Fact Check Posts – Page 47

David Perdue
stated on August 8, 2017 in a USA Today op-ed:

"Half of all immigrant households receive benefits from our social welfare system."

By Miriam Valverde • August 14, 2017

Stacey Evans
stated on August 5, 2017 in a statement sent to the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

There are"thousands of Georgia workers that are misclassified as independent contractors," who lose benefits, including health care.

By Jon Greenberg • August 10, 2017

Roy Cooper
stated on July 28, 2017 in in a newsletter:

Last year, Democrats won nearly 50% of the vote, yet they hold only 38% of the seats in the state House and 30% of the seats in the state Senate.

By Paul Specht • August 9, 2017

Mike Gallagher
stated on July 9, 2017 in a TV interview:

"We’re spending 18 percent of our GDP on healthcare while the average among industrialized countries is closer to 8 percent."

By Devi Shastri • August 9, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on August 5, 2017 in a tweet:

"United Nations Resolution is the single largest economic sanctions package ever on North Korea. Over one billion dollars in cost to N.K."

By Miriam Valverde • August 6, 2017

Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on July 31, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC:

"Undocumented immigrants commit less crimes than the native born."

By Chris Nichols • August 3, 2017

Greg Abbott
stated on July 14, 2017 in his speech kicking off his re-election campaign:

"More Texans have jobs today than ever before in the history of our state."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 3, 2017

Rick Kriseman
stated on July 25, 2017 in a mayoral debate:

"The number of complaints against police officers has decreased from an average when Mr. (Rick) Baker was mayor from 78 to 14."

By Allison Graves • August 2, 2017

Gwen Moore
stated on June 29, 2017 in a speech:

Says Dontre Hamilton "was shot 14 times by police for resting on a park bench in Milwaukee."

By Tom Kertscher • August 1, 2017

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 23, 2017 in an interview on Fox News:

In economic growth, "Obama's best year was slower than Bill Clinton's worst year."

By Louis Jacobson • July 27, 2017

Dan Patrick
stated on July 13, 2017 in a press conference:

"Of all the money we spend on education, less than 32 percent goes to teachers."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 27, 2017

Rick Kriseman
stated on July 23, 2017 in posts on Twitter and Facebook:

There were 2,761 auto thefts in 2006 under Rick Baker and 1,095 auto thefts in 2016.

By Allison Graves • July 27, 2017

Sean Duffy
stated on July 17, 2017 in a TV interview:

Republicans have " won a thousand seats since Obamacare."

By D.L. Davis • July 27, 2017

Mark Cuban
stated on June 30, 2017 in a tweet:

"Twitter reaches only 15 percent of the population."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 26, 2017

Ted Lieu
stated on July 26, 2017 in comments on CNN:

"You've got thousands of people serving in the military who are transgender."

By Joshua Gillin • July 26, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2017 in a speech at the Boy Scout Jamboree:

"We had the best jobs report in 16 years."

By Louis Jacobson • July 25, 2017

Rick Baker
stated on July 13, 2017 in an interview with the "Tampa Bay Times" editorial board:

"We went from zero A elementary schools when I took office to 16 when I left, and our total A and B schools went up by 260 percent."

By Allison Graves • July 21, 2017

Randy Bryce
stated on July 9, 2017 in a TV interview:

Says Paul Ryan "has not had a public town hall within the district for over 600 days."

By Alan Hovorka • July 21, 2017

Ron Johnson
stated on June 4, 2017 in a television interview:

"In the ‘40s, 68 cents of every health care dollar was actually paid for by the patient, today it’s only 11 cents."

By D.L. Davis • July 19, 2017

Elizabeth Warren
stated on July 13, 2017 in a video:

"One in three people who’s receiving treatment for (opioid) drug problems gets some help from Medicaid to pay for that."

By Manuela Tobias • July 18, 2017

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