Fact Check Posts – Page 324

Facebook posts
stated on 2015-03-28 posts on social media:

Facebook has unveiled new rules to stop their users from creating posts related in any way to religion.

By Audrey Bowler • April 10, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on 2015-03-25 an online meme:

Says Ted Cruz said, "There is no place for gays or atheists in my America. None. Our Constitution makes that clear."

By W. Gardner Selby • April 8, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on 2015-03-26 an online meme:

Says Ted Cruz just flip-flopped about the president needing to be U.S.-born.

By W. Gardner Selby • March 27, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on 2015-02-07 a meme supposedly quoting Sheila Jackson Lee:

Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas said: ‘Hey, all you wrinkly, white-aged has-beens: It’s time for you to die and let the next generation have your spot on the planet.’

By W. Gardner Selby • February 24, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on 2015-02-16 a meme on social media:

Say George Washington said that "when government takes away citizens’ right to bear arms it becomes citizens’ duty to take away government’s right to govern."

By Audrey Bowler • February 20, 2015

X posts
stated on 2015-02-02 Twitter posts:

"Scott Walker to cut $300 million from universities, spend $500 million on a pro basketball stadium."

By Tom Kertscher • February 6, 2015

X posts
stated on 2015-01-23 various social media postings:

The Republican Party has not won a presidential election without either a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket since 1928.

By Dave Umhoefer • January 26, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on 2015-01-13 a meme on social media:

Says. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, once said, "Wind is a finite resource and harnessing it would slow the winds down, which would cause the temperature to go up."

By Louis Jacobson • January 15, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on 2014-12-31 a meme circulated on Facebook:

Milwaukee "incarcerates 1.2% of white men" and has "incarcerated over 50% of black men in their 30s."

By Tom Kertscher • January 15, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on 2015-01-12 a Facebook post:

"In 1913, it was legal to mail children."

By Nancy Badertscher • January 13, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on 2014-12-11 social media postings:

"Newly Elected Republican Senators Sign Pledge to Eliminate Food Stamp Program in 2015."

By Louis Jacobson • January 6, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on 2014-12-05 a meme on social media:

"When (Barack Obama) took office, 2.3 million people were out of work. Five-plus years later, we have 5 million-plus out of work."

By Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on 2014-12-02 a meme on social media:

"794 law enforcement officers have fallen in the line of duty since B.H. Obama took office, with no special recognition from the White House."

By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on 2014-12-02 a meme:

"The U.S. Constitution owes its notion of democracy to the Iroquois Tribes."

By Louis Jacobson • December 2, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on 2014-11-20 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

Facebook posts
stated on 2014-11-12 a Facebook post:

"Fox News uses photo of a married couple promoting ‘traditional marriage’ and the photo is actually of a same-sex couple."

By Jon Greenberg • November 21, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on 2014-11-10 a meme on social media:

Congress has 11 percent approval ratings, yet 96.4 percent of incumbent lawmakers were re-elected in 2014.

By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on 2014-10-29 a meme on social media:

Says Sen. Elizabeth Warren "lives in a $5.4 million mansion."

By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on 2014-10-28 a meme on social media:

Says the 1956 Republican Party platform supported equal pay, the minimum wage, asylum for refugees, protections for unions and more.

By Nai Issa, Louis Jacobson • October 28, 2014

Facebook posts
stated on 2014-09-26 a Facebook meme:

Countries with a higher minimum wage than the United States’ $7.25 an hour include Denmark at $21, Australia at $15.81, Germany at $11 and France at $12.35.

By Louis Jacobson • September 26, 2014

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