Fact Check Posts – Page 133

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

Phil Ruffin
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:

Says Donald Trump "always pays his bills promptly."

By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2016

Mitch McConnell
stated on July 19, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention:

In 2010, Clinton "said Iran could enrich uranium. In 2014 she said she’s always argued against it."

By Jon Greenberg • July 20, 2016

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 19, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:

Says Hillary Clinton is proposing "destroying Medicare for seniors."

By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on July 19, 2016 the GOP convention in Cleveland:

" ‘What difference, at this point, does it make?' I am the guy that got under her skin and provoked that infamous response from Hillary Clinton by asking a pretty simple question, 'Why didn't you just pick up the phone and call the survivors’ (of the Benghazi attack)?"

By Linda Qiu • July 20, 2016

Chris Christie
stated on July 19, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention:

Says Hillary Clinton "said all work-related emails were sent back to the State Department. The FBI director said, that's not true."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 20, 2016

Chris Christie
stated on July 19, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention:

Says "(Clinton) called President Assad a ‘reformer.’ She called Assad a ‘different kind of leader.’ "

By Nadia Pflaum • July 20, 2016

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