Fact Check Posts – Page 53

Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2016 the South Carolina presidential debate

Among Syrian refugees and migrants coming into Europe, "there look like very few women. Very few children."

By Aaron Sharockman • January 15, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2016 Ottumwa, Iowa, on NBC's "Meet the Press"

The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl are "back on the battlefield."

By Lauren Carroll • January 10, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on December 19, 2015 the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate

ISIS is "going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists."

By Louis Jacobson • December 20, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas

"One of the most troubling aspects of the Rubio-Schumer Gang of Eight bill was that it gave President Obama blanket authority to admit refugees, including Syrian refugees, without mandating any background checks whatsoever."

By Joshua Gillin • December 18, 2015

André Carson
stated on December 13, 2015 an interview on ABC News' "This Week"

"Our larger domestic threat is from racial supremacist groups."

By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2015 the Republican debate in Las Vegas

The 9/11 terrorists' friends, family, girlfriends in the United States "were sent back for the most part to Saudi Arabia. They knew what was going on. They went home, and they wanted to watch their boyfriends on television."

By Jon Greenberg • December 17, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas

Says carpet bombing means bombing "not a city, but the location of the troops," with "embedded special forces to direct the air power."

By Louis Jacobson • December 16, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on December 8, 2015 an interview with NPR

"Mike Morell testified and told Congress that the reason Obama has not bombed ISIS' oil fields is they're concerned about global warming."

By Linda Qiu • December 14, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on November 29, 2015 an interview on CNN

"The Family Research Council, according to some government agencies, is a terrorist group."

By Louis Jacobson • December 1, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP debate.

"The Chinese are there" in Syria.

By Linda Qiu • November 15, 2015

Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP undercard debate.

The Democrats plan "to raise your tax rates to 70 or 80 percent."

By Linda Qiu • November 12, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP primary debate.

"Welders make more money than philosophers."

By Clayton Youngman • November 11, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on November 10, 2015 the Republican debate in Milwaukee, Wis.

"Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases."

By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 the third GOP primary debate.

Says his plan would cut taxes without increasing the deficit.

By Linda Qiu • November 5, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on October 28, 2015 the third GOP primary debate.

Says his tax plan wouldn't leave the federal government with a $1.1 trillion hole.

By Linda Qiu • November 4, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 comments during the CNBC debate.

Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich "got lucky with a thing called fracking," which "is why Ohio is doing well."

By Linda Qiu • November 2, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.

"Under Barack Obama and the big government economy, the median wage for women has dropped $733."

By Louis Jacobson • October 29, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on October 28, 2015 the third Republican presidential debate

"92 percent of the jobs lost during Barack Obama’s first term belonged to women."

By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.

Says he "didn’t have an involvement with" nutritional supplement company Mannatech.

By Lauren Carroll • October 29, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on October 9, 2015 his book "A More Perfect Union"

"German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance."

By Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2015

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