Fact Check Posts – Page 134

Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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

Mitch McConnell
stated on July 19, 2016 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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

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