Fact Check Posts – Page 53

Jeb Bush
stated on February 5, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:

"Barack Obama will somehow manage to add more than $8 trillion to the national debt, which is more debt than the 43 presidents who held office before him compiled together."

By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 12, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:

Says she will "work to raise the federal minimum wage back to the highest level it’s ever been — $12 an hour in today’s dollars."

By Louis Jacobson • February 17, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 comments during the PBS Democratic debate:

Says Sen. Bernie Sanders has called President Barack Obama "weak. He's called him a disappointment."

By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee:

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

By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 9, 2016 a victory speech after the New Hampshire primary:

"Don't believe those phony numbers when you hear 4.9 and 5 percent unemployment. The number's probably 28, 29, as high as 35. In fact, I even heard recently 42 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on January 24, 2016 a post on Medium:

"My two appointments to the Florida Supreme Court, Raul Cantero and Kenneth Bell, have earned reputations as its most consistent conservatives."

By Louis Jacobson • February 10, 2016

Carly Fiorina
stated on February 6, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:

Says she "is 6th in hard dollars raised and has more cash on hand than Governors (John) Kasich and (Chris) Christie combined."

By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 6, 2016 an ABC Republican debate in New Hampshire:

"Right now we’re the highest taxed country in the world."

By Joshua Gillin, Louis Jacobson • February 7, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Durham, N.H.:

Says a Sanders campaign ad "never said ... a newspaper endorsed us that did not."

By Clay Wirestone, Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on February 4, 2016 a town hall in Manchester, N.H.:

China is "practicing how to blow up our satellites."

By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 3, 2016 a town hall in Henniker, N.H.:

"During eight years under Ronald Reagan, African-American median income rose by about $5,000."

By Louis Jacobson • February 3, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on February 2, 2016 an appearance at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H.:

The debt "comes up all the time in town meetings ... but it's never asked in the debates. It's really weird. It hasn't been brought up."

By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 comments during the Iowa Republican presidential debate:

"I have not insulted Donald personally."

By Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 28, 2016 a Fox News debate :

"Barack Obama, right now, No. 1, over seven years has dramatically degraded our military."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • January 29, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 20, 2016 a speech in Burlington, Iowa:

"I am the only candidate on either side who has laid out a specific plan about what I would do to defeat ISIS."

By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2016

Martin O'Malley
stated on January 14, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:

"Fifty years ago, the average GM employee could pay for a year of a son or daughter’s college tuition on just two weeks wages."

By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 24, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Donald Trump "thinks that climate change is a hoax, invented by the Chinese."

By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.:

China has "total control, just about, of North Korea."

By Louis Jacobson • January 21, 2016

Carly Fiorina
stated on January 20, 2016 an Iowa Right to Life event in Des Moines:

The United States has a "record number of abortions year after year after year."

By Louis Jacobson • January 20, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on January 9, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com:

"Today, if you were raised poor, you’re just as likely to stay poor as you were 50 years ago."

By Louis Jacobson • January 19, 2016

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