Fact Check Posts – Page 4

Mark Warner
stated on June 19, 2016 a radio interview.

"The average time someone used to hold a share of stock back in the ’60s was eight years. Now, the average time is four months."

By Warren Fiske • July 6, 2016

Ted Strickland
stated on May 14, 2016 a fundraising email by campaign manager

"While Rob Portman relies on his super PAC and a handful of billionaires to do his dirty work, we don’t have a super PAC, and quite frankly, we don’t want one that spends millions to spew out lies and distortions."

By Nadia Pflaum • May 31, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 24, 2016 an advertisement

"In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 22, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"

"The only two (Donald Trump tax returns) we have show that he hasn't paid a penny in taxes."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 24, 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."

May 20, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 23, 2016 a campaign rally.

"The Walton family of Walmart ... This one family owns more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of the American people."

By Sean Gorman • March 14, 2016

Marina Dimitrijevic
stated on February 16, 2016 a press release

Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele is a "billionaire."

By James B. Nelson • March 2, 2016

Occupy Democrats
stated on December 2, 2015 a Facebook post

"If Trump had just put his father’s money in a mutual fund ... he’d have $8 billion."

By Jon Greenberg • December 9, 2015

Mike Huckabee
stated on September 24, 2015 a radio show.

"Six of the 10 richest counties in the United States surround Washington, D.C."

By Sean Gorman • September 29, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on September 14, 2015 a speech.

"The top 1/10th of 1 percent today in America owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."

By Sean Gorman • September 21, 2015

Julián Castro
stated on July 27, 2015 his year-in-review speech

"Less than half of the poorest American households have a home Internet subscription."

By Bradley Saacks • August 20, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 1, 2015 a speech

"The top one-tenth of 1 percent" of Americans "own almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."

July 29, 2015

Bobby Scott
stated on June 12, 2015 a written statement.

"The United States ranks second worst in income inequality across developed countries," after taxes and transfers.

By Warren Fiske • July 13, 2015

Bobby Scott
stated on June 12, 2015 a news release.

"Income disparities in the United States are the worst since the 1920s."

By Warren Fiske • June 30, 2015

Greg Abbott
stated on June 12, 2015 a press release

A Texas law "will repatriate $1 billion of gold bullion from the Federal Reserve in New York to Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 26, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2015 a campaign rally speech

"The top 25 hedge fund managers (are) making more than all of America's kindergarten teachers combined."

By Lauren Carroll • June 15, 2015

Glenn Beck
stated on May 13, 2015 a segment on his radio show

Says Hillary Clinton "makes more per hour at a speaking gig than the average CEO does in a year."

By Katie Sanders • May 28, 2015

Bill Clinton
stated on May 5, 2015 an interview with NBC News

"When we moved into the White House, we had the lowest net worth of any family since Harry Truman."

By Katie Sanders • May 7, 2015

City of Atlanta
stated on August 8, 2014 press release

Tyler Perry’s plan to turn a majority of the former Fort McPherson into a film and television studio is expected "to add over 8,000 new jobs to Atlanta."

By Nancy Badertscher • May 1, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 19, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"

"99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent."

By Katie Sanders • April 19, 2015

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