Fact Check Posts – Page 143

Donald Trump
stated on March 3, 2016 a GOP debate hosted by Fox

The wives of the 9/11 hijackers "knew exactly what was happening" and went back to Saudi Arabia two days before the attacks to watch their husbands on television flying the planes.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 4, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 3, 2016 a GOP debate hosted by Fox

Marco Rubio "has the No. 1 absentee record in the United States" Senate.

By Lauren Carroll • March 4, 2016

John Kasich
stated on March 3, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in Detroit

In head-to-head polls for the general election, "I beat Hillary Clinton by more than anybody, by 11 points."

By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2016 an Instagram meme

Says Mahatma Gandhi once said, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 4, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2016 comments on CNN's State of the Union

"I don't know anything about David Duke."

By Linda Qiu • March 2, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 24, 2016 a news conference

"Since (welfare reform) was signed into law, the number of families living in extreme poverty has more than doubled."

By Lauren Carroll • March 2, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 an interview on ABC's "This Week"

Says "Harry Reid, when asked about the Republican field, said the Republican he likes the best is Donald Trump, and he said, because I can work with him. He'll cut deals."

By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 comments on Meet the Press

"There have been multiple media reports about (Donald Trump's) business dealings with the mob, with the mafia."

By Linda Qiu • March 2, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on February 16, 2016 a press conference

"There is not a single candidate in the Republican primary that thinks we should do anything about climate change."

By Lauren Carroll • March 1, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2016 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"

Says "the New York Times can write a story that they know is false" yet "they can't basically be sued."

By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"

"We (Trump University) have an ‘A’ from the Better Business Bureau."

By Jon Greenberg • February 28, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 28, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"

Says he supported the 1994 crime bill because "there is a ban on assault weapons in that bill."

By Linda Qiu • February 28, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 18, 2016 an MSNBC-Telemundo town hall

"You are three times more likely to be able to get a mortgage if you're a white applicant than if you're black or Hispanic, even if you have the same credentials."

By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 23, 2016 a TV ad

"African-Americans are more likely to be arrested by police and sentenced to longer prison terms for doing the same thing that whites do."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 26, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 25, 2016 the Republican debate in Houston, Texas

"A couple of debates ago, (Donald Trump) said if you don’t support socialized health care, you’re heartless."

By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 25, 2016 the GOP primary debate in Texas

Says Donald Trump hired illegal workers "from Poland and he had to pay a million dollars or so in a judgment."

By Linda Qiu • February 26, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 25, 2016 comments during the Houston GOP debate

"When they passed Obamacare, they put a bailout fund in Obamacare. … We led the effort and wiped out that bailout fund."

By Joshua Gillin • February 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 25, 2016 comments during the Houston GOP debate

Says Ted Cruz "said I was in favor in Libya. I never discussed that subject."

By Aaron Sharockman • February 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 25, 2016 comments during the CNN debate

"If it weren’t for me … (illegal immigration) wouldn’t even be a big subject."

By Aaron Sharockman • February 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 19, 2016 a rally in North Charleston, S.C.

Says that in the Philippines more than a century ago, Gen. John Pershing "took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs’ blood," and shot 49 Muslim rebels. "The 50th person, he said, ‘You go back to your people, and you tell them what happened.’ And for 25 years, there wasn’t a problem."

By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2016

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