Fact Check Posts – Page 5

Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2017 an interview

Untaxed corporate earnings used to be "$2.5 trillion … I guess it’s $5 trillion now. Whatever it is, it’s a lot more. So we have anywhere from 4 (trillion) to 5 or even more trillions of dollars sitting offshore."

By Manuela Tobias • August 3, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2017 Twitter

Amazon has a "no-tax monopoly."

By John Kruzel • July 26, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on March 13, 2017 a news release

A report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office "confirms that the American Health Care Act will lower premiums."

March 14, 2017

Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 8, 2017 a tweet

"‘TrumpCare’ would allow insurance execs to personally make millions off your health care."

March 13, 2017

Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 31, 2017 a speech

Says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson got a "government service golden parachute" payment of $180 million "from Exxon Mobil that he would have to forfeit had he taken a job elsewhere."

February 10, 2017

Aaron DeGroot
stated on December 2, 2016 a tweet

Says Kate Cloonen "needs that extra $68,000" lawmaker salary on top of the "$8.5 million in state contracts for her construction company."

By Marc Filippino • January 6, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on December 16, 2016 an interview

Says Donald Trump's first 17 Cabinet appointments "have a net worth of more than a third of America."

December 30, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on December 13, 2016 a speech

America’s federal business tax rate is the highest "in the world."

December 15, 2016

Food & Water Watch
stated on December 10, 2016 a campaign letter

Says Rex Tillerson "sued to keep a fracking project out of his backyard."

By Linda Qiu • December 14, 2016

Deborah Ross
stated on October 13, 2016 a TV ad

"Richard Burr voted to protect tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas but voted against a tax break to help working people."

By Will Doran • November 2, 2016

John Skvarla
stated on October 24, 2016 a speech in Charlotte

Says HB2 "hasn’t moved the needle one iota" on North Carolina’s economy.

By Will Doran • October 28, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2016 a rally in Delaware, Ohio

"Ford is moving all of their small-car production to Mexico."

By Louis Jacobson • October 23, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 28, 2016 a speech

"In her campaign for president, Hillary Clinton has received $100 million in contributions from Wall Street and hedge funds."

October 6, 2016

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

Russ Feingold
stated on June 3, 2016 a speech

Says Ron Johnson referred to "The Lego Movie" as an "insidious anti-business conspiracy."

By Eric Litke • June 24, 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

Steve Adler
stated on May 17, 2016 a panel discussion in Austin

"The first tweet was sent from Austin."

By W. Gardner Selby • May 20, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 6, 2016 a tweet

"The largest U.S. companies would owe $620 billion in U.S. taxes on the cash they store in tax havens."

By Jon Greenberg • April 11, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 4, 2016 a debate

"We bailed out" Johnson Controls when "we saved the auto industry" and "now they want to avoid paying taxes."

February 11, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 2, 2016 an interview in Bow, N.H.

"Ted Cruz defended a Chinese company that stole an invention from an American inventor."

By Jonathan Van Fleet • February 7, 2016

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