Fact Check Posts – Page 324

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 23, 2016 in a campaign rally in Miami, Fla.:

Says unlike Tim Kaine, who "invested" in education, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence "slashed education funding."

By Lauren Carroll • July 24, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in a speech at the Republican national convention:

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to essentially abolish the Second Amendment."

By Linda Qiu • July 22, 2016

Mark Kirk
stated on June 15, 2016 in a website press release:

Says Rep. Tammy "Duckworth has been a staunch supporter of expanding the spending, size and reach of the IRS."

By Madeleine Doubek • July 21, 2016

Phil Ruffin
stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:

Says Donald Trump "always pays his bills promptly."

By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention:

"Our economy is not growing."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 17, 2016 in an interview on 60 Minutes:

"Hillary Clinton invented ISIS with her stupid policies. She is responsible for ISIS."

By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2016

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 19, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:

Says Hillary Clinton is proposing "destroying Medicare for seniors."

By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2016

Paul Manafort
stated on July 19, 2016 in a press conference:

"The Clinton camp was the first to get it out there and try to say there was something untoward about the speech that Melania Trump gave."

By Lauren Carroll • July 19, 2016

Jeff Sessions
stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:

"There are about 350,000 people who succeed in crossing our borders illegally each year."

By Miriam Valverde • July 19, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 18, 2016 in an interview on Fox News with Bill O'Reilly:

Says as GOP was picking a convention city, "I recommended Ohio."

By Jon Greenberg • July 19, 2016

Rudy Giuliani
stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention”:

"Hillary Clinton is for open borders."

By Amy Sherman • July 19, 2016

Reince Priebus
stated on July 17, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says no one from the Bush family attended the 2012 Republican National Convention and "there was no President Bush" at the 2008 convention.

By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • July 17, 2016

Reince Priebus
stated on July 17, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press":

"What the facts say" is ... "the best scenario for kids is a loving mom and dad."

By Lauren Carroll • July 17, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2016 in a speech:

"Just look at what the FBI director said about her (Hillary Clinton) — her misconduct is a disgrace and embarrassment to our country."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 15, 2016

Tammy Duckworth
stated on June 8, 2016 in a tweet:

Says Mark Kirk "called for the mass arrest of 18,000 African Americans" and "was apparently fine with Trump’s #StillTooRacist call for mass deportation."

By Kevin Hoffman • July 15, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 12, 2016 in a speech at a Trump rally:

Says Hillary Clinton "took 13 hours to send help to Americans under fire" during the terrorist attack in Benghazi.

By Adam Thorp • July 14, 2016

Kelli Ward
stated on July 3, 2016 in a campaign advertisement:

Says Sen. John McCain spent the July 4 weekend in Islamabad, Pakistan, selling "F-16s and advanced weapons to the folks who harbored Osama bin Laden."

By Anthony Cave • July 14, 2016

Snapchat
stated on June 30, 2016 in a snapchat:

"90% of rural women and 55% of all women are illiterate" in Morocco.

By Joseph Cariz • July 14, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 2, 2016 in an interview on MSNBC:

Says she "never received nor sent any material that was marked classified" on her private email server while secretary of state.

By Lauren Carroll • July 6, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2016 in remarks in Ottawa, Canada:

"The steel industry is producing as much steel in the United States as it ever was. It’s just (that) it needs one-tenth of the workers that it used to."

By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2016

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