Fact Check Posts – Page 19

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."

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

Donald Trump
stated on July 17, 2016 an interview on 60 Minutes

"Hillary Clinton invented ISIS with her stupid policies. She is responsible for ISIS."

By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2016

Mitch McConnell
stated on July 19, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention

In 2010, Clinton "said Iran could enrich uranium. In 2014 she said she’s always argued against it."

By Jon Greenberg • July 20, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on July 19, 2016 the GOP convention in Cleveland

" ‘What difference, at this point, does it make?' I am the guy that got under her skin and provoked that infamous response from Hillary Clinton by asking a pretty simple question, 'Why didn't you just pick up the phone and call the survivors’ (of the Benghazi attack)?"

By Linda Qiu • July 20, 2016

Chris Christie
stated on July 19, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention

Says Hillary Clinton "said all work-related emails were sent back to the State Department. The FBI director said, that's not true."

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

Chris Christie
stated on July 19, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention

Says "(Clinton) called President Assad a ‘reformer.’ She called Assad a ‘different kind of leader.’ "

By Nadia Pflaum • July 20, 2016

Mark Geist
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention

"We defied the stand-down orders" during the Benghazi attack.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 19, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 12, 2016 a speech at a Trump rally

Says Hillary Clinton "took 13 hours to send help to Americans under fire" during the terrorist attack in Benghazi.

By Adam Thorp • July 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 5, 2016 a rally in Raleigh, N.C.

"You know what (Saddam Hussein) did well? He killed terrorists."

By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2016

Morten Jerven
stated on June 29, 2016 an article

For 21 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, "we simply do not have data to say anything about trends in poverty."

By Jon Greenberg • July 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 2, 2016 an interview on MSNBC

Says she "never received nor sent any material that was marked classified" on her private email server while secretary of state.

By Lauren Carroll • July 6, 2016

Tom Cotton
stated on July 3, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"

Says Hillary Clinton "was literally present when we pressed the reset button with Russia just a few months after Russia had invaded Georgia."

By Jon Greenberg • July 3, 2016

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