Fact Check Posts – Page 3

Donald Trump
stated on May 23, 2016 an interview with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly:

"Look, we are at war with these people and they don't wear uniforms. … This is a war against people that are vicious, violent people, that we have no idea who they are, where they come from. We are allowing tens of thousands of them into our country now."

By Louis Jacobson • May 25, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on March 28, 2016 a campaign email:

"The Obama administration has even joined Islamist governments in sponsoring a U.N. resolution that would shred our First Amendment by threatening to make discussion of radical Islamism potentially illegal."

By Emma Hinchliffe • May 9, 2016

Sid Miller
stated on March 22, 2016 a Facebook post:

Says Barack Obama was happily photographed holding a T-shirt with revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara’s face on it.

By Fauzeya Rahman • March 25, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 19, 2016 a rally in North Charleston, S.C.:

Says that in the Philippines more than a century ago, Gen. John Pershing "took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs’ blood," and shot 49 Muslim rebels. "The 50th person, he said, ‘You go back to your people, and you tell them what happened.’ And for 25 years, there wasn’t a problem."

By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2016

Bill Clinton
stated on February 16, 2016 a campaign event:

"The people that perpetrated that travesty in San Bernardino had never been to the Middle East."

By Lauren Carroll • February 22, 2016

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on December 9, 2015 an interview on CNN:

Says Marco Rubio said "we should be considering internment" of Muslims, and "maybe we should close down cafes and diners where Muslims gather and in fact compared them to the Nazi party."

By Amy Sherman • December 10, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on November 14, 2015 a rally in Beaumont, Texas:

President Barack Obama "wants to take in 250,000 (people) from Syria."

By Fauzeya Rahman • December 1, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on November 21, 2015 comments during a speech:

"I watched in Jersey City, N.J., where thousands and thousands of people were cheering" as the World Trade Center collapsed.

By Lauren Carroll • November 22, 2015

Viral image
stated on November 17, 2015 a viral meme on social media:

While Americans pray for Paris, the government has acted on mandatory national vaccinations.

By April Hunt • November 20, 2015

Sean Hannity
stated on October 19, 2015 a segment of Fox News' "Hannity":

"The president said he’s going to bring in 250,000 (Syrian and Iraqi) refugees into this country."

By Aaron Sharockman, Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2015

Town hall audience member
stated on September 17, 2015 a town hall held by Donald Trump in Rochester, N.H.:

"You know our current president is (Muslim). You know he's not even an American."

By Lauren Carroll • September 18, 2015

Restoration PAC
stated on July 22, 2015 a TV ad:

President Barack Obama met with Iranian president Hassan Rouhani.

By Tom Kertscher • July 24, 2015

Joe Biden
stated on February 17, 2015 remarks at a White House summit:

"There is a very identifiable Somali community" back home in Delaware.

By Lauren Carroll • February 19, 2015

Peter King
stated on December 9, 2014 a radio show appearance:

"Nobody suffered any lasting injuries" from the CIA interrogation program.

By Steve Contorno • December 15, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2014 a meme on social media:

A sign in Dearborn, Mich., for the Advancement of Islamic Agenda for America says, "Allah be praised. America we will kill you all and nothing you can do to stop it."

By Nai Issa • November 24, 2014

David Dewhurst
stated on September 26, 2014 a speech in Washington, D.C.:

"Prayer rugs have recently been found on the Texas side of the border in the brush."

By Dylan Baddour • October 19, 2014

Duncan Hunter
stated on October 7, 2014 an interview with Greta Van Susteren of Fox News:

"At least 10 ISIS fighters have been caught coming across the Mexican border in Texas" and there are "dozens more that did not get caught by the Border Patrol."

By Dylan Baddour, W. Gardner Selby • October 10, 2014

David Perdue
stated on September 17, 2014 In a television ad:

"Michelle Nunn’s own plan says she funded organizations linked to terrorists."

By April Hunt • September 26, 2014

Bloggers
stated on September 15, 2014 Internet posts:

"Three of five detainees swapped (for Bowe Bergdahl) are now ISIS leaders."

By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on September 11, 2014 a post on Facebook:

A flight from Atlanta to Houston was canceled due to a "terrorist dry run."

By Derek Tsang • September 11, 2014

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