Fact Check Posts – Page 339

Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech:

"Our real unemployment is anywhere from 18 to 20 percent. Don't believe the 5.6. Don't believe it."

By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2015 in a speech announcing his 2016 presidential campaign:

The Islamic State "just built a hotel in Syria."

By Lauren Carroll • June 16, 2015

Occupy Democrats
stated on June 16, 2015 in a post on Facebook:

Says Hillary Clinton "has donated every cent she's ever earned from speaking fees to charity."

By Anna Bruzgulis • June 16, 2015

Forecast the Facts
stated on June 2, 2015 in a statement on a web page.:

Says Scott Walker runs a state government that bans "employees from talking about climate change."

By Sarah Hauer • June 16, 2015

Hillary Davis
stated on May 6, 2015 in a hearing at the General Assembly :

"The profit [from automated traffic enforcement cameras] is going to the private corporations, not to the city or state."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 14, 2015

Brad Woodhouse
stated on June 5, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "New Day":

The New York Times "had to retract" its story that Hillary Clinton’s email handling had broken certain laws.

By Jon Greenberg • June 11, 2015

Protect American Jobs
stated on May 5, 2015 in a television ad:

A measure to repeal the state’s prevailing wage law would "make it easier for state contractors to hire illegal workers for Wisconsin construction jobs" through an "illegal worker loophole in the state budget."

By James B. Nelson • June 5, 2015

Lindsey Graham
stated on June 2, 2015 in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper:

The USA Freedom Act undercuts privacy because "the phone records will be in the hands of the phone companies with hundreds of people available to look at the records, versus 20 or 30 people in the government."

By Lauren Carroll • June 4, 2015

Gretchen Carlson
stated on June 2, 2015 in a "Gretchen's Take" on The Real Story:

"Most polls show foreign nations have lower regard for the U.S. now than they did before Obama’s time."

By Katie Sanders • June 4, 2015

Russell Brand
stated on May 26, 2015 in an episode of 'The Trews':

"The American murder rate is 50 times that of any other developed nation."

By Katie Sanders • June 2, 2015

Rebecca Quigley
stated on May 14, 2015 in a comment on a "State of the State" TV program.:

"Once a woman enters into the sex trade, her average life expectancy is seven years."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 31, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on May 20, 2015 in a meeting with business leaders in Portsmouth, N.H.:

"Florida was the only state during my eight years to go from AA to AAA" in its bond rating.

By Joshua Gillin • May 28, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on May 13, 2015 in a Facebook post:

Says Marco Rubio said that "felons should not have their voting rights restored" but that "convicted felons should be allowed to own guns after they have done their time."

By Amy Sherman • May 27, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on July 12, 2014 in a roundtable with Texas businesses:

"Every year we spend roughly $500 billion on tax compliance. That is roughly the budget of our entire military, entirely wasted on tax compliance."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 18, 2015 in an appearance in Mason City, Iowa:

Hedge fund managers "pay less in taxes than nurses and truck drivers."

By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on May 14, 2015 in a tweet:

Says Thomas Jefferson said "that government is best which governs least."

By Tom Kertscher • May 19, 2015

Alex McMurtrie Jr.
stated on May 7, 2015 in a campaign flyer.:

State legislators "quietly shifted $2 billion from education to road building" in 2013.

By Warren Fiske • May 18, 2015

Kathleen Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2015 in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee:

"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."

By Mark Reynolds • May 17, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on April 25, 2015 in an interview:

Says that as president, Barack Obama has not gone to the Texas-Mexico border

By Tom Kertscher • May 13, 2015

Chris Cuomo
stated on May 6, 2015 in a Tweet:

"Hate speech is excluded from protection" under the First Amendment.

By Lauren Carroll • May 7, 2015

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