Fact Check Posts – Page 30

Donald Trump
stated on February 13, 2019 a speech

"Violent crime is now going down for the first time in a long while."

By Louis Jacobson • February 14, 2019

Kamala Harris
stated on February 11, 2019 a tweet

"The average tax refund is down about $170 compared to last year. Let’s call the President’s tax cut what it is: a middle-class tax hike to line the pockets of already wealthy corporations and the 1%."

By Louis Jacobson • February 13, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on February 11, 2019 a speech in El Paso, Texas

Says that at Beto O’Rourke’s rally in El Paso, there were "200 people, 300 people."

By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on February 7, 2019 a tweet

"The Dems and their committees are going ‘nuts.’ The Republicans never did this to President Obama."

By Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2019

Joe Biden
stated on January 28, 2019 remarks in Fort Lauderdale

"There was virtually no new business investment" after the 2017 tax law. "The bulk was used to buy back their own stock."

By Louis Jacobson • February 4, 2019

Kamala Harris
stated on January 27, 2019 a campaign launch event

"The cost of living is going up, but paychecks aren't keeping up."

By Louis Jacobson • January 30, 2019

Maria Cantwell
stated on January 23, 2019 a tweet

"7 million more Americans are uninsured now than when President Trump was elected."

By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2019

Jacob Wohl
stated on January 22, 2019 a tweet

"Kamala Harris is NOT eligible to be President."

By Louis Jacobson • January 22, 2019

Mike Pence
stated on January 16, 2019 a speech

"The caliphate has crumbled and ISIS has been defeated."

By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2019

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stated on January 10, 2019 a meme

"Lettuce killed more Americans this year than undocumented immigrants."

By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2019

Chris Murphy
stated on December 23, 2018 a tweet

"The 2017/2018 budgets gave (President Donald) Trump billions for border upgrades. He’s spent ALMOST NONE of it. 6%."

By Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on December 2, 2018 a tweet

"$21T in Pentagon accounting errors. Medicare for All costs ~$32T. That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon."

By Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on November 19, 2018 a tweet

In her defeat of Republican Rep. Karen Handel, Democratic challenger Lucy McBath "was outspent 5-1."

By Louis Jacobson • November 28, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on November 21, 2018 a tweet

Just before Thanksgiving, oil was $54 a barrel, down from $82. "Thank you to Saudi Arabia."

By Kyra Haas, Louis Jacobson • November 26, 2018

Tom Cotton
stated on November 16, 2018 a tweet

"There have been no hearings" on a criminal justice bill being considered in the Senate.

By Louis Jacobson • November 20, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on November 14, 2018 an interview with the Daily Caller

"If you buy, you know, a box of cereal, if you do anything, you have a voter ID. … The only thing you don’t is if you’re a voter of the United States."

By Louis Jacobson • November 16, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on November 7, 2018 a press conference

"In the House, Republicans dramatically outperformed historical precedents."

By Louis Jacobson • November 8, 2018

Duncan Hunter
stated on September 26, 2018 a campaign ad

Says "Ammar Campa-Najjar is working to infiltrate Congress" and "is being supported by CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood."

By Louis Jacobson • November 1, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 27, 2018 a rally in Murphysboro, Ill.

Says he didn't cancel a political rally because after Sept. 11, "the New York Stock Exchange was open the following day."

By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2018 a rally in Mosinee, Wis.

"Many presidents don’t get the chance to put a Supreme Court justice on."

By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2018

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