Fact Check Posts – Page 24

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stated on November 9, 2016 in a post-election Tweet:

Says the KKK marched in Mebane, N.C., after Trump’s victory

By Will Doran • November 9, 2016

National Republican Congressional Committee
stated on November 25, 2016 in a TV ad :

Says "Morgan Carroll opposed requiring convicted sex offenders to register their online profiles, making it harder to track online sex offenders and child predators."

By Alan Gathright • November 1, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2016 in a rally outside Cleveland:

Says Ohio’s I-X Center "used to be a great plant," but "thousands of people of worked here, and they left" when their jobs were moved overseas.

By Nadia Pflaum • October 31, 2016

Sensible Transportation Solutions for Austin PAC
stated on October 23, 2016 in an ad in the Austin American-Statesman:

Says Austin Mayor Steve Adler’s transportation plans linked to Proposition 1 on the ballot remove "27+ miles of traffic lanes around the city," replacing "them with lanes dedicated to usage by bicycles" and buses.

By W. Gardner Selby • October 28, 2016

Al Gore
stated on October 11, 2016 in a campaign speech:

Says electric utilities "are trying to fool you into amending your state Constitution in a way that gives them the authority to shut down net metering."

By Joshua Gillin • October 21, 2016

Ted Strickland
stated on October 20, 2016 in the U.S. Senate debate in Cleveland:

Says Rob Portman was a registered foreign agent whose "client was Haiti, at a time when the Baby Doc, Duvalier, who was a despot, was killing people."

By Linda Qiu • October 21, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 in the third presidential debate:

When Hillary Clinton "ran the State Department, $6 billion was missing. How do you miss $6 billion? You ran the State Department, $6 billion was either stolen — they don't know."

By Lauren Carroll • October 20, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2016 in a tweet:

"Of course, there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day."

By Linda Qiu • October 17, 2016

John Bolton SuperPAC
stated on September 27, 2016 in a TV ad:

Says Deborah Ross "supports the Iran nuclear deal and the ransom it paid for hostages."

By Will Doran • October 12, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on October 4, 2016 in a Spanish-language campaign ad:

Says Patrick Murphy wrongly conveyed Rubio's stance on abortion for women infected by Zika.

By Joshua Gillin • October 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 6, 2016 in a speech in North Carolina:

Says "Hillary Clinton set aside environmental and labor rules to help a South Korean company with a record of violating workers’ rights set up what amounts to a sweatshop in Haiti."

By Jon Greenberg • October 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 9, 2016 in the second 2016 presidential debate:

Says after Hillary Clinton helped a man accused of raping a 12-year-old, "she's seen laughing on two separate occasions, laughing at the girl who was raped."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 10, 2016

Dana Young
stated on October 20, 2016 in a mailer:

Says she "voted for a statewide fracking ban."

By Allison Graves • October 5, 2016

Ted Strickland
stated on September 21, 2016 in a campaign ad:

Says Rob Portman "even voted to allow people on the terrorism watch list to buy guns."

By Nadia Pflaum • September 29, 2016

Dan Flynn
stated on September 13, 2016 in a letter to state health officials:

"Not one illness has been reported from raw milk in" Texas "in more than four years. A total of six illnesses have occurred in the last 20 years."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 29, 2016

Daily Caller
stated on September 19, 2016 in an article in the Daily Caller:

"Former President Bill Clinton and his Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) distributed ‘watered-down’ HIV/AIDS drugs to patients in sub-Saharan Africa."

By Jon Greenberg • September 23, 2016

Greg Abbott
stated on August 30, 2016 in a tweet:

"If Texas were a country our economy would rank # 10...in the WORLD."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 13, 2016 in a speech in Aston, Pa.:

"My opponent has no child care plan."

By Louis Jacobson • September 14, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 7, 2016 in the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum:

"Classified material has a header which says ‘top-secret, secret, confidential.’ Nothing, and I will repeat this and this is verified in the report by the Department of Justice, none of the emails sent or received by me had such a header."

By Lauren Carroll • September 8, 2016

Julie Pace
stated on August 21, 2016 in a panel on "Fox News Sunday":

"Neither Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump has a plan to address the civil war in Syria."

By Linda Qiu • August 21, 2016

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