Fact Check Posts – Page 132

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention

"Nearly 180,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records, ordered deported from our country, are tonight roaming free to threaten peaceful citizens."

By Miriam Valverde • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention

"An amendment, pushed by Lyndon Johnson many years ago, threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 the 2016 Republican National Convention

"America is one of the highest-taxed nations in the world."

By Louis Jacobson, Nadia Pflaum • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland

"Household incomes are down more than $4,000 since the year 2000."

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland

"Our trade deficit in goods reached nearly … $800 billion last year alone."

By Lauren Carroll • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican national convention

Says Hillary Clinton "supported North American Free Trade Agreement), and she supported China’s entrance into the World Trade Organization…. She supported the job-killing trade deal with South Korea. She supported the Trans-Pacific Partnership."

By Linda Qiu • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican national convention

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to essentially abolish the Second Amendment."

By Linda Qiu • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland

"While Hillary Clinton plans a massive, and I mean massive, tax increase, I have proposed the largest tax reduction of any candidate who has run for president this year, Democrat or Republican."

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention

"America has lost nearly one third of its manufacturing jobs since 1997, following the enactment of disastrous trade deals supported by Bill and Hillary Clinton."

By Jon Greenberg • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention

Says Hillary Clinton "has called for a radical 550 percent increase in Syrian ... refugees . . . despite the fact that there’s no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 the 2016 Republican National Convention

"Forty-three million Americans are on food stamps."

By Nadia Pflaum • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 In a speech at the Republican convention

"The number of new illegal immigrant families who have crossed the border so far this year already exceeds the entire total from 2015."

By Miriam Valverde • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland

"Homicides last year increased by 17 percent in America’s 50 largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years."

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland

"Two million more Latinos are in poverty today than when President Obama took his oath of office less than eight years ago."

By Lauren Carroll • July 22, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention

Says as Indiana governor, he has made "record investments in education."

By Lauren Carroll • July 21, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention

"We in Indiana have . . . the highest credit rating in the nation."

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

Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 the Republican national convention

"It was Hillary Clinton who left Americans in harm's way in Benghazi and after four Americans fell said, 'What difference at this point does it make?' "

By Linda Qiu • July 21, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention

Says "Hillary (Clinton) wants to increase the number (of Syrian refugees) by 500 percent."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Miriam Valverde • July 21, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland

"There are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before."

By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention

"Just 9 percent of Muslims in Pakistan view ISIS favorably. Unfortunately, that 9 percent is 16 million people. And that’s just one country."

By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2016

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