Fact Check Posts – Page 17

Russ Feingold
stated on October 7, 2016 an interview:

Says Saudi Arabia, a U.S. ally, has "paid to export throughout the world" Wahhabism -- "an extreme form of Islam" that basically teaches "Americans are the devil."

By Tom Kertscher • October 21, 2016

Rob Portman
stated on October 20, 2016 an Ohio Senate debate in Cleveland:

"The director of the FBI said that we cannot figure out who (Syrian refugees) are, what their intentions are, because we have no information on them, because we don’t have any contact with the Syrian government or any people on the ground to be able to determine that."

By Louis Jacobson • October 21, 2016

Ted Strickland
stated on October 20, 2016 the U.S. Senate debate in Cleveland:

Says Rob Portman was a registered foreign agent whose "client was Haiti, at a time when the Baby Doc, Duvalier, who was a despot, was killing people."

By Linda Qiu • October 21, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third presidential debate:

Russia has "tremendous numbers of nuclear warheads — 1,800, by the way — where they expanded, and we didn't."

By Lauren Carroll • October 20, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third presidential debate:

When Hillary Clinton "ran the State Department, $6 billion was missing. How do you miss $6 billion? You ran the State Department, $6 billion was either stolen — they don't know."

By Lauren Carroll • October 20, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate:

"We have 17 intelligence agencies, civilian and military, who have all concluded that these espionage attacks, these cyberattacks, come from the highest levels of the Kremlin, and they are designed to influence our election."

By Lauren Carroll • October 20, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third 2016 presidential debate:

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to have open borders."

By Amy Sherman • October 20, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 13, 2016 a speech:

Says Hillary Clinton was "let off the hook" for her email scandal while Gen. David Petraeus had his life "destroyed for doing far, far less."

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

Mike Pence
stated on October 16, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

"In exchange for five minutes with Bill Clinton, the government of Qatar was going to give $1 million to the Clinton Foundation."

By Linda Qiu • October 16, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on October 16, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

"We know that more than half of Hillary Clinton's meetings while she was secretary of state were given to major contributors to the Clinton Foundation."

By Lauren Carroll • October 16, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 the second 2016 presidential debate:

Says Libya "Ambassador (Christopher) Stevens sent 600 requests for help" in Benghazi.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 14, 2016

Republican Party of Wisconsin
stated on September 12, 2016 a web ad:

"Just like Hillary Clinton," Russ Feingold had a "run-in with corruption and scandal by using a personal slush fund -- a.k.a. the Feingold Foundation -- while plotting another run for U.S. Senate."

By Tom Kertscher • October 14, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on September 20, 2016 a speech to the Leader's Summit on Refugees:

"Refugees are subject to more rigorous screening than the average tourist in the U.S."

By Joseph Cariz • October 13, 2016

Pat McCrory
stated on October 11, 2016 a North Carolina governor's race debate:

Says Syrian refugees are not being vetted, and "the FBI is not even being told where they are."

By Will Doran • October 12, 2016

John Bolton SuperPAC
stated on September 27, 2016 a TV ad:

Says Deborah Ross "supports the Iran nuclear deal and the ransom it paid for hostages."

By Will Doran • October 12, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2016 a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.:

Says Sidney Blumenthal wrote that the Benghazi attack was "almost certainly preventable. Clinton was in charge of the State Department, and it failed to protect U.S. personnel and an American consulate in Libya."

By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 a debate.:

Donald Trump says "that NATO is obsolete and that we need to get rid of NATO..."

By Sean Gorman • October 10, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2016 the second presidential debate:

"I was gone" when there was a red line against Syria.

By Lauren Carroll • October 10, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 9, 2016 the second 2016 presidential debate:

"You can look at the propaganda on a lot of the terrorists' sites and what Donald Trump says about Muslims is used to recruit fighters."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Miriam Valverde • October 10, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on September 26, 2016 a tweet:

"Repeated requests for additional security in Benghazi were routinely denied" by Hillary "Clinton’s State Department."

By Tom Kertscher • October 7, 2016

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