, 2016 a headline in the Justice Gazette:

Says Bernie Sanders "wins California landslide, But ⅔ of his votes aren’t counted."

By Chris Nichols • June 10, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 7, 2016 a speech after several primaries concluded:

"Crime is rising."

By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2016

Katie McGinty
stated on June 3, 2016 On the 'About' page of McGinty's campaign website:

Says she was the first in her family to go to a four-year college.

By Mark Dent • June 3, 2016

Alcee Hastings
stated on May 16, 2016 a House resolution:

The Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, China, "threatens global public health."

By Jon Greenberg • June 3, 2016

Jon Keyser
stated on May 31, 2016 a TV ad:

Says "Obama wants to give (Iran) nuclear weapons and Michael Bennet, he was all for it."

By Alan Gathright, Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 31, 2016 a press conference in New York :

"I wanted to keep it private, because I don't think it's anybody's business if I want to send money to the vets."

By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on May 27, 2016 a post on Twitter:

"No one in American history has moved from a June 16 announcement to a May 26 winning of a majority. Trump's achievement is remarkable."

By Aaron Sharockman • May 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2016 a speech to the National Rifle Association:

It "is Hillary Clinton's agenda" to "release the violent criminals from jail. She wants them all released."

By Louis Jacobson • May 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 23, 2016 an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly:

"Look, we are at war with these people and they don't wear uniforms. … This is a war against people that are vicious, violent people, that we have no idea who they are, where they come from. We are allowing tens of thousands of them into our country now."

By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2016

Steve Adler
stated on May 17, 2016 a panel discussion in Austin:

"The first tweet was sent from Austin."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2016

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on May 16, 2016 an automated call:

Says "Jacky Rosen has refused to tell us whether she supports Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton."

By Riley Snyder • May 20, 2016

Priorities USA Action
stated on May 16, 2016 a television ad:

Says Donald Trump said of women, "And you can tell them to go f--- themselves."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 18, 2016

Wisconsin Jobs Now
stated on April 28, 2016 a Facebook posting.:

Says Demond Means, "turnaround district" superintendent for Milwaukee Public Schools, said the district "needs to be gutted."

By James B. Nelson • May 18, 2016

Bloggers
stated on May 6, 2016 a Web article:

Says Arizona, Missouri and Texas residents have a two-pet limit, so the public must "surrender their third pet to the Humane Society."

By Anthony Cave • May 13, 2016

Scott Walker
stated on May 10, 2016 a news release:

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has "2.8 students per faculty" member, "tied for second-lowest in its history since 1994."

By Tom Kertscher • May 13, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on March 28, 2016 a campaign email:

"The Obama administration has even joined Islamist governments in sponsoring a U.N. resolution that would shred our First Amendment by threatening to make discussion of radical Islamism potentially illegal."

By Emma Hinchliffe • May 9, 2016

Pat McCrory
stated on May 3, 2016 a radio talk show appearance on the John Boy and Billy Big Show:

Says Bruce Springsteen "only had 8,000 tickets sold" for a Greensboro show and canceled after "they didn’t get the ticket sales they wanted."

By Will Doran • May 4, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 3, 2016 an interview on Fox News:

Says Ted Cruz’s father "was with Lee Harvey Oswald" before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

By Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu • May 3, 2016

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