Fact Check Posts – Page 4

Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on February 14, 2017 a video:

"Here are some of the things that are more popular than Congress: hemorrhoids, Nickelback, traffic jams, cockroaches, root canals, colonoscopies, herpes. Even herpes, they couldn’t beat herpes in the polls."

By Chris Nichols • April 14, 2017

Restoration PAC
stated on March 21, 2017 a video:

Says Tammy Baldwin "supported legislation allowing citizens to withhold funding for our troops."

By Tom Kertscher • April 5, 2017

Resistance Report
stated on March 2, 2017 a website posting:

Says U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson "threatens citizens with arrest if they continue asking for a town hall."

By Tom Kertscher • March 7, 2017

Citizen Action of Wisconsin
stated on February 28, 2017 a website posting:

Says "people who come to" their dissent actions "get a ‘cease and desist’ letter" from Ron Johnson's office.

By Tom Kertscher • March 2, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 16, 2017 a news conference:

The media has "a lower approval rate than Congress."

By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 25, 2017 an interview with ABC News' David Muir:

"A poll just came out on my inauguration speech. … People loved it. Loved and liked."

By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 11, 2017 a press conference:

Americans don't "care at all" about Donald Trump's tax returns.

By Joshua Gillin • January 11, 2017

Mitch McConnell
stated on January 9, 2017 an op-ed on FoxNews.com:

"About 8 out of 10 favor changing Obamacare significantly or replacing it altogether."

By Louis Jacobson • January 10, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on November 9, 2016 a news conference:

Obamacare "is not a popular law."

By Tom Kertscher • November 17, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2016 a rally in Florida:

"Wikileaks also shows how John Podesta rigged the polls by oversampling Democrats, a voter suppression technique."

By Linda Qiu • October 25, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 11, 2016 a tweet:

Says he won the second debate with Hillary Clinton "in a landslide" in "every poll."

By Tom Kertscher • October 12, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on September 4, 2016 an interview:

"Sixty percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana."

By Tom Kertscher • September 23, 2016

William Weld
stated on September 7, 2016 an Ask Me Anything session on reddit:

Says "76 percent of all voters in the United States say they want Johnson-Weld, by name, in the presidential debates."

By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on August 22, 2016 media appearances:

"None of the polls being conducted right now have us on the top line. None of them. It's always Trump and Clinton and then second question, third question. ... If we were included in the top line, as Johnson/Trump/Clinton, we'd be at 20 percent."

By Adam Thorp • August 29, 2016

Sean Hannity
stated on August 23, 2016 while interviewing Donald Trump in Austin:

"All of Texas is conservative, except a little bit of Austin."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 26, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on August 5, 2016 a Medium post:

"Most Americans support" the legalization of marijuana.

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 2, 2016 an interview with the Washington Post:

"I’m beating (Kelly Ayotte) in the polls by a lot."

By Allie Morris • August 5, 2016

Cecile Richards
stated on July 26, 2016 remarks to the Texas delegation at the Democratic National Convention as webcast by the Texas Tribun:

Barack Obama "ended up getting re-elected by the largest gender gap in the history of American elections."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 29, 2016

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

Chris Murphy
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:

"Ninety percent of Americans want our background check system strengthened and expanded to cover more gun sales."

By Lauren Carroll • July 28, 2016

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