Fact Check Posts – Page 36

Rand Paul
stated on February 8, 2018 a Senate floor speech

"George W. Bush doubled the debt from $5 trillion to $10 trillion. President Obama doubled the debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion. Now we're on course to exceed $30 trillion in the next seven years or so."

By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2018 a speech near Cincinnati

At the State of the Union address, Democrats, "even on positive news … were like death and un-American. Un-American. Somebody said, ‘treasonous.’ I mean, yeah, I guess, why not? Can we call that treason? Why not?"

By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2018

Devin Nunes
stated on February 2, 2018 a staff-written memo from the House Intelligence Committee

Says the Steele dossier "was—according to (James Comey's) June 2017 testimony—'salacious and unverified.' "

By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2018 a speech in Davos, Switzerland

"Consumer confidence, business confidence, and manufacturing confidence are the highest they have been in many decades."

By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 the 2018 State of the Union address

"We are now, very proudly, an exporter of energy to the world."

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 his State of the Union address

"Small business confidence is at an all-time high."

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 his State of the Union address

"After years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages."

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 his State of the Union address

"We enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history."

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 28, 2018 a tweet

"Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!"

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Kamala Harris
stated on January 24, 2018 a tweet

"No state generates as much solar power as California, or has as many people whose jobs depend on it."

By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2018

Nancy Pelosi
stated on January 18, 2018 a press conference

Reauthorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program "for six years saves $1 billion" and doing it for 10 years saves $6 billion.

By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on January 22, 2018 an interview

"I have consistently opposed shutdowns."

By Louis Jacobson • January 23, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 12, 2018 a tweet

In a government shutdown, "what they are really doing is shutting down our military."

By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2018

Democratic National Committee
stated on January 16, 2018 a Medium post

The Republicans and President Donald Trump "passed a tax bill that gave 80 percent of its benefits to the top 1 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • January 16, 2018

Democratic National Committee
stated on January 16, 2018 a Medium post

"In Trump’s first year as president, job growth slowed to a six-year low."

By Louis Jacobson • January 16, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 5, 2018 a tweet

The Dow Jones Industrial Average "jumped 1000 points in last 5 weeks, Record fastest 1000 point move in history."

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 8, 2018 a tweet

"African American unemployment is the lowest ever recorded in our country. The Hispanic unemployment rate dropped a full point in the last year and is close to the lowest in recorded history. Dems did nothing for you but get your vote!"

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 3, 2018 a statement

There is "substantial evidence of voter fraud."

By Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 2, 2018 an email from the White House

The new tax law is "kicking the American economy into high gear with $5.5 trillion in tax cuts."

By Louis Jacobson • January 3, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 3, 2018 a statement released by the White House

The Senate seat won in a special election by a Democrat had been "held for more than thirty years by Republicans."

By Louis Jacobson • January 3, 2018

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