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Latest Fact-Checks By Manuela Tobias

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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 18, 2018 a tweet
"Bill Clinton passed a law in 1996 that separated children from adults illegally entering America."
False
By Manuela Tobias • June 21, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 19, 2018 speech at the National Federation of Independent Businesses 75th Anniversary Celebration
"There's been a 1,700 percent increase in asylum claims over the last 10 years."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • June 21, 2018
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on June 8, 2018 campaign ad
Says Kevin Cramer wants to cut Social Security and Medicare to pay for tax cuts.
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • June 19, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 12, 2018 Singapore press conference
Says Bill Clinton "spent $3 billion and got nothing. And (North Korea) started making nuclear weapons a day later."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • June 13, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 4, 2018 an interview
Says "Rosie O’Donnell apparently committed the same offense five times, five times, when she broke the identical law that Dinesh (D'Souza) was prosecuted for."
False
By Manuela Tobias • June 6, 2018
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 4, 2018 an interview on NBC's Today show
"I left the White House $16 million in debt."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • June 5, 2018
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer
stated on May 30, 2018 radio interview
Says Heidi Heitkamp has "never been interested in" regulatory relief "until all of a sudden I become a candidate for the Senate and put pressure on."
False
By Manuela Tobias • June 4, 2018
Viral image
Viral image
stated on May 29, 2018 viral image
Says Whoopi Goldberg wore a shirt that shows Donald Trump firing a gun at himself.
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • May 30, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 28, 2018 a tweet
A "horrible law" requires that children be separated from their parents "once they cross the Border into the U.S."
False
By Manuela Tobias • May 29, 2018
Scott Dawson
Scott Dawson
stated on May 15, 2018 campaign press release
"Gov. Kay Ivey gave nearly $1 million of taxpayers’ money to a liberal activist organization that promotes alternative lifestyles and transgenderism."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • May 29, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 13, 2018 blog post headline
"Actor Brad Pitt: ‘Trump is not my president, we have no future with this…’"
False
By Manuela Tobias • May 24, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on May 17, 2018 blog post
"Hillary Clinton furious at ‘special gift’ Melania Trump sent her from her hospital bed"
Pants on Fire!
By Manuela Tobias • May 23, 2018
Oliver North
Oliver North
stated on May 20, 2018 an interview on Fox News
Perpetrators of school shootings "have been drugged in many cases … many of these young boys have been on Ritalin since they were in kindergarten."
False
By Manuela Tobias • May 22, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 15, 2018 a speech
"In 2016, an officer was assaulted in America on an average of every 10 minutes."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • May 15, 2018
Kevin Cramer
Kevin Cramer
stated on May 4, 2018 an interview with Hugh Hewitt
Says Heidi Heitkamp "cast the deciding vote to kill the Congressional Review Act that would have repealed a BLM flaring rule that was designed just for North Dakota."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • May 10, 2018
Mike Braun
Mike Braun
stated on April 30, 2018 GOP debate
Says Luke Messer and Todd Rokita "voted to fast-track Obama’s trade deals."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • May 4, 2018
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 30, 2018 a tweet
"You know what Amazon paid in federal income taxes last year? Zero."
True
By Manuela Tobias • May 3, 2018
Sue Bell Cobb
Sue Bell Cobb
stated on April 24, 2018 Democratic debate for governor
"Alabama is operating government on the lowest amount of tax revenue of any state in the nation."
Mostly True
By Manuela Tobias • May 1, 2018
Todd Rokita
Todd Rokita
stated on April 23, 2018 a debate
"I am the only one onstage who has never voted to raise your taxes. These two, each, a billion dollars worth of votes to raise your taxes."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • April 30, 2018
Bill Hightower
Bill Hightower
stated on April 18, 2018 a debate
"In Mobile, it’s something like, 1,700 families generate 80 percent of the crime. We know who those families are."
Half-True
By Manuela Tobias • April 23, 2018
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