Fact Check Posts – Page 147

Rand Paul
stated on January 28, 2016 a Republican debate:

"A third of the budget for the city of Ferguson (Missouri) was being reaped by civil fines."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 29, 2016

Chris Christie
stated on January 28, 2016 the Republican debate in Des Moines, Iowa:

Neighbors of the San Bernardino shooters "knew that they were talking about trying to take our country and attack it."

By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2016

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

"I have not insulted Donald personally."

By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 a Fox News debate :

"Barack Obama, right now, No. 1, over seven years has dramatically degraded our military."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 20, 2016 a speech in Burlington, Iowa:

"I am the only candidate on either side who has laid out a specific plan about what I would do to defeat ISIS."

By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 24, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press.":

Says his views on reparations for slavery are the same as Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's.

By Linda Qiu • January 26, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 19, 2016 a town hall meeting in Underwood, Iowa.:

"Almost all of the polls that have come out suggest that I am a much stronger candidate against the Republicans than is Hillary Clinton."

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

Martin O'Malley
stated on January 14, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:

"Fifty years ago, the average GM employee could pay for a year of a son or daughter’s college tuition on just two weeks wages."

By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 24, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says a Ted Cruz ad has "got me bull-dozing down a house. I never bulldozed it down. It's false advertising."

By Lauren Carroll • January 24, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 24, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Donald Trump "thinks that climate change is a hoax, invented by the Chinese."

By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.:

China has "total control, just about, of North Korea."

By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 19, 2016 a town hall in Underwood, Iowa:

"I have a D-minus voting record from the NRA."

By Katie Sanders • January 20, 2016

Carly Fiorina
stated on January 20, 2016 an Iowa Right to Life event in Des Moines:

The United States has a "record number of abortions year after year after year."

By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 18, 2016 comments at a campaign organizing event:

"Every piece of legislation, just about, that I ever introduced (in the U.S. Senate) had a Republican co-sponsor."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 20, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on January 9, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:

"Today, if you were raised poor, you’re just as likely to stay poor as you were 50 years ago."

By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate:

"Very little of (the defense) budget — less than 10 percent — actually goes into fighting ISIS and international terrorism."

By Joshua Gillin • January 18, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate:

"I helped write" the Affordable Care Act.

By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate:

"We now have driven (health care) costs down to the lowest they've been in 50 years."

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

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 17, 2016 the South Carolina Democratic debate:

Says Bernie Sanders "voted for what we call the 'Charleston Loophole.'"

By Amy Sherman • January 18, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate:

Says Bernie Sanders "has reversed his position on immunity" for gun manufacturers and sellers.

By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2016

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