Fact Check Posts – Page 6

Donald Trump
stated on October 13, 2016 a speech

Says Hillary Clinton was "let off the hook" for her email scandal while Gen. David Petraeus had his life "destroyed for doing far, far less."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 18, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2016 a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Says Sidney Blumenthal wrote that the Benghazi attack was "almost certainly preventable. Clinton was in charge of the State Department, and it failed to protect U.S. personnel and an American consulate in Libya."

By Louis Jacobson • October 11, 2016

Russ Feingold
stated on September 26, 2016 a TV ad

Says Ron Johnson "helped companies ship jobs overseas."

October 5, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate

Says to Hillary Clinton, "You heard what I said about (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal), and all of a sudden you were against it."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate at Hofstra University

"NATO is opening up a major terror division. ... I'm sure I'm not going to get credit for it, but that was largely because of what I was saying and my criticism of NATO."

By Louis Jacobson • September 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a presidential debate

"I did not support the war in Iraq … The record shows that I’m right."

By Lauren Carroll • September 27, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on September 8, 2016 Senate floor remarks

"If Congress fails to act, the Obama administration intends to give away control of the internet to an international body akin to the United Nations."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 14, 2016

Sean Duffy
stated on August 23, 2016 an interview

Says Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin has "ties to the Muslim Brotherhood."

September 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 15, 2016 a speech on foreign policy in Youngstown, Ohio

"I had previously said that NATO was obsolete because it failed to deal adequately with terrorism. Since my comments, they have changed their policy and now have a new division focused on terror threats."

By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2016

NowThis
stated on August 10, 2016 a viral video

Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 3, 2016 a rally in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Says he saw videotape "of the people taking the money off the plane" to pay ransom to Iran for hostages.

By Louis Jacobson • August 5, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2016 an appearance on MSNBC

Says Donald Trump "is going to go out and carpet bomb" the Middle East.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 2, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 17, 2016 an interview on 60 Minutes

"Hillary Clinton invented ISIS with her stupid policies. She is responsible for ISIS."

By Amy Sherman • July 20, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 12, 2016 a speech at a Trump rally

Says Hillary Clinton "took 13 hours to send help to Americans under fire" during the terrorist attack in Benghazi.

By Adam Thorp • July 14, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 2, 2016 an interview on MSNBC

Says she "never received nor sent any material that was marked classified" on her private email server while secretary of state.

By Lauren Carroll • July 6, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech in New York

The Benghazi victims were "left helpless to die as Hillary Clinton soundly slept in her bed."

By Lauren Carroll • June 23, 2016

Todd Wilcox
stated on May 20, 2016 a newspaper interview

"I can tell you that the enhanced interrogation techniques that have since been banned by this administration — specifically waterboarding — work."

By Joshua Gillin • May 24, 2016

Carlos Beruff
stated on May 5, 2016 a press release

Says President Obama’s deal "allows Iran to produce a nuclear weapon."

By Joshua Gillin, Louis Jacobson • May 11, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2016 a foreign policy speech

"ISIS is making millions of dollars a week selling Libyan oil."

By Chris Nichols • April 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2016 a major foreign policy speech

"I was totally against the war in Iraq, saying for many years that it would destabilize the Middle East."

By Jon Greenberg • April 27, 2016

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