Fact Check Posts – Page 136

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech after a terrorist attack in Orlando

"Hate crimes against American Muslims and mosques have tripled after Paris and San Bernardino."

By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech

Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 13, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech on terrorism and immigration

There is "no system to vet" refugees from the Middle East.

By Linda Qiu • June 13, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 12, 2016 a statement after a terrorist attack in Orlando

"We admit more than 100,000 lifetime migrants from the Middle East each year."

By Louis Jacobson • June 13, 2016

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stated on June 1, 2016 Facebook post by Liberals are Cool

"Tuition-free public universities and colleges are just a pipe dream. False. They were both free up until the Vietnam War."

By Allison Graves • June 10, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on June 5, 2016 an appearance on Meet the Press

Says the United States has "treaties with apparently 69 countries where we are obligated to defend their borders. And these were treaties that were executive treaties, not authorized by Congress."

By Neelesh Moorthy • June 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 7, 2016 a speech after several primaries concluded

"Crime is rising."

By Louis Jacobson • June 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 5, 2016 an interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation"

Says Judge Gonzalo Curiel "is a member of a club or society, very strongly pro-Mexican."

By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2016

Mitch McConnell
stated on May 31, 2016 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"

Says Obama "called Kagan a moderate. He called Sotomayor a moderate."

By Allison Graves • June 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech

"A trade war is something very different (than curbing new trade agreements). We went down that road in the 1930s. It made the Great Depression longer and more painful."

By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech

Says Donald Trump said the U.S. should "encourage" Japan to get nuclear weapons.

By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a national security speech in California

Says Donald Trump "has the gall to say that prisoners of war like John McCain aren’t heroes."

By Neelesh Moorthy • June 3, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech

Says Donald Trump "says he has foreign policy experience because he ran the Miss Universe pageant in Russia."

By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech

Says "Donald Trump says climate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese."

By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 1, 2016 a rally in Sacramento, Calif.

Says Hillary Clinton has spoken "such lies about my foreign policy. They said I want Japan to … get nuclear weapons. Give me a break."

By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 31, 2016 a news conference

"We're losing thousands of (veterans) waiting on line" because they can't get speedy health care from the Veterans Administration.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 1, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 31, 2016 a press conference in New York

"I wanted to keep it private, because I don't think it's anybody's business if I want to send money to the vets."

By Louis Jacobson • May 31, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 26, 2016 an interview on ABC

"It was allowed," referring to her email practices.

By Lauren Carroll • May 31, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2016 a speech on energy policy

In California, "the windmills are killing hundreds and hundreds of eagles."

By Jon Greenberg • May 31, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on May 29, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"

"I believe we should have tax on carbon and deal aggressively with climate change. That is not (Hillary Clinton's) position."

By Linda Qiu • May 29, 2016

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