Fact Check Posts – Page 37

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 21, 2016 a speech:

Says Donald Trump’s proposed tax treatment of hedge fund managers "makes the current loophole even worse."

By Adam Thorp • July 1, 2016

Thomas Perez
stated on June 18, 2016 an interview.:

"If you are a member of union, your median weekly income is roughly $200 more than if you are a nonunion member, and that doesn’t include benefits."

By Sean Gorman • June 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 27, 2016 a speech in Cincinnati:

"Risk analysts listed Donald Trump, a Donald Trump presidency, as one of the top threats facing the global economy, ahead of terrorism."

By Louis Jacobson • June 27, 2016

David Miliband
stated on June 26, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press":

"The major immigration issue was about Poles, and Bulgarians, and Romanians," and that they weren’t contributing economically. "The unemployment rate among Poles in Britain is lower than the unemployment rate among Brits."

By Jon Greenberg • June 26, 2016

Jonathan Jarvis
stated on June 14, 2016 testimony before a U.S. House committee:

The National Park Service has "an annual budget that is less than the city of Austin."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 24, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 21, 2016 a rally in Columbus, Ohio:

Says Donald Trump called pregnant employees "an inconvenience."

By Nadia Pflaum • June 24, 2016

Loretta Lynch
stated on June 19, 2016 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

"The LGBT community is more often the victims of hate crimes than any other recognized group."

By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech in New York City:

Says Hillary Clinton "said she was under attack (in Bosnia) but the attack turned out to be young girls handing her flowers."

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Jon Greenberg • June 22, 2016

Maggie Hassan
stated on June 21, 2016 a campaign statement:

Says Kelly Ayotte "voted again yesterday against a proposal to expand background checks -- (buyers) can continue to simply go online or to gun shows to purchase guns without background checks."

By Allie Morris • June 21, 2016

David Beckham
stated on June 10, 2016 a UNICEF video:

"Swaziland has the highest rate of HIV infection in the world."

By Jon Greenberg • June 17, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 8, 2016 an interview on CNN:

"Nine million people have lower-cost HIV/AIDS medicine because of the work of the Clinton Foundation and my husband."

By Jon Greenberg • June 15, 2016

Catherine Hanaway
stated on June 6, 2016 Missouri:

"Only half of the murders in the city of St. Louis get solved."

By Allison Graves • June 14, 2016

Priorities USA Action
stated on June 8, 2016 a TV ad:

Says Donald Trump mocked "someone with a disability."

By Alan Gathright • June 13, 2016

Dave Brat
stated on May 24, 2016 Facebook post.:

"The labor force participation rate -- the share of the potential workforce that is actually working or looking for work-- currently stands below 63%, the lowest level since the 1970s."

By Sean Gorman • June 13, 2016

Scott Walker
stated on May 16, 2016 a radio interview:

Since 1978, college "tuition nationwide has gone up something like four times the rate of inflation."

By Sarah Hauer • June 9, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech:

"A trade war is something very different (than curbing new trade agreements). We went down that road in the 1930s. It made the Great Depression longer and more painful."

By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2016

Greg Abbott
stated on May 12, 2016 a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Dallas:

The 2015 Legislature "passed the fewest laws in 20 years."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 3, 2016

Robin Vos
stated on May 26, 2016 a an online opinion-piece:

"The Chicago Bears have had more starting quarterbacks in the last 10 years than the total number of tenured (UW) faculty fired during the last two decades."

By Cara Lombardo • June 3, 2016

Bloggers
stated on June 1, 2016 Internet posts:

Say video "shows massive alligator strolling across Florida golf course."

By Allison Graves, Neelesh Moorthy • June 1, 2016

John Cornyn
stated on May 23, 2016 Senate floor remarks:

"Vietnamese is the third most commonly spoken language in Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 26, 2016

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