Fact Check Posts – Page 141

Paul Ryan
stated on March 17, 2016 a news conference

"To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives."

By Lauren Carroll • March 24, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2016 a speech at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.

"When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 24, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview on CNN

"Ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because the United States of America" said it would "ensure (its) territorial integrity from Russia."

By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2016 a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee

"During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents."

By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2016

Mitch McConnell
stated on March 20, 2016 "Fox News Sunday"

Says Senate Republicans are "following a longstanding tradition of not filling vacancies on the Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election year."

By Lauren Carroll • March 22, 2016

Joe Pitts
stated on March 10, 2016 a Medium post

"According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 120 Americans on average die from a drug overdose every day. Overall, drug overdose deaths now outnumber deaths from firearms."

By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2016

Club for Growth
stated on March 17, 2016 a political ad

Says Donald Trump promised "to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the government's going to pay for it."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 21, 2016

Harry Reid
stated on March 20, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"

Senate Democrats "have never held up a Supreme Court nomination."

By Lauren Carroll • March 20, 2016

John Kasich
stated on March 20, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"

Says Donald "Trump got, you know, $1.8 billion worth of free media. I got, like, none."

By Joshua Gillin • March 20, 2016

Mike Honda
stated on March 16, 2016 a column posted on Medium

"Six justices" on the U.S. Supreme Court have been "confirmed in presidential election years since 1912."

By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 15, 2016 a speech at Mar-a-Lago

Under the Iran nuclear deal, "we give them $150 billion, we get nothing."

By Linda Qiu • March 17, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press"

Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years."

By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 17, 2016 a speech posted on Medium

"Gun violence is by far the leading cause of death for young African American men, outstripping the next nine causes of death combined."

By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2016

Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on March 8, 2016 a Facebook meme

The rate of U.S. female homicide victims outnumbers 24 other developed countries by more than 2½ to 1.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"

Says the man who rushed the stage at him in Dayton, Ohio, "had chatter about ISIS, or with ISIS" in his social media posts.

By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"

"More than once, I've actually had a conversation with the protesters on substance."

By Linda Qiu • March 13, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on March 11, 2016 a GOP debate at the University of Miami

Foreign aid "is less than 1 percent of our federal budget."

By Amy Sherman, C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 10, 2016 the Miami GOP debate.

"GDP was zero essentially for the last two quarters."

By Linda Qiu • March 11, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on March 10, 2016 the Republican debate in Miami

"I opposed TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and have always opposed TPP."

By Jon Greenberg • March 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 10, 2016 a GOP debate in Miami

Common Core is "education through Washington D.C."

By Joshua Gillin • March 11, 2016

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