Fact Check Posts – Page 3

Claudia Tenney
stated on February 21, 2018 a radio interview

"So many of these people that commit the mass murders end up being Democrats."

By Dan Clark, Paul Specht • February 23, 2018

Bloggers
stated on February 21, 2018 multiple posts and blogs on the Internet

Say David Hogg is a crisis actor.

By Allison Graves • February 21, 2018

usdeplorablesnews.com
stated on February 15, 2018 a fake news blog post

Says Michelle Obama said Florida shooting "is clearly our president’s fault."

By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on November 7, 2017 a press conference in South Korea

Chicago is "the city with the strongest gun laws in our nation."

By Jon Greenberg • November 7, 2017

FreedomJunkshun.com
stated on November 6, 2017 a blog post

Says "FBI and Texas State Police are both confirming that Raymond Peter Littleberry, the man accused of shooting up a Texas church, was an avid atheist on the payroll of the Democrat National Committee."

By John Kruzel • November 6, 2017

Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on October 2, 2017 a press conference

"I think if you look to Chicago, where you had over 4,000 victims of gun-related crimes last year, they have the strictest gun laws in the country. That certainly hasn’t helped there."

By Matt Dietrich • October 3, 2017

Matthew Rosendale
stated on July 31, 2017 Voices of Montana radio show

Says Sen. Jon Tester "believes that we should have a national registration so that the people of Montana should have to ask permission before they purchase a gun, ask permission from the federal government."

By John Kruzel • August 21, 2017

Bloggers
stated on June 15, 2017 a web post

Say Gretchen Carlson said, "The 2nd Amendment Was Written Before Guns Were Invented."

By Louis Jacobson • July 24, 2017

Bloggers
stated on May 2, 2017 a web post on ihavethetruth.com

A University of Texas "student pulled out a concealed handgun" on a knife-wielding suspect "and made him back down."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 10, 2017

Larry Pratt
stated on December 15, 2016 a radio interview.

Says President Barack Obama "has not condemned" shootings targeting police.

By Warren Fiske • December 27, 2016

Viral image
stated on October 25, 2015 a blog post and subsequently reposted on Facebook.

Says Hillary Clinton told the Des Moines Register on Aug. 8, 2015: "I will get the NRA shut down for good if I become president. If we can ban handguns, we will do it."

By Jason Noble • March 14, 2016

Loretta Sanchez
stated on January 20, 2016 a Capital Public Radio interview

"Nothing was done. I mean, $25 million was spent, but we don’t have that (gun ownership) database."

By Chris Nichols • February 4, 2016

Alcee Hastings
stated on February 5, 2015 a telephone interview with CNN

A Texas law says "that you can’t shoot bears out of the second floor of a window."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 12, 2015

Alfonso Lopez
stated on January 19, 2015 a floor speech.

On assault weapon violence: "Ducks have more protection than people in Virginia."

By Warren Fiske • January 26, 2015

National Rifle Association
stated on September 24, 2014 a campaign ad

"Mary Landrieu voted to take away your gun rights."

By Steve Contorno • October 1, 2014

Tucker Carlson
stated on August 9, 2014 a broadcast of "Fox and Friends Weekend."

"Far more children died last year drowning in their bathtubs than were killed accidentally by guns."

By Jon Greenberg • August 15, 2014

Chain email
stated on June 19, 2014 a chain email.

Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine voted "to let the U.N. take OUR guns."

By Nancy Madsen • June 15, 2014

Madison Action Fund
stated on April 30, 2014 a campaign ad in Idaho

Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson is a "liberal" who voted with Nancy Pelosi to "fund sex study programs of San Francisco prostitutes" and "to regulate the sale of firearms."

By Steve Contorno • May 7, 2014

Chain email
stated on April 3, 2014 a chain email

Because the EPA closed a lead smelter in Missouri, "all lead for bullets will have to come from overseas!"

By Amy Sherman • April 25, 2014

Chain email
stated on March 17, 2014 a chain email

Says President Barack Obama told a room of students, "Children, every time I clap my hands together, a child in America dies from gun violence," and then a child told him he could solve the problem by not clapping any more.

By Louis Jacobson • March 17, 2014

Latest Fact-Checks In Guns