Fact Check Posts – Page 323

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stated on 2015-09-25 a viral Internet post:

Honduras "bans citizens from owning guns" and has the "highest homicide rate in the entire world." Switzerland, with a similar population, "requires citizens to own guns" and has the "lowest homicide rate in the entire world."

By Katie Sanders • September 30, 2015

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stated on 2015-09-08 a shareable graphic on the Web:

Says Bernie Sanders opposes "requiring all children to have a K-12 education."

By Louis Jacobson • September 21, 2015

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Says the case of a Texas judge who refused to perform heterosexual weddings exposes a double standard in the case against Kentucky clerk Kim Davis.

By Jon Greenberg • September 14, 2015

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stated on 2015-09-05 a Facebook post:

Says Scott Walker said "Labor unions don’t deserve to have a national holiday" due to their damage to the economy. And the holiday "should be replaced by Patriots Day, celebrated every year on 9/11."

By James B. Nelson • September 10, 2015

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stated on 2015-09-06 a Facebook post:

"Unions did not create" the eight-hour work day and the 40-hour work week. "Henry Ford did."

By Louis Jacobson • September 9, 2015

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stated on 2015-09-03 an image shared on Facebook:

" 'Denali' is the Kenyan word for 'black power.' "

By Will Cabaniss • September 3, 2015

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stated on 2015-08-26 an Internet graphic:

Bernie Sanders opposes the death penalty, and Hillary Clinton supports it.

By Will Cabaniss • September 2, 2015

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stated on 2015-08-26 a viral Internet chart:

Bernie Sanders opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership, and Hillary Clinton supports it.

By Will Cabaniss • September 2, 2015

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stated on 2015-08-17 a meme.:

Says Michele Bachmann said, "The Chinese built a Great Wall 5,000 years ago. You don't see any illegal Mexicans in China."

By Linda Qiu • August 20, 2015

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stated on 2015-08-13 a meme on social media:

Says 57 percent of federal spending goes to the military and just 1 percent goes to food and agriculture, including food stamps.

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2015

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stated on 2015-08-11 a meme:

Scott Walker "had a 2.3 GPA when he was asked to leave Marquette University for cheating."

By Tom Kertscher • August 11, 2015

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stated on 2015-03-27 comments on social media.:

Say President George W. Bush " ‘borrowed’ $1.37 trillion of Social Security surplus revenue to pay for his tax cuts for the rich and his war in Iraq and never paid it back."

By Linda Qiu • August 3, 2015

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stated on 2015-07-26 a meme on social media:

Says Hillary Clinton "refuses to testify before Congress" about the 2012 attack in Benghazi.

By Louis Jacobson • July 31, 2015

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stated on 2015-07-06 a meme on social media:

Says Hillary Clinton’s top 10 donors are mainly "banks, corporations and media," while Bernie Sanders’ top 10 donors are labor unions.

By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2015

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stated on 2015-06-29 social media posts.:

"The House of Representatives just voted 300-131 to remove ‘country-of-origin labeling’ on chicken, pork, and beef sold in the U.S."

By Linda Qiu • July 2, 2015

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stated on 2015-06-15 a social media post:

Says Bill Clinton "gave a speech in 1996 about Iraq having WMDs" and said "we needed a regime change," even though everyone blamed those things on George W. Bush.

By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2015

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stated on 2015-06-02 in posts on Facebook:

The runnerup to Caitlyn Jenner for ESPN’s Arthur Ashe Courage Award was "Army veteran Noah Galloway, who lost an arm and leg to a roadside bomb in Iraq."

By Aaron Sharockman • June 4, 2015

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stated on 2015-05-22 a meme on a Facebook page:

Says Ted Cruz said: "While there may have been an age difference, Josh Duggar’s transgressions are far less an affront to God than what gays do to each other."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 28, 2015

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stated on 2015-05-13 a Facebook post:

Says Marco Rubio said that "felons should not have their voting rights restored" but that "convicted felons should be allowed to own guns after they have done their time."

By Amy Sherman • May 27, 2015

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stated on 2015-05-17 a meme on social media:

"During Obama's first five years as president, black unemployment increased 42 percent. During Reagan's presidency, black unemployment dropped 20 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2015

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