Fact Check Posts – Page 20

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

Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech

Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 13, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 12, 2016 a statement after a terrorist attack in Orlando

"We admit more than 100,000 lifetime migrants from the Middle East each year."

By Louis Jacobson • June 13, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on June 5, 2016 an appearance on Meet the Press

Says the United States has "treaties with apparently 69 countries where we are obligated to defend their borders. And these were treaties that were executive treaties, not authorized by Congress."

By Neelesh Moorthy • June 9, 2016

Pat Toomey
stated on April 15, 2016

Says Merrick Garland "authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Department had designated as terrorists."

By Cassie Owens • June 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech

"A trade war is something very different (than curbing new trade agreements). We went down that road in the 1930s. It made the Great Depression longer and more painful."

By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech

Says Donald Trump said the U.S. should "encourage" Japan to get nuclear weapons.

By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech

Says Donald Trump "says he has foreign policy experience because he ran the Miss Universe pageant in Russia."

By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech

Says "Donald Trump says climate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese."

By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 1, 2016 a rally in Sacramento, Calif.

Says Hillary Clinton has spoken "such lies about my foreign policy. They said I want Japan to … get nuclear weapons. Give me a break."

By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on May 13, 2016 a press conference

"The Nordic countries are some of the few countries" that meet development aid goals.

By Jon Greenberg • May 26, 2016

Todd Wilcox
stated on May 20, 2016 a newspaper interview

"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."

By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016

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