Fact Check Posts – Page 17

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stated on July 6, 2016 in a posting on Twitter:

Says Attorney General Loretta Lynch "was a member of Bill Clinton's defense team during the 1992 Whitewater corruption probe."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 8, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 5, 2016 in a tweet:

"Taxpayers are paying a fortune for the use of Air Force One on the campaign trail" by President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 7, 2016

Rebuilding America Now
stated on June 23, 2016 in an advertisement against Hillary Clinton:

Says Hillary Clinton "savaged" the dignity of people who accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment or assault "and shamed them."

By Neelesh Moorthy • July 6, 2016

Sean Hannity
stated on June 28, 2016 in comments on his Fox News program:

"During the (Benghazi) attack, a stand-down order was given, and our troops were told to change their clothes four times."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2016

Stephen Colbert
stated on June 23, 2016 in a comedy sketch:

Says "Paul Ryan shut off the C-SPAN cameras when the Democrats started their sit-in."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 in a speech:

Says Hillary Clinton "has even deleted this record of total support (for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement) from her book."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2016

Steve Adler
stated on June 14, 2016 in an interview with Bob Cole on Austin's KOKE-FM:

Austin was the "site of the first mass shooting in the country."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 23, 2016

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stated on June 1, 2016 in Facebook post by Liberals are Cool:

"Tuition-free public universities and colleges are just a pipe dream. False. They were both free up until the Vietnam War."

By Allison Graves • June 10, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 in a foreign policy speech:

"A trade war is something very different (than curbing new trade agreements). We went down that road in the 1930s. It made the Great Depression longer and more painful."

By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2016

Levar Stoney
stated on May 17, 2016 in a radio interview.:

Virginia’s banning of felons from voting is a "Jim Crow-era law."

By Warren Fiske • June 6, 2016

Wendy Davis
stated on March 14, 2016 in an interview with Texas Monthly:

"Texas is one of only a handful of states that does not have an equal pay law."

By Eleanor Dearman • May 27, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on May 27, 2016 in a post on Twitter:

"No one in American history has moved from a June 16 announcement to a May 26 winning of a majority. Trump's achievement is remarkable."

By Aaron Sharockman • May 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 24, 2016 in an advertisement:

"In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 22, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"The only two (Donald Trump tax returns) we have show that he hasn't paid a penny in taxes."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 24, 2016

Steve Adler
stated on May 17, 2016 in a panel discussion in Austin:

"The first tweet was sent from Austin."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 19, 2016 in an interview on CNN:

"We now do have evidence" that Donald Trump is being used as a recruiting tool for terrorists.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 20, 2016

Chris Wallace
stated on May 15, 2016 in an episode of "Fox News Sunday":

"Every Republican nominee since Richard Nixon, who at one time was under an audit, has released their tax returns."

By Lauren Carroll • May 18, 2016

Ed Gillespie
stated on April 30, 2016 in a speech:

"For the first time in over 40 years, Republicans don’t hold a single statewide office" in Virginia.

By Sean Gorman • May 12, 2016

Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 22, 2016 in a speech.:

Before April 22, "we have restored the rights of more than 18,000 individuals, which is more than the past seven governors combined in their four-year terms."

By Warren Fiske • May 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 3, 2016 in an interview on Fox News:

Says Ted Cruz’s father "was with Lee Harvey Oswald" before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

By Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu • May 3, 2016

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