Fact Check Posts – Page 49

Bill Clinton
stated on July 26, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:

"The approval of the United States was 20 points higher when (Hillary Clinton) left the secretary of state's office than when she took it."

By Louis Jacobson • July 27, 2016

Republican National Committee
stated on July 25, 2016 in an email to reporters:

Speakers at the Democratic National Convention made "zero mentions of the global terrorist threat posed by ISIS."

By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2016

Michelle Obama
stated on July 25, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:

"I wake up every morning in a house (the White House) that was built by slaves."

By Louis Jacobson • July 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in the 2016 Republican National Convention:

"America is one of the highest-taxed nations in the world."

By Louis Jacobson, Nadia Pflaum • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland:

"Household incomes are down more than $4,000 since the year 2000."

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland:

"While Hillary Clinton plans a massive, and I mean massive, tax increase, I have proposed the largest tax reduction of any candidate who has run for president this year, Democrat or Republican."

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 in his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland:

"Homicides last year increased by 17 percent in America’s 50 largest cities. That’s the largest increase in 25 years."

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:

"There are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before."

By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2016

Phil Ruffin
stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:

Says Donald Trump "always pays his bills promptly."

By Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican convention:

"Our economy is not growing."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 21, 2016

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on July 19, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:

Says Hillary Clinton is proposing "destroying Medicare for seniors."

By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2016

Mitch McConnell
stated on July 19, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:

Says Hillary Clinton "lied about why her parents named her Hillary."

By Louis Jacobson • July 20, 2016

Jeff Sessions
stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland:

"We have the lowest percentage of Americans actually holding a job in 40 years."

By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on July 13, 2016 in a speech in San Diego:

"95 percent of the world’s customers are … beyond our shores."

By Louis Jacobson • July 15, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on July 12, 2016 in a speech at a memorial service in Dallas:

"We flood communities with so many guns that it is easier for a teenager to buy a Glock than get his hands on a computer or even a book."

By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 12, 2016 in a Donald Trump rally in Indiana:

"Today, there are more Hoosiers going to work than ever before in the 200-year history of the great state of Indiana."

By Louis Jacobson • July 14, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 12, 2016 in a speech in Portsmouth, N.H.:

"Independent analysts say (Donald Trump) would add $30 trillion to the national debt."

By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 5, 2016 in a rally in Raleigh, N.C.:

"You know what (Saddam Hussein) did well? He killed terrorists."

By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on June 29, 2016 in remarks in Ottawa, Canada:

"The steel industry is producing as much steel in the United States as it ever was. It’s just (that) it needs one-tenth of the workers that it used to."

By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 21, 2016 in a tweet:

"Hillary Clinton surged the trade deficit with China 40% as Secretary of State, costing Americans millions of jobs."

By Louis Jacobson, Taylor Leighton • June 28, 2016

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