Fact Check Posts – Page 23

Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2016 a speech at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.:

"When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 24, 2016

Gayle Smith
stated on March 9, 2016 a speech on Capitol Hill:

"Over the last 30 years, extreme poverty has been cut in half."

By Linda Qiu • March 23, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview on CNN:

"Ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because the United States of America" said it would "ensure (its) territorial integrity from Russia."

By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2016 a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee:

"During the last five years, Iran has perpetrated terror attacks in 25 different countries on five continents."

By Louis Jacobson • March 22, 2016

Gayle Smith
stated on March 9, 2016 a speech on Capitol Hill:

As a sign of "extraordinary progress," "there are half as many (primary-age) children out of school today as there were 15 years ago."

By Jon Greenberg • March 17, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 15, 2016 a speech at Mar-a-Lago:

Under the Iran nuclear deal, "we give them $150 billion, we get nothing."

By Linda Qiu • March 17, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years."

By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on February 5, 2016 a public forum:

Says Barack Obama "has the legal authority to let in really however many refugees he wants, from whatever country."

By Tom Kertscher • March 11, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on March 11, 2016 a GOP debate at the University of Miami:

Foreign aid "is less than 1 percent of our federal budget."

By Amy Sherman, C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 11, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 on CNN's "State of the Union.":

Donald Trump has "described Hillary Clinton as one of the best secretaries of state in history."

By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • March 8, 2016

Right to Rise
stated on March 1, 2016 a television ad.:

Like Marco Rubio, Sen. Barack Obama had "one of the worst attendance records in the Senate."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 8, 2016

Tom Daschle
stated on February 29, 2016 an op-ed:

U.S. global AIDS spending helped reduce "political instability and violence" by "40 percent" in recipient nations.

By Jon Greenberg • March 4, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 25, 2016 comments during the Houston GOP debate:

Says Ted Cruz "said I was in favor in Libya. I never discussed that subject."

By Aaron Sharockman • February 26, 2016

Bill Maher
stated on February 10, 2016 an essay in The Hollywood Reporter:

"Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 22, 2016

Our Principles PAC
stated on February 14, 2016 a web ad:

Says Donald "Trump supported impeachment of President (George W.) Bush."

By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2016

John McCain
stated on February 8, 2016 remarks made on the Fox News segment, Outnumbered:

North Korea’s missiles are "not going to have a capability to reach the United States anytime real soon."

By Anthony Cave • February 16, 2016

Ben Carson
stated on February 13, 2016 a GOP debate on CBS:

Says "Joseph Stalin said if you want to bring America down you, have to undermine three things: our spiritual life, our patriotism and our morality."

By Lauren Carroll • February 14, 2016

Daniel Greenfield
stated on July 30, 2015 an article on the Frontpage website:

"Obama spent $7 billion to bring electricity to Africa, failed miserably."

By Jon Greenberg • February 11, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 7, 2016 comments on Meet the Press:

"Tell me what Madeleine Albright’s position was on the War on Iraq. I wouldn’t be surprised if she supported it."

By Linda Qiu • February 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 7, 2016 comments on Meet the Press:

"There really isn’t any kind of foreign policy network that is supporting and advising Sen. Sanders."

By Joshua Gillin • February 7, 2016

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