Fact Check Posts – Page 28

Facebook posts
stated on December 27, 2019 in social media posts:

Says that four Democrats — Sheila Jackson Lee, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — made specific, suspect remarks about such topics as the Constitution, abortion and guns.

By Louis Jacobson • January 2, 2020

Facebook posts
stated on December 17, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says Bill Gates will provide "money-500K, car, phone, visa" or other gifts if you email him.

By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2019

Ro Khanna
stated on December 20, 2019 in an interview with MSNBC:

Says the California congressional district he represents "has a higher GDP than Russia."

By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on December 3, 2019 in a press conference:

Says House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff "made up the conversation. He lied. If he didn't do that in the halls of Congress, he'd be thrown in jail. He did it in the halls of Congress, he's given immunity."

By Louis Jacobson • December 5, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on November 13, 2019 in a fundraising email:

Says William Taylor and George Kent, the public witnesses in the House impeachment inquiry, are "Never Trumpers."

By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2019

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 7, 2019 in an interview on ABC's "The View":

"It’s only a federal crime for the" inspector general to out a whistleblower.

By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on October 1, 2019 in a tweet:

Says his impeachment is a "coup."

By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2019

Andrew Yang
stated on October 22, 2019 in an interview with The Washington Post:

"I'm one of only two candidates in the field that 10% or more of Donald Trump voters say they would support in the general" election.

By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2019

Rand Paul
stated on October 11, 2019 in an interview on ABC's "The View":

"Most people below $50,000 don’t pay any income tax. The top 1 percent in our country pay 40%."

By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2019

Ilhan Omar
stated on October 12, 2019 in a tweet:

"The 1% is paying less in taxes than everyone else."

By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019

Julián Castro
stated on October 15, 2019 in a debate:

"Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania actually in the latest jobs data have lost jobs, not gained them."

By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019

Pete Buttigieg
stated on October 15, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate:

Americans "say that what they want is a choice" to join a single-payer system like Medicare rather than ending private insurance.

By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019

Julián Castro
stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate:

"The difference between what I support and what you support, Vice President Biden, is that you require them to opt in (to a Medicare public option), and I would not require them to opt in. … They would automatically be enrolled. That’s a big difference. … Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?"

By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2019

Stanley Greenberg
stated on September 9, 2019 in his book, "RIP GOP":

"What was the reality for most Americans during the Obama presidency? Most lost wealth and their incomes fell, particularly for those at the bottom of the ladder."

By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2019

Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2019 in an event in Hanover, N.H.:

Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2019

Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 28, 2019 in a tweet:

Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers."

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2019 in a press conference in Biarritz, France:

Crimea "was sort of taken away from President Obama. … And he wanted Russia to be out of what was called the G-8. And that was his determination."

By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2019

Allen Frances
stated on August 25, 2019 in remarks on CNN's "Reliable Sources":

"Trump is as destructive a person in this century as Hitler, Stalin, and Mao were in the last century. He may be responsible for many more million deaths than they were."

By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2019

Ivanka Trump
stated on August 20, 2019 in a tweet:

"Since the passage of Tax Cuts, real disposable personal income per household has increased $5,205."

By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2019 in remarks at the White House:

"Yesterday we had the strongest dollar in the history of our country."

By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2019

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