Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Michael Bloomberg
stated on November 17, 2019 a speech

"No other city in America did what (New York) did. We reduced murders by 50%, reduced police shootings to historic lows, reduced the number of people incarcerated by nearly 40%."

December 2, 2019

Nikki Fried
stated on October 29, 2019 a pre-legislative media forum

While previous clemency boards granted restoration of civil rights to thousands of Floridians, "so far this year, under this clemency board, four (felons) have gotten their rights back."

By Amy Sherman • November 21, 2019

David McKinley
stated on October 13, 2019 an article in a local newspaper

"$53 million a week is coming across the border in drugs."

By Matthew Digby, Minh Do • November 18, 2019

Richard Durbin
stated on October 22, 2019 remarks at a committee hearing

Says that in Illinois, "fewer than 20% of those actually deported have been charged with any serious crime."

By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • October 27, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on August 26, 2019 an Instagram post

"Last year, South Carolina spent $21,756 per prison inmate and $11,552 per student."

By John Kruzel • August 27, 2019

Sheila Bynum-Coleman
stated on July 26, 2019 a website post.

"African Americans are three to four times more likely to be arrested for drug crimes, and nine times more likely to be imprisoned."

By Warren Fiske • August 6, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2019 a speech

"Last year, we prosecuted a record number of firearms offenses."

By Amy Sherman • August 5, 2019

Mark Pocan
stated on May 29, 2019 a tweet

Says Donald Trump's claim that "there was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our country, a person is innocent" directly contradicts Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s statement.

By Eric Litke • May 30, 2019

Paul Bettencourt
stated on April 2, 2019 a resolution

"194,000 criminal aliens booked into Texas jails from 2011-2019 were charged with more than 299,000 criminal offenses."

By Madlin Mekelburg • April 8, 2019

Matt Gaetz
stated on February 7, 2019 an interview on CNN

"In 1992, the Democratic Party had in their platform provisions that said that illegal aliens were coming in this country, committing felonies, sent back and then they were right back across the border to do the same thing."

By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2019

Gavin Newsom
stated on October 8, 2018 a gubernatorial debate

"Only Duterte’s Philippines and Trump’s United States of America have money bail."

By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2018

Andrew Gillum
stated on September 30, 2018 CBS4 interview

Says Tallahassee "is experiencing a five-year low in our crime rate."

By Amy Sherman • October 8, 2018

Ron DeSantis
stated on September 23, 2018 CBS4 interview

Says Andrew Gillum has presided over "the highest crime in Florida four years running."

By Amy Sherman • October 8, 2018

Jeff Greene
stated on July 29, 2018 a TV interview

"There is a big correlation between third grade reading level and whether you go to college or whether you go to prison. And in Florida right now only 56 percent of kids are coming out of third grade at third grade reading level."

By Lucia Geng, Katie Akin • August 7, 2018

Omar Rachid
stated on July 21, 2018 a San Antonio Express-News story

"Muslims in America have been subjected to more insults, attacks and hate crimes in the last two or three years than ever before, specifically more than after 9-11."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 3, 2018

Bloggers
stated on August 1, 2018 a blog post

Say a "left wing extremist, chases down, rams car over Trump bumper sticker."

By Bill McCarthy • August 3, 2018

Club for Growth
stated on July 12, 2018 a TV ad

Says Leah Vukmir "wrote a letter seeking leniency for a fellow state legislator convicted of sexual assault."

July 18, 2018

Greg Abbott
stated on June 27, 2018 a fundraising conference call with supporters

"In Houston, Texas, there are more brothels than there are Starbucks."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 13, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on May 15, 2018 a speech

"In 2016, an officer was assaulted in America on an average of every 10 minutes."

By Manuela Tobias • May 15, 2018

Steve Adler
stated on April 25, 2018 a tweet

Says Austin is the "safest big city in Texas with an unemployment rate under 3% that has been named the best place to live in the entire United States two years running."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 26, 2018

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