Fact Check Posts – Page 146

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 7, 2016 comments on Meet the Press:

"There really isn’t any kind of foreign policy network that is supporting and advising Sen. Sanders."

By Joshua Gillin • February 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2016 an ABC Republican debate in New Hampshire:

"Right now we’re the highest taxed country in the world."

By Joshua Gillin, Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in Manchester, N.H.:

Regarding the Iraq War, "I was the one that said, ‘Don’t go, don’t do it, you’re going to destabilize the Middle East.’ "

By Lauren Carroll • February 7, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 6, 2016 the New Hampshire GOP debate:

Says CNN reported Ben Carson was "taking a break from campaigning" and the Cruz campaign "forwarded that news to our volunteers."

By Linda Qiu • February 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 4, 2016 comments during the New Hampshire Democratic debate:

"I waited until (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement) had actually been negotiated" before deciding whether to endorse it.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 5, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 4, 2016 the Democratic debate in Durham, N.H.:

Says Bernie Sanders advocated putting "Iranian troops into Syria to try and resolve the conflict there. Putting them right on the doorstep of Israel."

By Jon Greenberg • February 5, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Durham, N.H.:

Says a Sanders campaign ad "never said ... a newspaper endorsed us that did not."

By Clay Wirestone, Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate on MSNBC:

Americans "are working longer hours for low wages . . . and yet almost all new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 5, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 4, 2016 a town hall in Manchester, N.H.:

China is "practicing how to blow up our satellites."

By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 3, 2016 a town hall in Henniker, N.H.:

"During eight years under Ronald Reagan, African-American median income rose by about $5,000."

By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 2, 2016 a town hall event in Windham, N.H.:

The 2013 immigration bill "expanded President Obama’s ability to bring Syrian refugees to this country without mandating any meaningful background checks."

By Joshua Gillin, Jon Greenberg • February 3, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 1, 2016 a political ad:

"While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 percent."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 3, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on February 2, 2016 an appearance at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H.:

The debt "comes up all the time in town meetings ... but it's never asked in the debates. It's really weird. It hasn't been brought up."

By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2016

Right to Rise
stated on February 2, 2016 a TV ad:

Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich had "the worst rating on spending of any governor in the country, Republican or Democrat."

By Aaron Sharockman • February 2, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 25, 2016 a CNN town hall:

When terrorists killed more than 250 Americans in Lebanon under Ronald Reagan, "the Democrats didn’t make that a partisan issue."

By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 31, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have the identical position on health care, which is they want to put the government in charge of you and your doctor."

By Linda Qiu • January 31, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on January 31, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"We have more illegal immigrants here" than we did five years ago.

By Lauren Carroll • January 31, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate:

Obamacare "is the biggest job-killer in this country -- millions of Americans have lost their jobs, have been forced into part-time work."

By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 28, 2016 an interview on CNN:

"I never once asked that (Megyn Kelly) be removed" as a debate moderator.

By Linda Qiu • January 29, 2016

Ben Carson
stated on January 28, 2016 a Republican debate:

"Last year, there were an additional 81,000 pages of government regulations. If you stack that up, it would be a three-story building."

By Lauren Carroll, Sean Gorman • January 29, 2016

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