Fact Check Posts – Page 131

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

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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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stated on January 27, 2016 comments on YouTube:

"Bioweapon! Zika virus is being spread by GMO mosquitos (sic)"

By Linda Qiu • February 9, 2016

Loretta Sanchez
stated on January 20, 2016 a Capital Public Radio interview:

"Nothing was done. I mean, $25 million was spent, but we don’t have that (gun ownership) database."

By Chris Nichols • February 4, 2016

Bob Donovan
stated on January 29, 2016 a Facebook post:

"This is the true picture of ‘Milwaukee's Renaissance’ after 12 years of Mayor Tom Barrett's leadership."

By Tom Kertscher • February 2, 2016

B.o.B.
stated on January 25, 2016 in a Jan. 25 tweet:

"You've been tremendously deceived" by people who say the Earth is not flat.

By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate:

Obamacare "is the biggest job-killer in this country -- millions of Americans have lost their jobs, have been forced into part-time work."

By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 21, 2016 a New Hampshire appearance:

"Blue Cross Blue Shield cancelled all their individual (health care) policies in the state of Texas, effective Dec. 31."

By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2016

Mike Rogers
stated on January 12, 2016 a roundtable discussion on CNN:

"Donald Trump is appealing as much to Democrats as he is to Republicans."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 21, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on January 18, 2016 an exchange with voters at an Iowa campaign event:

Says his much-discussed boots are "made in Wisconsin."

By Joshua Gillin • January 19, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on January 17, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

Hostages were released as soon as Ronald Reagan took office because Iran perceived that America was "no longer under the command of someone weak."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2016

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on January 14, 2016 a news release:

Wisconsin dropped "from second in the country to 41st" among states where more than half the students took the ACT exam.

By Tom Kertscher • January 15, 2016

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