Fact Check Posts – Page 145

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 12, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:

Says she will "work to raise the federal minimum wage back to the highest level it’s ever been — $12 an hour in today’s dollars."

By Louis Jacobson • February 17, 2016

Our Principles PAC
stated on February 14, 2016 a web ad:

Says Donald "Trump supported impeachment of President (George W.) Bush."

By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 14, 2016 on ABC's "This Week":

Says "the one person (Donald Trump) has suggested that would make a good justice is his sister, who is a court of appeals judge appointed by Bill Clinton. She is a hardcore pro-abortion liberal judge."

By Lauren Carroll • February 16, 2016

John Kasich
stated on February 13, 2016 the Republican debate in Charleston, S.C.:

"When Jeb (Bush) was governor, his first four years as governor, his Medicaid program grew twice as fast as mine."

By Jon Greenberg • February 15, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 14, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

"It has been 80 years since a Supreme Court vacancy was nominated and confirmed in an election year. There is a long tradition that you don't do this in an election year."

By Jon Greenberg • February 14, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 14, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

"There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating" both Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges.

By Linda Qiu • February 14, 2016

Ben Carson
stated on February 13, 2016 a GOP debate on CBS:

Says "Joseph Stalin said if you want to bring America down you, have to undermine three things: our spiritual life, our patriotism and our morality."

By Lauren Carroll • February 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 13, 2016 a Republican presidential debate:

On the Iraq war, "I said it loud and clear, 'You'll destabilize the Middle East.' "

By Lauren Carroll • February 14, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 11, 2016 comments during the PBS Democratic debate:

The United States has "the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on Earth."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 comments during the PBS Democratic debate:

Says Sen. Bernie Sanders has called President Barack Obama "weak. He's called him a disappointment."

By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 11, 2016 comments during the PBS Democratic debate:

"The African-American community lost half of their wealth as a result of the Wall Street collapse."

By Linda Qiu • February 12, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee:

"Americans haven’t had a raise in 15 years."

By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 11, 2016 a PBS Democratic debate:

"In America, we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 9, 2016 a victory speech after the New Hampshire primary:

"Don't believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9 and 5 percent unemployment. The number's probably 28, 29, as high as 35. In fact, I even heard recently 42 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on January 24, 2016 a post on Medium:

"My two appointments to the Florida Supreme Court, Raul Cantero and Kenneth Bell, have earned reputations as its most consistent conservatives."

By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 1, 2016 a campaign rally in Iowa:

"I'm self-funding my own campaign."

By Lauren Carroll • February 10, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 6, 2016 the GOP primary debate in New Hampshire:

Says Hillary Clinton "believes that all abortions should be legal, even on the due date of that unborn child."

By Linda Qiu • February 10, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate in New Hampshire:

"Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 10, 2016

Carly Fiorina
stated on February 6, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:

Says she "is 6th in hard dollars raised and has more cash on hand than Governors (John) Kasich and (Chris) Christie combined."

By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 7, 2016 comments on Meet the Press:

"Tell me what Madeleine Albright’s position was on the War on Iraq. I wouldn’t be surprised if she supported it."

By Linda Qiu • February 7, 2016

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