Fact Check Posts – Page 19

Paul Manafort
stated on August 14, 2016 an interview on "State of the Union":

Says there was a "NATO base in Turkey being under attack by terrorists."

By Linda Qiu • August 16, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2016 a speech on foreign policy in Youngstown, Ohio:

"I had previously said that NATO was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism. Since my comments, they have changed their policy and now have a new division focused on terror threats."

By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2016

NowThis
stated on August 10, 2016 a viral video:

Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 10, 2016 a speech in Sunrise, Fla.:

Says Barack Obama "founded ISIS. I would say the co-founder would be crooked Hillary Clinton."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • August 11, 2016

Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 a post on Medium:

Says Hillary Clinton tripled the number of people with AIDS whose "lives are being saved .. and it did not cost you any more money."

By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 3, 2016 a rally in Daytona Beach, Fla.:

Says he saw videotape "of the people taking the money off the plane" to pay ransom to Iran for hostages.

By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 1, 2016 a rally in Columbus, Ohio:

Russia and China are "doing naval exercises together someplace."

By Nadia Pflaum • August 4, 2016

Patrick Murphy
stated on August 1, 2016 a campaign ad:

Says "Marco Rubio didn’t show up" for a vote on his own bill on sanctions against Hezbollah.

By Louis Jacobson • August 4, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2016 an appearance on MSNBC:

Says Donald Trump "is going to go out and carpet bomb" the Middle East.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 2, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2016 various interviews and speeches:

On whether he’s had a relationship with Vladimir Putin.

By Louis Jacobson • August 1, 2016

Reince Priebus
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech:

Says Hillary Clinton's Iran nuclear deal "lined the pockets of the world's number one state sponsor of terrorism with your money."

By Tom Kertscher • July 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2016 a speech at the Democratic convention:

Says Donald Trump "claimed our armed forces are 'a disaster.'"

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

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 28, 2016 her acceptance speech at the Democratic convention:

"We put a lid on Iran's nuclear program without firing a single shot."

By Louis Jacobson • July 29, 2016

Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 a speech at the Democratic national convention:

Says Hillary Clinton "negotiated the first agreement — ever — where China and India officially committed to reduce their emissions."

By Linda Qiu • July 29, 2016

Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:

"As secretary of state, (Hillary Clinton) worked hard to get strong sanctions against Iran's nuclear program" and "got Russia and China to support them."

By Lauren Carroll • July 27, 2016

Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:

"The approval of the United States was 20 points higher when (Hillary Clinton) left the secretary of state's office than when she took it."

By Louis Jacobson • July 27, 2016

UN's UNICEF
stated on July 6, 2016 an article on Medium:

In South Sudan, "more teenage girls die in childbirth than finish high school."

By Jon Greenberg • July 25, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on July 19, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention:

Says that as a U.S. senator, Russ Feingold "voted against authorizing our military 11 separate times."

By Tom Kertscher • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention:

Says Hillary Clinton "has called for a radical 550 percent increase in Syrian ... refugees . . . despite the fact that there’s no way to screen these refugees in order to find out who they are or where they come from."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention:

"In 2009, pre-Hillary, ISIS was not even on the map."

By Amy Sherman • July 22, 2016

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