Fact Check Posts – Page 326

Wendy Davis
stated on March 14, 2016 in an interview with Texas Monthly:

"Texas is one of only a handful of states that does not have an equal pay law."

By Eleanor Dearman • May 27, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on April 21, 2016 in an online campaign ad:

Says Donald Trump "has the second-highest disapproval ratings of anyone running for president."

By Dylan Baddour • May 27, 2016

Richard Pan
stated on April 7, 2016 in remarks at a Capitol budget hearing:

California’s Capitol building is "second only to Disneyland," among visitor sites in the state.

By Chris Nichols • May 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 18, 2016 in an interview with the New York Times Magazine:

"There are places in America that are among the most dangerous in the world. You go to places like Oakland. Or Ferguson. The crime numbers are worse. Seriously."

By Linda Qiu • May 25, 2016

Todd Wilcox
stated on May 20, 2016 in a newspaper interview:

"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."

By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 22, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

"Let me say that I don't think (Bernie Sanders has) had a single negative ad ever run against him."

By Linda Qiu • May 22, 2016

Daniel Grace
stated on May 17, 2016 in a statement:

A three-cents-per-ounce soda tax in Philadelphia "would result in the loss of 2,000 family-sustaining Teamster Union jobs and countless other jobs in the beverage industry."

By Anna Orso • May 20, 2016

Tom Marino
stated on May 13, 2016 in In an MSNBC interview:

"I have had to fill out FEC reports for the past six years now, and they’re much more detailed than a tax return..."

By Loghan Thain • May 20, 2016

Jeff Weaver
stated on May 17, 2016 in a television interview on CNN:

Nevada Democratic Party leaders "hijacked the process on the floor" of the state convention "ignoring the regular procedure and ramming through what they wanted to do."

By Riley Snyder • May 18, 2016

Chris Sgro
stated on May 4, 2016 in a press release:

"We've already lost $500 million in economic impact" from HB2 fallout in North Carolina.

By Will Doran • May 16, 2016

Fighting for Ohio PAC
stated on May 6, 2016 in Fighting for Ohio PAC ad:

Says Ted Strickland admits his record on jobs and taxes is "mixed and spotty."

By Nadia Pflaum • May 13, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 7, 2016 in a rally in Washington:

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

By Linda Qiu • May 11, 2016

Carlos Beruff
stated on May 5, 2016 in a press release:

Says President Obama’s deal "allows Iran to produce a nuclear weapon."

By Joshua Gillin, Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2016

Freedom Partners Action Fund
stated on May 2, 2016 in a TV ad:

"Russ Feingold got a memo in 2009 that outlined veteran harm" at a Wisconsin VA facility "and nothing was done."

By Tom Kertscher • May 11, 2016

Duf Sundheim
stated on May 10, 2016 in a debate:

"There is a 34 percent increase in violent crime in the state of California. … And that’s just within the last year."

By Chris Nichols • May 11, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on April 29, 2016 in a speech at the Vatican:

"In the United States alone we lose more than 3,000 people a day to cancer."

By Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2016

Roy Blunt
stated on April 18, 2016 in a petition against President Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo Bay:

"Jason Kander supports [Obama’s] plan to bring the remaining suspected terrorists to U.S. soil."

By Mary McIntyre • May 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2016 in an interview on 'Meet the Press':

"You have to be a citizen to vote," but with same-day voter registration, "you have places where people just walk in and vote."

By Lauren Carroll • May 8, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2016 in an interview on 'Meet the Press':

"We're the highest taxed nation in the world."

By Louis Jacobson, Linda Qiu • May 8, 2016

Sylvester Turner
stated on March 4, 2016 in a ceremony to introduce new local transit authority chairman:

"We have been focusing so much, especially the Texas Department of Transportation, on that 97 percent of people in single-occupancy vehicles."

By Emma Hinchliffe • May 6, 2016

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