Fact Check Posts – Page 52

Ted Cruz
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says President Barack Obama has "been presiding over our jobs going overseas for seven years."

By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 17, 2016 a speech posted on Medium:

"Gun violence is by far the leading cause of death for young African American men, outstripping the next nine causes of death combined."

By Louis Jacobson • March 15, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 13, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says the man who rushed the stage at him in Dayton, Ohio, "had chatter about ISIS, or with ISIS" in his social media posts.

By Louis Jacobson • March 13, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 20, 2016 a Hillary for America ad:

"Americans haven’t had a raise in 15 years."

By Jason Noble, Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 9, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Miami:

In 2006, Bernie Sanders "voted in the House with hard-line Republicans for indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants, and then he sided with those Republicans to stand with vigilantes known as Minutemen who were taking up outposts along the border to hunt down immigrants."

By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 9, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Miami:

"If you look at Latino kids between 17 and 20 who graduated high school, 36 percent of them are unemployed or underemployed. … African-American kids are unemployed or underemployed to the tune of 51 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2016

John Kasich
stated on February 27, 2016 a television ad:

"Twenty million Americans are out of work."

By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2016

Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on March 6, 2016 an endorsement speech in Columbus, Ohio.:

When John Kasich became governor of Ohio, "there was an $8 billion budget deficit and now there’s a $2 billion surplus."

By Chris Nichols, Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Flint, Mich.:

"Almost every poll has shown that Sanders vs. Trump does a lot better than Clinton vs. Trump … and, that’s true nationally."

By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.:

"When you're white ... you don't know what it's like to be poor."

By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 2, 2016 remarks after the Super Tuesday balloting:

"The Great Wall of China, built 2,000 years ago, is 13,000 miles (long)."

By Louis Jacobson • March 7, 2016

Mitt Romney
stated on March 6, 2016 an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press":

On Donald Trump's track record in business

By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on March 3, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in Detroit:

Says Donald Trump has written 10 checks to Hillary Clinton "and four of those checks were not to her Senate campaign. … It was to her presidential campaign."

By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2016

John Kasich
stated on March 3, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in Detroit:

In head-to-head polls for the general election, "I beat Hillary Clinton by more than anybody, by 11 points."

By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 28, 2016 an interview on ABC's "This Week":

Says "Harry Reid, when asked about the Republican field, said the Republican he likes the best is Donald Trump, and he said, because I can work with him. He'll cut deals."

By Louis Jacobson • March 2, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2016 an interview on "Fox News Sunday":

Says "the New York Times can write a story that they know is false" yet "they can't basically be sued."

By Louis Jacobson • March 1, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 18, 2016 an MSNBC-Telemundo town hall:

"You are three times more likely to be able to get a mortgage if you're a white applicant than if you're black or Hispanic, even if you have the same credentials."

By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 19, 2016 a rally in North Charleston, S.C.:

Says that in the Philippines more than a century ago, Gen. John Pershing "took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs’ blood," and shot 49 Muslim rebels. "The 50th person, he said, ‘You go back to your people, and you tell them what happened.’ And for 25 years, there wasn’t a problem."

By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 14, 2016 a web video:

"People (are) paying more in taxes than they will for food, housing and clothing combined."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on January 26, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:

"Two-thirds of our kids can’t read at grade level."

By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2016

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