Fact Check Posts – Page 20

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

Sean Hannity
stated on June 28, 2016 comments on his Fox News program:

"During the (Benghazi) attack, a stand-down order was given, and our troops were told to change their clothes four times."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 30, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 in a speech critiquing Hillary Clinton:

Says Hillary Clinton’s State Department "approved the transfer of 20 percent of America’s uranium holdings to Russia, while nine investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation."

By Linda Qiu • June 30, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 21, 2016 a tweet:

"Hillary Clinton surged the trade deficit with China 40% as Secretary of State, costing Americans millions of jobs."

By Louis Jacobson, Taylor Leighton • June 28, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on June 15, 2016 a senate hearing:

"For every extra year that a girl stays in secondary school, her chance of getting infected with HIV/AIDS decreases by half."

By Jon Greenberg • June 24, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech:

Says Hillary Clinton "has even deleted this record of total support (for the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement) from her book."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 23, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech in New York :

The Benghazi victims were "left helpless to die as Hillary Clinton soundly slept in her bed."

By Lauren Carroll • June 23, 2016

Priorities USA Action
stated on June 19, 2016 an ad discussed on "Meet the Press":

Says Donald Trump has said he loves war, "including with nukes."

By Lauren Carroll • June 19, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2016 a Facebook post:

"The Obama administration was actively supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq, the terrorist group that became the Islamic State."

By Louis Jacobson • June 15, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 8, 2016 an interview on CNN:

"Nine million people have lower-cost HIV/AIDS medicine because of the work of the Clinton Foundation and my husband."

By Jon Greenberg • June 15, 2016

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