Fact Check Posts – Page 135

Garnet Coleman
stated on May 6, 2015 a committee hearing

"Transgender individuals in the U.S. have a 1-in-12 chance of being murdered."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2015

Jim Lampley
stated on May 2, 2015 comments before the Mayweather vs. Pacquiao fight

The projected revenue from the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight is "larger than the annual GDP of 29 different countries."

By Lauren Carroll • May 3, 2015

Nation of Islam Research Group
stated on April 26, 2015 a Facebook post

Says Baltimore police are "trained by Mossad and Shin Bet."

By Jon Greenberg • April 29, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on March 28, 2015 posts on social media

Facebook has unveiled new rules to stop their users from creating posts related in any way to religion.

By Audrey Bowler • April 10, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on March 25, 2015 an online meme

Says Ted Cruz said, "There is no place for gays or atheists in my America. None. Our Constitution makes that clear."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 8, 2015

George Will
stated on April 5, 2015 an appearance on Fox News Sunday

Says President Ronald Reagan "had a month of job creation of 1 million."

By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2015

Chain email
stated on April 6, 2015 a chain email

Says Hillary Clinton will receive her "congressional salary until she dies" and the Secret Service pays her mortgage.

By Lauren Carroll • April 6, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on March 26, 2015 an online meme

Says Ted Cruz just flip-flopped about the president needing to be U.S.-born.

By W. Gardner Selby • March 27, 2015

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on March 17, 2015 a website post

Says Gov. Scott Walker "has been rated America’s most factually-challenged politician."

March 27, 2015

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on March 23, 2015 a statement on a website

U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy "voted to allow members of Congress to receive taxpayer-funded health care for life."

By Amy Sherman • March 25, 2015

Americans for Prosperity: Florida
stated on March 10, 2015 a news release

Recent solar energy policies in Georgia "have resulted in rate hikes and did not result in solar becoming any more economically viable."

By Joshua Gillin • March 24, 2015

Juda Engelmayer
stated on March 13, 2015 interviews

Creflo Dollar needed a $65 million Gulfstream G650 to carry thousands of pounds of food and other supplies -- as well as the Word of God -- worldwide.

By Nancy Badertscher • March 23, 2015

Dan Patrick
stated on February 25, 2015 an interview on KLBJ AM in Austin

Texas this fiscal year will "have more money in reserve than the other 49 states combined."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 5, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on February 7, 2015 a meme supposedly quoting Sheila Jackson Lee

Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas said: ‘Hey, all you wrinkly, white-aged has-beens: It’s time for you to die and let the next generation have your spot on the planet.’

By W. Gardner Selby • February 24, 2015

Joe Biden
stated on February 17, 2015 remarks at a White House summit

"There is a very identifiable Somali community" back home in Delaware.

By Lauren Carroll • February 19, 2015

Dana Perino
stated on February 9, 2015 a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News

On climate change, "the temperature readings have been fabricated, and it's all blowing up in their (scientists') faces."

By Jon Greenberg • February 13, 2015

Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2015 a telephone interview with CNN

A Texas law says "that you can’t shoot bears out of the second floor of a window."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2015

Mike Adams
stated on February 10, 2015 a story making the rounds on social media

Mercury is used in vaccines, and there is no safe level of mercury.

By April Hunt • February 11, 2015

Urban Intellectuals
stated on January 15, 2015 an article posted on Urban Intellectuals

"Sheriffs Call For Obama’s Lynching While Leader Meets With GOP Senators"

By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on February 4, 2015 a tweet

Fundamental changes made to the language describing the Wisconsin Idea in the University of Wisconsin System's mission statement were the result of a "drafting error."

February 6, 2015

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