Fact Check Posts – Page 3

One Nation PAC
stated on October 1, 2016 in a political mailer:

"In two terms in the Missouri General Assembly, Jason Kander passed ZERO bills that were signed into law."

By Natalia Alamdari • November 3, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on October 6, 2016 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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

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