Fact Check Posts – Page 334

Marco Rubio
stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth GOP primary debate.:

"Welders make more money than philosophers."

By Clayton Youngman • November 11, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on November 10, 2015 in the Republican debate in Milwaukee, Wis.:

"Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases."

By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015

Rick Santorum
stated on October 31, 2015 in a speech at the Republican Party of Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party in Des Moines:

"I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another."

By Jason Noble • November 8, 2015

Greg Abbott
stated on October 28, 2015 in a tweet:

"Texas #2 in nation for new gun purchases, behind California."

By W. Gardner Selby • November 6, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on October 28, 2015 in a speech.:

The Koch Brothers are "spending more money than either the Democratic or Republican parties" in the 2016 elections.

By Sean Gorman • November 6, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 in the third GOP primary debate.:

Says his plan would cut taxes without increasing the deficit.

By Linda Qiu • November 5, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on October 28, 2015 in the third GOP primary debate.:

Says his tax plan wouldn't leave the federal government with a $1.1 trillion hole.

By Linda Qiu • November 4, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 in comments during the CNBC debate.:

Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich "got lucky with a thing called fracking," which "is why Ohio is doing well."

By Linda Qiu • November 2, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:

Says a question about his financial skills at the CNBC debate included "discredited attacks from Democrats and my political opponents."

By Joshua Gillin • October 30, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:

"Under Barack Obama and the big government economy, the median wage for women has dropped $733."

By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on October 28, 2015 in the third Republican presidential debate:

"92 percent of the jobs lost during Barack Obama’s first term belonged to women."

By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2015

Rebecca Kleefisch
stated on October 21, 2015 in a public forum:

"Most Americans are now getting their news from Facebook."

By Tom Kertscher • October 29, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on October 28, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.:

Says he "didn’t have an involvement with" nutritional supplement company Mannatech.

By Lauren Carroll • October 29, 2015

Constitutional Rights PAC
stated on October 14, 2015 in a news release:

Paul Ryan "is one of only six House Republicans who voted for Teddy Kennedy's bill to force Christian employers to hire LGBT employees."

By Tom Kertscher • October 28, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on October 9, 2015 in his book "A More Perfect Union":

"German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance."

By Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2015 in a speech:

"Sixty-one percent of our bridges are in trouble."

By Warren Fiske • October 26, 2015

Thomas Norment, Jr.
stated on October 5, 2015 in a debate.:

Says "only about 2 percent" of gun sales in Virginia are not subject to background checks.

By Warren Fiske • October 26, 2015

Jon Voight
stated on October 20, 2015 in an interview with "Cigar Aficianado":

"The word progressive ... was created as a substitute for ‘communist’."

By Jon Greenberg • October 22, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day":

Says CIA Director George Tenet told the Bush administration that the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack "was coming. So they did have advanced notice."

By Jon Greenberg • October 21, 2015

Claire McCaskill
stated on August 21, 2015 in comments to HBO host Bill Maher:

"You wonder why you don't see Rand Paul as much; he's still shopping for his billionaire. He's like the only one who hasn't found a billionaire to fund his super PAC."

By Katherine Knott • October 20, 2015

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