Fact Check Posts – Page 134

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

Says Hillary Clinton "lied about why her parents named her Hillary."

By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2016

Paul Manafort
stated on July 19, 2016 a press conference:

"The Clinton camp was the first to get it out there and try to say there was something untoward about the speech that Melania Trump gave."

By Lauren Carroll • July 19, 2016

Jeff Sessions
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention:

"There are about 350,000 people who succeed in crossing our borders illegally each year."

By Miriam Valverde • July 19, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 18, 2016 an interview on Fox News with Bill O'Reilly:

Says as GOP was picking a convention city, "I recommended Ohio."

By Jon Greenberg • July 19, 2016

Mark Geist
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention:

"We defied the stand-down orders" during the Benghazi attack.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 19, 2016

Jeff Sessions
stated on July 18, 2016 the GOP convention in Cleveland:

Says Hillary Clinton "has been a champion of globalist trade agreements. ... Worst of all, they are now pushing the disastrous 5,000-page Obamatrade — the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement."

By Linda Qiu • July 19, 2016

Jeff Sessions
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:

"We have the lowest percentage of Americans actually holding a job in 40 years."

By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2016

Reince Priebus
stated on July 17, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says no one from the Bush family attended the 2012 Republican National Convention and "there was no President Bush" at the 2008 convention.

By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • July 17, 2016

Reince Priebus
stated on July 17, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

"What the facts say" is ... "the best scenario for kids is a loving mom and dad."

By Lauren Carroll • July 17, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2016 a speech:

"Just look at what the FBI director said about her (Hillary Clinton) — her misconduct is a disgrace and embarrassment to our country."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 15, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on July 12, 2016 a speech at a memorial service in Dallas:

"We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book."

By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 12, 2016 a speech at a Trump rally:

Says Hillary Clinton "took 13 hours to send help to Americans under fire" during the terrorist attack in Benghazi.

By Adam Thorp • July 14, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 12, 2016 a Donald Trump rally in Indiana:

"Today, there are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before in the 200-year history of the great state of Indiana."

By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on July 3, 2016 an interview on CNN:

"(Mexican immigrants) are more law-abiding than U.S. citizens and that is a statistic."

By Miriam Valverde • July 14, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 12, 2016 a speech in Portsmouth, N.H.:

"Independent analysts say (Donald Trump) would add $30 trillion to the national debt."

By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2016

Mike Rawlings
stated on July 8, 2016 a news conference:

In 2016, Dallas, Texas, has fewer "police officer-related shootings than any large city in America."

By Neelesh Moorthy • July 12, 2016

Cory Booker
stated on July 10, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

The war on drugs led to "a 500 percent increase in incarceration in our country, disproportionately affecting poor and disproportionately affecting minorities."

By Lauren Carroll • July 10, 2016

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stated on July 6, 2016 a posting on Twitter:

Says Attorney General Loretta Lynch "was a member of Bill Clinton's defense team during the 1992 Whitewater corruption probe."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 5, 2016 a rally in Raleigh, N.C.:

"You know what (Saddam Hussein) did well? He killed terrorists."

By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 5, 2016 a tweet:

"Taxpayers are paying a fortune for the use of Air Force One on the campaign trail" by President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 7, 2016

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