Fact Check Posts – Page 153

Donald Trump
stated on November 8, 2015 comments on "State of the Union":

Says that in polls about 2016 candidate leadership skills, he comes out "two and three and four times higher than anybody else."

By Lauren Carroll • November 8, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on November 4, 2015 an edited Facebook post:

"Every signer of the Declaration of Independence had no federal elected office experience."

By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 the third GOP primary debate.:

Says his plan would cut taxes without increasing the deficit.

By Linda Qiu • November 5, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on October 28, 2015 the third GOP primary debate.:

Says his tax plan wouldn't leave the federal government with a $1.1 trillion hole.

By Linda Qiu • November 4, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:

Under his tax plan, "the greatest gains, percentage-wise," will be "at the lower end of our plan."

By Louis Jacobson • November 4, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 the CNBC debate:

The CNBC debate was supposed to be three hours, and he "renegotiated it down to two hours."

By Lauren Carroll • November 2, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 comments during the CNBC debate.:

Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich "got lucky with a thing called fracking," which "is why Ohio is doing well."

By Linda Qiu • November 2, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:

The debt limit deal "allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money."

By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on November 1, 2015 comments on "Meet the Press":

"If you look at the three people on the (debate) stage from the United States Senate, all three of them have a combined two bills that became law that they've sponsored."

By Lauren Carroll • November 1, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on November 1, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"We have record numbers of people living in poverty."

By Linda Qiu • November 1, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on October 29, 2015 a Republican presidential debate:

Among manufacturers with fewer than 50 employees, "the average cost in terms of regulations is $34,000 per employee."

By Lauren Carroll • October 30, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:

"Under Barack Obama and the big government economy, the median wage for women has dropped $733."

By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on October 28, 2015 the third Republican presidential debate:

"92 percent of the jobs lost during Barack Obama’s first term belonged to women."

By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:

Says he "didn’t have an involvement with" nutritional supplement company Mannatech.

By Lauren Carroll • October 29, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:

"I never said that" Marco Rubio was Mark Zuckerberg’s personal senator.

By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 the third Republican presidential debate:

"For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses closing than starting."

By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2015

Chris Christie
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:

Bernie Sanders’s plan is "to raise your taxes to 90 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2015

Viral image
stated on October 23, 2015 posts on the Internet:

Unlike Benghazi, there were no investigations of the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing, none about key aspects of the 9/11 attacks and the Iraq War, and none about embassy attacks under George W. Bush.

By Louis Jacobson • October 27, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on October 9, 2015 his book "A More Perfect Union":

"German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance."

By Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 25, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week":

Because of Obamacare "people’s premiums ... are going up 35, 45, 55 percent."

By Linda Qiu • October 25, 2015

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