Fact Check Posts – Page 144

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

Bill Clinton
stated on February 16, 2016 a campaign event:

"The people that perpetrated that travesty in San Bernardino had never been to the Middle East."

By Lauren Carroll • February 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 21, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

With Obamacare, "You have no options .. you can't get competitive bidding."

By Jon Greenberg • February 21, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 21, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

"About 70 percent of Republicans nationwide ... don't think Donald Trump is the right guy" to take on Hillary Clinton in November.

By Linda Qiu • February 21, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on January 26, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:

"Two-thirds of our kids can’t read at grade level."

By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2016

Richard Blumenthal
stated on February 15, 2016 an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball:

"There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 18, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on February 5, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:

"Barack Obama will somehow manage to add more than $8 trillion to the national debt, which is more debt than the 43 presidents who held office before him compiled together."

By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2016

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