Fact Check Posts – Page 38

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 22, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

"When I was secretary of state, I had a very high approval rating."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 22, 2016

William Devereaux
stated on May 10, 2016 a legislative hearing :

"You can import as many hemp products into this country as you want...but we can’t grow it."

By Jacqueline Tempera • May 22, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 19, 2016 an interview on CNN:

"We now do have evidence" that Donald Trump is being used as a recruiting tool for terrorists.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 20, 2016

Don Willett
stated on May 13, 2016 the majority Texas Supreme Court opinion in Texas school finance case:

Before 2005, "the percentage of" Texas high school "students meeting the college readiness standards of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board stood at 28% in English and 42% in math. Those figures stood at 65% and 66% in 2013."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2016

Jennifer Shilling
stated on May 11, 2016 a teleconference:

Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "the top 0.1 percent of taxpayers -- people earning multiple millions of dollars a year, on average -- would get more tax relief than the bottom 60 percent of taxpayers combined."

By Tom Kertscher • May 20, 2016

Mamie Locke
stated on May 8, 2016 an interview.:

"The United States has a low voter turnout rate."

By Warren Fiske • May 16, 2016

Steve Adler
stated on April 25, 2016 speaking against Proposition 1 on Austin's May 7, 2016 ballot:

"Austin is number one in Texas in startups, venture capital and patents."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 13, 2016

Ed Gillespie
stated on April 30, 2016 a speech:

"For the first time in over 40 years, Republicans don’t hold a single statewide office" in Virginia.

By Sean Gorman • May 12, 2016

Vernon Keenan
stated on April 26, 2016 Newspaper interview :

The city of Clarkston "can’t decriminalize marijuana. Only state legislators and Congress can do that."

By Jim Tharpe • May 11, 2016

Joe Roman
stated on April 25, 2016 a Plain Dealer article:

Says $15-an-hour proposal in Cleveland is "the most aggressive minimum wage increase in the country."

By Nadia Pflaum • May 9, 2016

Terry McAuliffe
stated on April 22, 2016 a speech.:

Before April 22, "we have restored the rights of more than 18,000 individuals, which is more than the past seven governors combined in their four-year terms."

By Warren Fiske • May 9, 2016

Chris Koster
stated on April 14, 2016 a tweet:

"Closing the tobacco loophole would save Missouri taxpayers $50,000,000"

By Andrew Kessel • May 6, 2016

John Kasich
stated on April 24, 2016 comments on "Face the Nation":

"After my first year as governor, I was one of the most unpopular governors, maybe the most unpopular governor in the country. ... It changed."

By Nadia Pflaum • May 2, 2016

Kirk Cox
stated on April 20, 2016 a floor speech.:

"In two years, Gov. McAuliffe has vetoed more bills that the previous three governors issued in each of their four-year terms."

By Warren Fiske • May 2, 2016

Pat McCrory
stated on April 28, 2016 an official announcement:

North Carolina has "one of the fastest growing populations as well as the fastest growing economy in the country."

By Will Doran • April 29, 2016

Katie McGinty
stated on April 28, 2016 a press release.:

"Pat Toomey advocated for eliminating all corporate taxes."

By Anna Orso • April 29, 2016

David Jolly
stated on April 25, 2016 an Orlando debate:

Says he "was the only Republican" to vote against creating a House panel to investigate Planned Parenthood.

By Joshua Gillin • April 26, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on April 25, 2016 remarks in Borden, Ind.:

"I earned more votes in the state of Wisconsin than Donald Trump did in New York."

By Louis Jacobson • April 25, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 22, 2016 In a statement to Philadelphia magazine:

"A tax on soda and juice drinks would disproportionately increase taxes on low-income families in Philadelphia."

By Mark Dent • April 25, 2016

Catherine Hanaway
stated on March 17, 2016 a debate:

"As a former federal prosecutor, I prosecuted over 4,000 cases."

By Tyler Adkisson • April 25, 2016

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