Fact Check Posts – Page 3

Ron Johnson
stated on October 6, 2016 a campaign ad

Says Russ Feingold "got paid $8,000 a lecture at Stanford University."

By Alison Dirr • November 2, 2016

Jimmy Flannigan
stated on September 12, 2016 an Austin Monitor interview that day plus forums later

Says that he’s responsible for Austin including Anderson Mill Road in the city's proposed transportation bond package.

By Nolan Hicks • November 1, 2016

Lesley Cohen
stated on September 24, 2016 a political mail piece.

"It’s bad enough that (Stephen) Silberkraus appeared in a sexual fetish film where women were kidnapped from their homes and forced to live naked in kennels and trained to be pets. But when Silberkraus isn’t acting in films that degrade women, he’s stalking them in his personal time."

By Riley Snyder • October 6, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on October 2, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"

Says Hillary Clinton has "taken hundreds of millions from those countries" where "women are stoned, where women are killed for adultery and women can't drive."

By Lauren Carroll • October 2, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate

"The only years that anybody's ever seen" of Donald Trump’s tax returns "showed he didn't pay any federal income tax."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate

"I did not — I did not — I do not say that. I do not say that" climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese.

By Lauren Carroll • September 27, 2016

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on September 7, 2016 a TV ad

Says Patrick Murphy "never worked as a CPA" and was "never a small business owner."

By Amy Sherman • September 8, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 7, 2016 NBC's Commander-in-Chief Forum

Says Russian President Vladimir Putin "calls me brilliant."

By Linda Qiu • September 8, 2016

Colin Van Ostern
stated on September 6, 2016 a debate

"I cast the deciding vote extending Medicaid health care coverage to 50,000 of our fellow citizens,"

By Allie Morris • September 8, 2016

Alex Castellanos
stated on September 4, 2016 a panel on Meet the Press

"The Clinton Foundation gives less than 10 (percent in direct aid). In 2013, they raised 140 million bucks, gave $9 million to people in direct aid."

By Linda Qiu • September 6, 2016

Roy Cooper
stated on August 29, 2016 posts on social media

"Under Pat McCrory, (North Carolina) has fallen to 41st in teacher pay."

By Will Doran • September 2, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 24, 2016 at a rally in Tampa, Fla.

The Hollywood celebrities endorsing Hillary Clinton are "in many cases celebrities that aren’t very hot anymore."

By Linda Qiu • August 25, 2016

Ohio Democratic Party
stated on August 12, 2016 an online ad campaign, "The Portman Files"

"Who would sign up to speak for a (Haitian) dictator? Rob Portman."

By Nadia Pflaum • August 23, 2016

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on August 2, 2016 a television ad

"In Catherine Cortez Masto's last term as attorney general, Nevada murder went up 11 percent, robbery went up 28 percent, rape 51 percent. When Cortez Masto left office, Nevada ranked as America's third most dangerous state."

By Riley Snyder • August 10, 2016

Rebuilding America Now
stated on August 7, 2016 an ad played on "Meet the Press"

Through the Clinton Foundation, "the Clintons are now worth in excess of $100 million."

By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2016

Matt Mackowiak
stated on July 1, 2016 a commentary in the Austin American-Statesman

"In 2009, his first year as mayor," Julián Castro "received a seven-figure referral fee" that smells like a dirty financial gift "from notorious personal injury lawyer Mikal Watts, a major Obama donor."

By Eleanor Dearman • July 28, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 the Republican national convention

"It was Hillary Clinton who left Americans in harm's way in Benghazi and after four Americans fell said, 'What difference at this point does it make?' "

By Linda Qiu • July 21, 2016

Jeff Sessions
stated on July 18, 2016 the GOP convention in Cleveland

Says Hillary Clinton "has been a champion of globalist trade agreements. ... Worst of all, they are now pushing the disastrous 5,000-page Obamatrade — the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement."

By Linda Qiu • July 19, 2016

Rebuilding America Now
stated on June 23, 2016 an advertisement against Hillary Clinton

Says Hillary Clinton "savaged" the dignity of people who accused Bill Clinton of sexual harassment or assault "and shamed them."

By Neelesh Moorthy • July 6, 2016

Charlie Crist
stated on June 17, 2016 a fundraising email

David Jolly "has used money and power to try to … drill off our beaches."

By Joshua Gillin • June 30, 2016

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