Fact Check Posts – Page 7

Antonio Villaraigosa
stated on December 8, 2016 an op-ed

"California is once again the sixth-largest economy in the world. If you add the GDP’s of Washington and Oregon, California would surpass the United Kingdom to become the fifth-largest economy in the world."

By Chris Nichols • December 15, 2016

Carl Heastie
stated on October 24, 2016 an article from WBFO

Since the salary for state lawmakers was raised to $79,500, "that purchasing power has now been reduced to $53,000."

By Dan Clark • November 18, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 4, 2016 a rally in Atkinson, N.H.

"Nearly one in four people in their prime working years are not working."

By Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2016 a campaign speech

Says Barack Obama "is the first president in modern history not to have a single year of 3 percent growth."

By Joshua Gillin • October 31, 2016

Ted Strickland
stated on October 20, 2016 the Ohio Senate debate

Says Rob Portman "said the auto rescue was a lousy deal for Ohio."

By Allison Graves • October 21, 2016

Gina Raimondo
stated on September 28, 2016 a television interview

"In other states (where illegal immigrants have been allowed to get driver's licenses) their insurance premiums for everybody have gone down."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate

Says Hillary Clinton called the Trans-Pacific Partnership "the gold standard. You called it the gold standard of trade deals. You said it’s the finest deal you’ve ever seen."

By Steve Contorno • September 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate

Says Donald Trump once suggested that he "would try to negotiate down the national debt."

By Amy Sherman • September 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate

Says Donald Trump "was one of the people who rooted for the housing crisis. He said back in 2006, ‘Gee, I hope it does collapse because then I can go in and buy some and make some money.’ "

By Jon Greenberg • September 27, 2016

Michael Morell
stated on September 19, 2016 an open letter to Donald Trump

Says Donald Trump has outlined "policies that read like a Kremlin wish list."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 22, 2016

Robert Duffy
stated on August 19, 2016 an op-ed in the Rochester Business Journal

If upstate New York split from downstate "the economic indicators of upstate New York would be among the lowest in the country."

By Dan Clark • September 16, 2016

Greg Abbott
stated on August 30, 2016 a tweet

"If Texas were a country our economy would rank # 10...in the WORLD."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 15, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on August 2, 2016 a Phoenix town hall

Says that under the Obama administration, "the debt has nearly doubled."

By Anthony Cave • August 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 30, 2016 a tweet

"American homeownership rate in Q2 2016 was 62.9% - lowest rate in 51yrs."

By Neelesh Moorthy • August 2, 2016

Joe Biden
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention

"We have the most productive workers in the world."

By Jon Greenberg • July 28, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2016 an interview before a speech in Winston-Salem, NC

Says he and Bernie Sanders have "very similar" views on trade

By Will Doran • July 27, 2016

Kevin de León
stated on July 25, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention.

California has "the sixth largest economy on planet Earth."

By Chris Nichols • July 27, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 25, 2016 remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia

"The top one-tenth of 1 percent now owns almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent."

By Lauren Carroll • July 26, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 his acceptance speech at the Republican Natiional Convention in Cleveland

"Household incomes are down more than $4,000 since the year 2000."

By Louis Jacobson • July 22, 2016

Mike Pence
stated on July 20, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention

"We in Indiana have . . . the highest credit rating in the nation."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 21, 2016

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