Fact Check Posts – Page 310

Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2017 in an interview:

Untaxed corporate earnings used to be "$2.5 trillion … I guess it’s $5 trillion now. Whatever it is, it’s a lot more. So we have anywhere from 4 (trillion) to 5 or even more trillions of dollars sitting offshore."

By Manuela Tobias • August 3, 2017

Bloggers
stated on July 28, 2017 in Internet posts:

Says a New York physician and his wife jumped to their deaths because they "can’t afford" Obamacare.

By Joshua Gillin • August 3, 2017

Bloggers
stated on July 30, 2017 in a headline:

"A witness will testify against Hillary Clinton."

By Joshua Gillin • August 3, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on July 28, 2017 in a speech:

"The border is down 78 percent. Under past administrations, the border didn’t go down -- it went up."

By Miriam Valverde • August 3, 2017

Greg Abbott
stated on August 1, 2017 in a tweet:

Says Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told players: "Stand for the Anthem or you’re off team."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 2, 2017

Bruce Rauner
stated on July 22, 2017 in a press release:

As written, the (Illinois school funding) bill includes a bailout of Chicago’s broken teacher pension system.

By Matt Dietrich • August 1, 2017

Anthony Scaramucci
stated on July 26, 2017 in a tweet:

"In light of the leak of my financial disclosure info which is a felony I will be contacting @FBI and the @TheJusticeDept"

By Manuela Tobias • July 27, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2017 in a speech:

"We've achieved a historic increase in defense spending to get our troops the support they so richly deserve."

By Jon Greenberg, Manuela Tobias • July 27, 2017

Bloggers
stated on July 14, 2017 in a blog post:

Cher "is moving to Canada because of President Trump."

By Miriam Valverde • July 26, 2017

Charles Schumer
stated on July 23, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"When the price for oil goes up on the markets, it goes right up, but it never goes down."

By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2017

Kevin McCarthy
stated on July 11, 2017 in an interview with Fox Business:

"More people, almost twice as many, pay the penalty or take the waiver than signed up for (Obamacare)."

By Chris Nichols • July 21, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on July 19, 2017 in an interview with the New York Times:

During the Nixon Watergate investigation, "out of courtesy, the FBI started reporting to the Department of Justice. But there was nothing official."

By Jon Greenberg • July 21, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on July 17, 2017 in a speech:

"We’ve signed more bills -- and I’m talking about through the legislature -- than any president ever."

By Tom Kertscher • July 20, 2017

Evan Smith
stated on July 10, 2017 in as quoted in a story in The New Yorker:

"The last majority-Anglo high school class in Texas graduated in 2014."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2017

George Will
stated on July 12, 2017 in a column:

"America has more people employed as tax preparers (1.2 million) than as police and firefighters."

By Manuela Tobias • July 18, 2017

Greg Gutfeld
stated on July 15, 2017 in a broadcast of the "Greg Gutfeld Show":

Says Ted Kennedy met "with the KGB in order to beat Ronald Reagan in 1984."

By Jon Greenberg • July 18, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on July 16, 2017 in a tweet:

Says his job approval poll numbers are "not bad" relative to other presidents at this point in his presidency.

By John Kruzel • July 17, 2017

Mike Pence
stated on July 14, 2017 in a speech to the National Governors Association:

In Ohio, due to Medicaid expansion, "nearly 60,000 disabled citizens are stuck on waiting lists ... leaving them without the care they need for months or even years."

By Jon Greenberg • July 17, 2017

Corey Lewandowski
stated on July 13, 2017 in an NBC interview:

Says "Donald Trump was doing a rally in the state of Florida" the day Trump's son and others met with a Russian lawyer in New York.

By John Kruzel • July 14, 2017

Reince Priebus
stated on July 9, 2017 in an interview:

"It's an absolute fact" that China and North Korea "have consistently over many, many years" meddled in U.S. elections.

By Tom Kertscher • July 13, 2017

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