Fact Check Posts – Page 130

Donald Trump
stated on March 19, 2016 a rally in Fountain Hills, Ariz.

The 2016 federal omnibus spending bill "funds illegal immigrants coming in and through your border, right through Phoenix."

By Anthony Cave • April 2, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2016 a CNN town hall

Says that when Michelle Fields "found out that there was a security camera, and that they had her on tape, all of a sudden that story changed."

By Lauren Carroll • March 30, 2016

Chris Abele
stated on March 15, 2016 a television ad

An image in a Chris Abele TV ad depicts "wealthy citizens" who would benefit from a "lake" created by the controversial Estabrook Dam.

By James B. Nelson • March 29, 2016

Sid Miller
stated on March 22, 2016 a Facebook post

Says Barack Obama was happily photographed holding a T-shirt with revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara’s face on it.

By Fauzeya Rahman • March 25, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2016 a press conference

"Out of 67 counties (in Florida), I won 66, which is unprecedented. It's never happened before."

By Joshua Gillin • March 24, 2016

Brian Sims
stated on March 12, 2016 In a fundraising email to supporters

"The right-wing extremists are trying to take this seat so they can push their anti-choice and anti-equality agenda through our State House."

By Mark Dent • March 18, 2016

Greg Abbott
stated on March 14, 2016 responding to reporters

"The fact is voter fraud is rampant."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 17, 2016

Viral image
stated on October 25, 2015 a blog post and subsequently reposted on Facebook.

Says Hillary Clinton told the Des Moines Register on Aug. 8, 2015: "I will get the NRA shut down for good if I become president. If we can ban handguns, we will do it."

By Jason Noble • March 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2016 comments on CNN's State of the Union

"I don't know anything about David Duke."

By Linda Qiu • March 2, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 25, 2016 the Republican debate in Houston, Texas

"A couple of debates ago, (Donald Trump) said if you don’t support socialized health care, you’re heartless."

By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 25, 2016 comments during the Houston GOP debate

Says Ted Cruz "said I was in favor in Libya. I never discussed that subject."

By Aaron Sharockman • February 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 19, 2016 a rally in North Charleston, S.C.

Says that in the Philippines more than a century ago, Gen. John Pershing "took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs’ blood," and shot 49 Muslim rebels. "The 50th person, he said, ‘You go back to your people, and you tell them what happened.’ And for 25 years, there wasn’t a problem."

By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2016

Samir Chachoua
stated on January 29, 2016 comments on "Real Time with Bill Maher"

Says he cured Charlie Sheen and the island of Comoros of HIV with "milk from goats, which had arthritis."

By Linda Qiu • February 23, 2016

Bill Clinton
stated on February 16, 2016 a campaign event

"The people that perpetrated that travesty in San Bernardino had never been to the Middle East."

By Lauren Carroll • February 22, 2016

Ben Carson
stated on February 13, 2016 a GOP debate on CBS

Says "Joseph Stalin said if you want to bring America down you, have to undermine three things: our spiritual life, our patriotism and our morality."

By Lauren Carroll • February 14, 2016

Viral image
stated on February 10, 2016 in a post on Facebook

Quotes Mark Cuban as saying, "I worry that millions of millennials are voting Democrat this year because they fact-check everything."

By Lauren Carroll • February 12, 2016

Jonathan Stickland
stated on February 10, 2016 a TV ad

Scott Fisher "tried to expand Obamacare in Texas and even voted for an official resolution to force 1 million Texans into Obamacare."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 9, 2016 a victory speech after the New Hampshire primary

"Don't believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9 and 5 percent unemployment. The number's probably 28, 29, as high as 35. In fact, I even heard recently 42 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2016

Daniel Greenfield
stated on July 30, 2015 an article on the Frontpage website

"Obama spent $7 billion to bring electricity to Africa, failed miserably."

By Jon Greenberg • February 11, 2016

Greg Abbott
stated on January 8, 2016 a 90-page manifesto decrying federal overreach

"While states used to have regulatory power over fishing, federal law now regulates down to the tenth of the inch the minimum size of fish that anglers can keep."

By Dylan Baddour • February 10, 2016

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