Fact Check Posts – Page 64

Russ Feingold
stated on June 3, 2016 a speech:

The average student debt "coming out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison is something like 28,000 dollars."

By Sarah Hauer • June 17, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech responding to the Orlando shooting:

"According to Pew Research, 99 percent of the people in Afghanistan support oppressive Sharia law."

By Neelesh Moorthy • June 16, 2016

Charles Schumer
stated on June 14, 2016 a news conference:

Last year, "244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 15, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on June 13, 2016 an interview with Hugh Hewitt:

"In America, radical speech is not a crime."

By Amy Sherman • June 15, 2016

Larry Yarborough
stated on June 9, 2016 a meeting in the legislature about hemp regulations:

Says if you try to hide marijuana in a hemp field, "it becomes worthless. The THC goes away."

By Will Doran • June 14, 2016

Safety For All Initiative
stated on June 13, 2016 a campaign website:

"More than 32,000 Americans lose their lives to gun violence each year."

By Chris Nichols • June 14, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech after a terrorist attack in Orlando:

"Hate crimes against American Muslims and mosques have tripled after Paris and San Bernardino."

By Louis Jacobson • June 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 13, 2016 a speech:

Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 13, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 13, 2016 an interview with CNN:

"Florida doesn't regulate assault weapons or .50 caliber rifles or large-capacity ammunition magazines. It doesn't require a permit to purchase a gun. It doesn't require any registration, whatsoever."

By Allison Graves • June 13, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 12, 2016 a statement after a terrorist attack in Orlando:

"We admit more than 100,000 lifetime migrants from the Middle East each year."

By Louis Jacobson • June 13, 2016

John McCain
stated on May 17, 2016 a campaign advertisement:

"30,000 Arizonans may have no choice" on Affordable Care Act coverage.

By Anthony Cave • June 11, 2016

Democratic Party of Wisconsin
stated on May 4, 2016 a radio ad:

Says Ron Johnson voted to turn Medicare "into a voucher program."

By Tom Kertscher • June 10, 2016

Georgians for Bernie Sanders for President
stated on May 23, 2016 Facebook post.:

Polls show Bernie Sanders would do better than Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head battle against Donald Trump.

By Jim Tharpe • June 8, 2016

Mitch McConnell
stated on May 31, 2016 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

Says Obama "called Kagan a moderate. He called Sotomayor a moderate."

By Allison Graves • June 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech:

Says Donald Trump said the U.S. should "encourage" Japan to get nuclear weapons.

By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2016

Carlos Lopez-Cantera
stated on April 30, 2016 in an interview with Fox 13 :

"I've cut the budget of the (lieutenant governor’s) office by more than half."

By Amy Sherman • June 6, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on May 16, 2016 a tweet:

Says he never told anyone he hated the U.S. Senate.

By Joshua Gillin • June 3, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 2, 2016 a foreign policy speech :

Says "Donald Trump says climate change is a hoax invented by the Chinese."

By Louis Jacobson • June 3, 2016

Nikki Haley
stated on May 17, 2016 a forum.:

"More people today are leaving Virginia than moving in."

By Warren Fiske • May 31, 2016

Dianne Feinstein
stated on April 3, 2016 a newspaper Q&A:

California has "the same water infrastructure from when we were 16 million people."

By Chris Nichols • May 31, 2016

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