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Latest Fact-Checks On Paul Ryan

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Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 9, 2016 a news conference
Obamacare "is not a popular law."
Mostly True
November 17, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 26, 2016 a tweet
 "America’s tax code hasn’t been updated in 30 years."
Mostly False
By Cara Lombardo • November 16, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on September 26, 2016 a tweet
"Repeated requests for additional security in Benghazi were routinely denied" by Hillary "Clinton’s State Department."  
True
October 7, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 19, 2016 a TV interview
Under the current procedure, if someone "on a terror watch list" tries to buy a gun, authorities are notified.
Half-True
By Jonathan Anderson • September 2, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 11, 2016 a tweet
Says "President Obama’s proposed oil tax would cost consumers 24 cents a gallon."  
Mostly True
August 26, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech
"The poverty rates in America today aren’t much better than when we started the War on Poverty."
Half-True
By Sarah Hauer • August 5, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on August 3, 2016 an op-ed
After initially agreeing with Republicans on an amount for Zika funding, "Democrats derailed it."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 4, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 26, 2016 a TV interview
The United States is "the oldest democracy" in the world.
True
By Sarah Hauer • July 11, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on June 19, 2016 an interview
"People have a constitutional right to have semiautomatic rifles."  
Mostly True
June 24, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 14, 2016 a tweet
American colleges amount to a "cartel."  
Mostly False
By Cara Lombardo • June 16, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 27, 2016 a town hall at Georgetown University Institute of Politics and Public Service
"Under (Obamacare), you can’t reward a person for better behavior. You can’t have incentives to be healthier."
Half-True
By Eric Litke • June 8, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 5, 2016 an interview
On supporting the eventual Republican presidential nominee
Half Flip
May 6, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on April 22, 2016 a news release
The decision for the United States to buy heavy water from Iran "will directly subsidize Iran’s nuclear program."
Mostly False
April 29, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on March 17, 2016 a news conference
"To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • March 24, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 22, 2016 a television interview
"70 percent of Americans believe that we are on the wrong path."
Mostly True
By Sarah Hauer • March 22, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on February 23, 2016 an interview
"There is a precedent" for not nominating someone to the U.S. Supreme Court "in the middle of a presidential election."
False
March 4, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on January 9, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com
"Today, if you were raised poor, you’re just as likely to stay poor as you were 50 years ago."
True
By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2016
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on December 20, 2015 comments on 'Meet the Press'
The Affordable Care Act is "making families pay double-digit premium increases."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • December 20, 2015
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on November 4, 2015 a TV interview
The U.S. "tax rate on successful small businesses is 44.6 percent," while the business tax rate in Canada is 15 percent.
True
By James B. Nelson • December 10, 2015
Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan
stated on May 17, 2015 on CNN's "State of the Union"
"Every president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt has had" fast-track trade authority.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • May 17, 2015
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