Fact Check Posts – Page 337

Jeb Bush
stated on August 19, 2015 in a town hall in New Hampshire:

"The federal government right now does not deport criminals."

By Amy Sherman • August 26, 2015

Rachel Maddow
stated on July 13, 2015 in a television show:

Under Scott Walker, "the Wisconsin middle class is shrinking at a faster rate than any other state in the country."

By Kevin Crowe, Tom Kertscher • August 24, 2015

Alan Grayson
stated on August 12, 2015 in a press release:

Says Patrick Murphy "hasn't passed a single bill out of committee."

By Joshua Gillin • August 18, 2015

Tom Tancredo
stated on August 8, 2015 in a Breitbart article:

Between 2008 and 2014, "criminal aliens accounted for 38 percent of all murder convictions in the five states of California, Texas, Arizona, Florida and New York."

By Jon Greenberg • August 17, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on August 13, 2015 in 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

Israel O'Quinn
stated on August 10, 2015 in a speech.:

On unemployment rates: "We have counties in Southwest Virginia that are well into double digits and some that are pushing 20 percent."

By Warren Fiske • August 17, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on August 16, 2015 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

"We spend almost twice as much per capita on health care as do the people of any other country."

By Will Cabaniss • August 16, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on August 11, 2015 in 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

Donald Trump
stated on August 9, 2015 in a Meet the Press interview:

"Some of the things that (Megyn Kelly) said, I didn’t say."

By Will Cabaniss • August 10, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on August 6, 2015 in the first Republican debate:

"Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them."

By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on August 6, 2015 in the first Republican debate:

Illegal immigration "wasn’t a subject that was on anybody’s mind until I brought it up at my announcement."

By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2015

Allen West
stated on August 1, 2015 in a blog on his website:

The Navy "is bringing charges against" a Navy officer who shot at the Chattanooga shooter "for illegally discharging a firearm on federal property."

By Lauren Carroll • August 4, 2015

Sandra Smith
stated on July 28, 2015 in an interview with Mike Huckabee:

"Almost 95 percent of all (Planned Parenthood) pregnancy services were abortions."

By Anna Bruzgulis • August 4, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on August 2, 2015 in an interview on ABC "This Week":

Under President Barack Obama, income levels and unemployment numbers "are worse now than just about ever" for African-Americans.

By Louis Jacobson • August 2, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on July 26, 2015 in 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

Harry Houck
stated on July 21, 2015 in a panel debate on "CNN Tonight with Don Lemon":

"The law says ... when a police officer stops you, do whatever he says and then deal with it later."

By Will Cabaniss • July 30, 2015

Bloggers
stated on July 20, 2015 in various conservative websites:

"Obama Makes Huge Move to BAN Social Security Recipients From Owning Guns"

By Christian Belanger • July 30, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on July 27, 2015 in an interview:

Says his political opponents "brought 100,000 protesters into our state."

By Tom Kertscher • July 30, 2015

Occupy Democrats
stated on July 17, 2015 in a meme on Facebook:

"House Republicans just passed a bill that makes it legal for single mothers to be fired by their employers."

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 28, 2015

Christine Gilbert
stated on July 11, 2015 in a letter to the editor of the Austin American-Statesman:

The Texas Capitol faces South toward Goliad, in memory of the most horrific battle of the Texas Revolution.

By W. Gardner Selby • July 24, 2015

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