Fact Check Posts – Page 4

Barack Obama
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic national convention

"Almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office."

By Linda Qiu • July 28, 2016

Joseph Crowley
stated on July 26, 2016 a speech at the Democratic convention

Says Donald Trump "cashed in" on Sept. 11, "collecting $150,000 in federal funds intended to help small businesses recover — even though days after the attack Trump said his properties were not affected."

By Linda Qiu • July 27, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 25, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention

"The top 1 percent in recent years has earned 85 percent of all new income."

By Linda Qiu • July 27, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on July 11, 2016 an interview on MSNBC

Says "Donald Trump is a guy who has called for privatization" of the Veterans Administration.

By Linda Qiu • July 25, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2016 a tweet

"An analysis showed that Bernie Sanders would have won the Democratic nomination if it were not for the Super Delegates."

By Linda Qiu • July 25, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican national convention

Says Hillary Clinton "supported North American Free Trade Agreement), and she supported China’s entrance into the World Trade Organization…. She supported the job-killing trade deal with South Korea. She supported the Trans-Pacific Partnership."

By Linda Qiu • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican national convention

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to essentially abolish the Second Amendment."

By Linda Qiu • July 22, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 the Republican national convention

"It was Hillary Clinton who left Americans in harm's way in Benghazi and after four Americans fell said, 'What difference at this point does it make?' "

By Linda Qiu • July 21, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on July 19, 2016 the GOP convention in Cleveland

" ‘What difference, at this point, does it make?' I am the guy that got under her skin and provoked that infamous response from Hillary Clinton by asking a pretty simple question, 'Why didn't you just pick up the phone and call the survivors’ (of the Benghazi attack)?"

By Linda Qiu • July 20, 2016

Jeff Sessions
stated on July 18, 2016 the GOP convention in Cleveland

Says Hillary Clinton "has been a champion of globalist trade agreements. ... Worst of all, they are now pushing the disastrous 5,000-page Obamatrade — the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement."

By Linda Qiu • July 19, 2016

Mark Warner
stated on June 21, 2016 a TV interview.

Says Donald Trump has "bankrupt four separate businesses."

By Linda Qiu, Sean Gorman • July 11, 2016

Michael Cohen
stated on June 28, 2016 a tweet

Says Hillary Clinton "presided over $6 billion lost at the State Department, sold uranium to the Russians through (her) faux charity, illegally deleted public records, and murdered an ambassador."

By Linda Qiu • June 30, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 in a speech critiquing Hillary Clinton

Says Hillary Clinton’s State Department "approved the transfer of 20 percent of America’s uranium holdings to Russia, while nine investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation."

By Linda Qiu • June 30, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 28, 2016 a speech in Monessen, Penn.

"As Bernie Sanders said, Hillary Clinton ‘voted for virtually every trade agreement that has cost the workers of this country millions, millions of jobs.’ "

By Linda Qiu • June 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 21, 2016 a speech on the economy

Says Donald Trump has "bankrupted his companies not once, not twice but four times."

By Linda Qiu • June 21, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 19, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"

Says delegates can't "legally" change the Republican National Convention rules to prevent Donald Trump’s nomination.

By Linda Qiu • June 19, 2016

Robin Wright
stated on May 25, 2016 an event at the Rockefeller Center

Says Apple products are currently "90 percent conflict-free," and "Intel is 100 percent conflict-free."

By Linda Qiu • June 15, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech on terrorism and immigration

There is "no system to vet" refugees from the Middle East.

By Linda Qiu • June 13, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on May 29, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"

"I believe we should have tax on carbon and deal aggressively with climate change. That is not (Hillary Clinton's) position."

By Linda Qiu • May 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 18, 2016 an interview with the New York Times Magazine

"There are places in America that are among the most dangerous in the world. You go to places like Oakland. Or Ferguson. The crime numbers are worse. Seriously."

By Linda Qiu • May 25, 2016

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