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Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 25, 2017 a news conference
"We have done more in eight months than the previous administration has done in many years" against ISIS.
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2017 a tweet
Says "46 percent of people believe major national news organizations fabricate stories about me."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 24, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 18, 2017 a tweet
Insurance companies "have made a fortune with Obamacare."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 10, 2017 a fake news website
Says Tampa Bay Lightning hockey player J.T. Brown was "fired after raising fist during national anthem."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2017 an interview with E.W. Scripps television
"We're the highest developed nation taxed in the world."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 18, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 16, 2017 a White House cabinet meeting
"The cost-sharing reductions (were) a gift (that) they gave the insurance companies."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 18, 2017
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
stated on October 5, 2017 an op-ed in the "Tulsa World"
"State government spending is at an all-time high. The state is on track to spend more in this fiscal year — more than $17.9 billion — than at any time in state history."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2017
Chris Cox
Chris Cox
stated on October 8, 2017 a "Fox News Sunday" interview
Says Sen. Dianne Feinstein said "if she had 51 votes in the Senate for 'Mr. and Ms. America, turn in all of your guns,' they would do it."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 8, 2017
Steve Israel
Steve Israel
stated on October 2, 2017 an op-ed in the "New York Times"
Says the Dickey Amendment "prevents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from even researching the relationship between gun violence and public health. ... The government can’t study gun violence but is spending $400,000 analyzing the effects of Swedish massages on rabbits."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2017
Public Interest Legal Foundation
Public Interest Legal Foundation
stated on September 25, 2017 a press release
Bryan County, Ga., has "corrupted voter rolls."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2017
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
stated on September 30, 2017 a tweet
Said there is cholera in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.  
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2017
John Eaves
John Eaves
stated on September 13, 2017 an Atlanta mayoral candidate forum
"The current city mayor (Kasim Reed) has been virtually absent in terms of regional cooperation the last eight years."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 28, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 21, 2017 a tweet
The Graham-Cassidy health care bill does "include coverage of pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 21, 2017
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 14, 2017 an attack ad
Says Roy Moore is "on the wrong side of Trump’s border wall."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 18, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 7, 2017 a fake news article
"Georgia mosque keeps Hurricane Harvey donations, will send to Syrian refugees instead"  
Pants on Fire!
By Greg Auman, Jon Greenberg • September 11, 2017
Karen Handel
Karen Handel
stated on August 30, 2017 a telephone town hall
"The Affordable Care Act is the single largest tax increase in my lifetime."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 11, 2017
Bloggers
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."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • September 8, 2017
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on August 28, 2017 an MSNBC interview
"Two-thirds of the (Hurricane Sandy relief) bill had nothing to do with Sandy."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2017
Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp
stated on August 23, 2017 a campaign email
"Our conservative Georgia values are under attack" ... (People) are "calling for the removal of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson statues."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2017
Joe Arpaio
Joe Arpaio
stated on August 25, 2017 a tweet
Says his conviction is "a political witch hunt by holdovers in the Obama justice department."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 29, 2017
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