Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2018 an interview with Piers Morgan

"The ice caps were going to melt, they were going to be gone by now, but now they’re setting records, so okay, they’re at a record level."

By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2018

Bloggers
stated on September 2, 2017 an article on an unreliable website

"30,000 scientists have come forward confirming that man-made climate change is a hoax perpetuated by the elite in order to make money."

By Jon Greenberg • September 8, 2017

Greg Gutfeld
stated on June 2, 2017 Fox News The Five show

"Every single year that there's an increase (in temperature) it's within the margin of error -- meaning it isn't increasing."

By Amy Sherman • June 9, 2017

Rush Limbaugh
stated on October 5, 2016 a radio show broadcast

Says "11 straight years of no major hurricanes striking land" in the United States "bores a hole right through the whole climate change argument."

By Allison Graves • October 7, 2016

Dana Perino
stated on February 9, 2015 a broadcast of "The Five" on Fox News

On climate change, "the temperature readings have been fabricated, and it's all blowing up in their (scientists') faces."

By Jon Greenberg • February 13, 2015

Lenar Whitney
stated on June 25, 2014 a YouTube video

"Global warming is a hoax."

By Lauren Carroll • August 1, 2014

Steve Doocy
stated on June 24, 2014 a broadcast of "Fox and Friends."

"NASA scientists fudged the numbers to make 1998 the hottest year to overstate the extent of global warming."

By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2014

Jonathan Boucher
stated on January 31, 2014 a Providence Journal commentary

"The Republican leadership in the House has refused to address the issues that matter the most to Rhode Island, such as passing a jobs bill."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 16, 2014

Rush Limbaugh
stated on January 6, 2014 comments on his radio show

Says the media created the term "polar vortex" and the cold air proves "the ice isn’t melting."

By Katie Sanders • January 8, 2014

Barry Smitherman
stated on November 17, 2013

"The Earth is not warming."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 13, 2013

Wayne Smith
stated on April 17, 2013 an interview.

"Science has not shown greenhouse gases to be a problem."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2013

Connie Mack
stated on April 5, 2012 an event to promote the Keystone XL pipeline

"I have always said that I would be for drilling."

By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2012

Chain email
stated on October 7, 2010 e-mail and blog postings

The cap-and-trade bill before Congress "prevents you from selling your home without the permission of the EPA administrator."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 17, 2010

Bob Gibbs
stated on August 12, 2010 an issue statement posted to his website

Cap and trade legislation that Zack Space supported "would cost the average household approximately $1,761 per year in increased energy rates."

By Robert Higgs • August 13, 2010

Rick Perry
stated on May 19, 2010 a speech

"My opponent in November of 2008 sent a missive to the White House, to President Obama-elect, and said, 'Here's how you need to sell cap-and-trade to the American people.' "

By W. Gardner Selby • June 8, 2010

Cathie Adams
stated on February 20, 2010 a fund-raising letter

"Bill White ... supports the ‘ObamaCare’ socialized medicine plan, as well as ‘Cap and Trade’ legislation that would kill thousands of Texas jobs."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 14, 2010

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