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Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Ted Yoho
Ted Yoho
stated on March 28, 2017 a House hearing
"Afghanistan has more hectares (of opium poppies) planted today than they had before we started this war."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • April 4, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 9, 2015 a post shared on Facebook
Government orders South African firm "to lay off 3,389 white employees."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 2, 2017
Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
stated on March 28, 2017 a House committee hearing
"There are about as many members of the Armed Forces marching bands as there are American diplomats."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 31, 2017
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on March 23, 2017 a statement on the 7th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act
"The vast majority of marketplace enrollees have experienced no average premium hike at all."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2017
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 16, 2017 a press conference
"There's no demonstrable evidence they (after-school programs that feed kids) are helping kids do better at school."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2017
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on March 1, 2017 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press Daily"
"USAID put $8 billion up and attracted more than $45 billion in a public-private partnership called Power Africa."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2017
Keith Ellison
Keith Ellison
stated on March 7, 2017 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
Says President Donald Trump's travel ban could ban Somalis "from getting relief (from famine) through coming to the United States."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2017
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 8, 2017 an interview on MSNBC's "All In With Chis Hayes"
The GOP health care plan gives "$275 billion in tax breaks for the top 2 percent, people earning $250,000 a year or more."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2017
Raj Shah
Raj Shah
stated on February 24, 2017 an op-ed
"Most U.S. foreign assistance ... is given to U.S. companies and nonprofits in the form of contracts and grants."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • March 8, 2017
Shenggen Fan
Shenggen Fan
stated on March 2, 2017 a panel discussion in Washington, D.C.
Every dollar of foreign aid for agricultural research "will bring $4 in trade with the countries and the United States ... generating employment back in the U.S."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 3, 2017
Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez
stated on March 1, 2017 an interview on CNN's "New Day"
"The primary financing mechanism of the Affordable Care Act is a tax on wealthy people."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2017 a speech to Congress
Says his budget "calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2017
Bono
Bono
stated on February 17, 2017 a speech at the Munich Security Conference
"For every extra year a girl goes to school, her income goes up 12 percent."  
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 22, 2017
Bob Corker
Bob Corker
stated on February 15, 2017 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"Today, 27 million people .. are enslaved."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 17, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 16, 2017 a news conference
The media has "a lower approval rate than Congress."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2017
World Food Program
World Food Program
stated on February 5, 2017 a tweet
"Food waste is the 3rd largest contributor" of greenhouse gas emissions.  
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 14, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 9, 2017 a tweet
Says CNN’s Chris Cuomo "never asked" Sen. Richard Blumenthal about Blumenthal's misstatements on his own service in Vietnam.
False
By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 30, 2017 a blog post
Says President Donald Trump "signs a visa-free travel policy" for Ghana and Malawi.  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • February 9, 2017
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on February 2, 2017 a Senate floor speech
Says ExxonMobil "fought to kill" a rule requiring oil and mining companies to disclose payments made to foreign governments.
True
By Jon Greenberg • February 8, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on January 24, 2017 a tweet
"It would take $135 billion to eradicate global poverty."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • February 7, 2017
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