Fact Check Posts – Page 36

Ainsley Earhardt
stated on June 20, 2017 the "Fox and Friends" show

"5.7 million -- that’s how many illegal immigrants might have voted" in 2008.

By Amy Sherman • June 22, 2017

Joy Reid
stated on June 20, 2017 a tweet

In the Georgia House district that hosted a special election on June 20, "Trump won by 20+ points."

By Louis Jacobson • June 21, 2017

Gregg Jarrett
stated on May 30, 2017 an interview on Fox News

"You can collude all you want with a foreign government in an election. There's no such statute" (that makes collusion a crime).

By Jon Greenberg • May 31, 2017

Chain email
stated on May 11, 2017 a chain email

Says there are thousands of registered voters over 110 years old in North Carolina, including one who is 219 years old.

By Will Doran • May 18, 2017

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 16, 2017 an interview with CNN's "State of the Union"

"When Trump won, we had the lowest voter turnout in 20 years."

By Louis Jacobson • April 18, 2017

Sean Spicer
stated on March 20, 2017 a press briefing

Says Paul Manafort "played a very limited role" in the Trump presidential campaign.

By John Kruzel • March 22, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 a tweet

"The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process."

By Lauren Carroll • March 20, 2017

David A. Clarke Jr.
stated on February 17, 2017 a tweet

Says Michelle Obama "said she was never proud of her country til they elected her husband POTUS."

February 23, 2017

Sean Spicer
stated on January 24, 2017 the daily press briefing

"There's one (study) that came out of Pew in 2008 that showed 14 percent of people who voted were noncitizens."

By Lauren Carroll • January 25, 2017

Reince Priebus
stated on January 8, 2017 an interview

Says Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta’s email password was "password."

January 11, 2017

Nicholas Langworthy
stated on December 14, 2016 a WBFO article

"Donald Trump performed better than any presidential nominee since Gerald Ford."

By Dan Clark • January 6, 2017

USA Snich
stated on December 11, 2016 a web post

"Putin Interference Could Give Courts Legal Right to Make Hillary President."

By Louis Jacobson • December 21, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on December 11, 2016 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"

"We had a massive landslide victory, as you know, in the Electoral College."

By Louis Jacobson • December 12, 2016

Reince Priebus
stated on December 11, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press"

"There's been no conclusive or specific report to say" Russia was trying to muddy the election.

By Jon Greenberg • December 11, 2016

X posts
stated on December 6, 2016 tweets

In Wisconsin, "300,000 voters were turned away by the state’s strict voter ID law" in the 2016 presidential election.

December 7, 2016

Reince Priebus
stated on November 14, 2016 an interview

Says Donald Trump's presidential victory was "an electoral landslide."

November 21, 2016

Bloggers
stated on November 14, 2016 an article on InfoWars

"Report: 3 million votes in presidential election cast by illegal aliens."

By Allison Graves • November 18, 2016

Howard Dean
stated on November 15, 2016 an interview

Says Scott Walker left college "under an ethical cloud for having tried to fix" the election for student body president.

November 18, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 13, 2016 a tweet

"The @nytimes sent a letter to their subscribers apologizing for their BAD coverage of me."

By Lauren Carroll • November 15, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 7, 2016 a speech in Raleigh, N.C.

"Beyonce and Jay Z, I like them, I like them ... I get bigger crowds than they do. It's true. I get far bigger crowds."

By Aaron Sharockman, Linda Qiu • November 7, 2016

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