Fact Check Posts – Page 69

Elizabeth Warren
stated on December 10, 2019 a policy white paper:

"Roughly one in four fish eaten in the United States was caught here and sent to Asia for processing before being re-imported for American consumers."

By Jon Greenberg • December 13, 2019

Pete Buttigieg
stated on December 9, 2019 an interview published by The Root:

Says that in South Bend, Ind., the "black poverty fell by more than half on my watch."

By Miriam Valverde • December 12, 2019

William Barr
stated on December 9, 2019 a statement:

"The Inspector General’s report now makes clear that the FBI launched an intrusive investigation of a U.S. presidential campaign on the thinnest of suspicions."

By Bill McCarthy • December 11, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on December 3, 2019 a press conference:

Says House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff "made up the conversation. He lied. If he didn't do that in the halls of Congress, he'd be thrown in jail. He did it in the halls of Congress, he's given immunity."

By Louis Jacobson • December 5, 2019

John Kennedy
stated on December 1, 2019 an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:

Says former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko "actively worked for Secretary Clinton."

By Jon Greenberg • December 4, 2019

Michael Bloomberg
stated on November 17, 2019 a speech:

"No other city in America did what (New York) did. We reduced murders by 50%, reduced police shootings to historic lows, reduced the number of people incarcerated by nearly 40%."

By Tom Kertscher • December 2, 2019

Facebook posts
stated on November 15, 2019 a Facebook post:

Says ABC 7 reported the Santa Clarita high school shooting "3 weeks in advance."

By Miriam Valverde • November 26, 2019

Elizabeth Warren
stated on November 20, 2019 a debate:

"Today in America — a new study came out — 20 years out, whites who borrowed money, 94% of them have paid off their student loan debt; 5% of African Americans have paid it off."

By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2019

Pete Buttigieg
stated on November 20, 2019 Democratic primary debate in Atlanta:

"The president had to confess in writing, in court to illegally diverting charitable contributions that were supposed to go to veterans."

By Miriam Valverde • November 21, 2019

Kamala Harris
stated on November 13, 2019 a Facebook ad:

"In America, there is a father who is holding down two jobs and paying more taxes than the richest 400 families in America."

By Tom Kertscher • November 21, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on November 15, 2019 an interview with Dan Bongino:

"They never thought ... that I was going to release that call and I really had no choice because Adam Schiff made up a call."

By Jon Greenberg • November 19, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on November 14, 2019 a Facebook ad:

"Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, and the rest of the corrupt Democrats made a promise to their crazy left-wing base that they would impeach me even BEFORE I took office."

By Tom Kertscher • November 19, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on November 15, 2019 a tweet:

"Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad," including Somalia and Ukraine.

By Amy Sherman • November 15, 2019

Tucker Carlson
stated on November 7, 2019 Tucker Carlson Tonight:

Says Marie Yovanovitch was "dishonest" when she claimed under oath that she never personally responded to an email from a Democratic staffer. But "in fact, it turns out that she did respond."

By Miriam Valverde • November 15, 2019

William Taylor
stated on November 13, 2019 impeachment inquiry testimony:

"The Russians are violating all of the rules, treaties, understandings that they committed to that actually kept the peace in Europe for nearly 70 years."

By Tom Kertscher • November 14, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on November 12, 2019 a tweet:

"Many of the people in DACA, no longer very young, are far from ‘angels.’ Some are very tough, hardened criminals."

By Miriam Valverde • November 14, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on November 13, 2019 a fundraising email:

Says William Taylor and George Kent, the public witnesses in the House impeachment inquiry, are "Never Trumpers."

By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2019

Committee to Defend the President
stated on November 8, 2019 a Facebook ad:

Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election time we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket, sell our souls for a Christmas turkey."

By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2019

Rand Paul
stated on November 10, 2019 an interview on Meet the Press:

President Donald Trump's phone call with the Ukrainian president "sounds exactly like what Joe Biden did."

By Amy Sherman • November 11, 2019

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 7, 2019 an interview on ABC's "The View":

"It’s only a federal crime for the" inspector general to out a whistleblower.

By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2019

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