Fact Check Posts – Page 7

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

John Kirby
stated on April 25, 2016 a State Department news briefing:

Says President Barack Obama never said, "No boots on the ground" in Syria.

By Louis Jacobson • April 27, 2016

Grover Norquist
stated on March 24, 2016 a Fox Business interview:

Under Hillary Clinton, State Department "officials were sending official thank-yous to people who gave to the Clinton Foundation."

By Jon Greenberg • March 28, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2016 a speech at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.:

"When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 24, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on March 21, 2016 an interview on CNN:

"Ukraine voluntarily gave up its nuclear weapons because the United States of America" said it would "ensure (its) territorial integrity from Russia."

By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 15, 2016 a speech at Mar-a-Lago:

Under the Iran nuclear deal, "we give them $150 billion, we get nothing."

By Linda Qiu • March 17, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 20, 2016 a speech in Burlington, Iowa:

"I am the only candidate on either side who has laid out a specific plan about what I would do to defeat ISIS."

By Louis Jacobson • January 27, 2016

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

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

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

Carly Fiorina
stated on November 17, 2015 a campaign stop in Concord, N.H. :

"The vast majority of (Syrian) refugees are young, able-bodied men looking for work."

By Nick Reid • November 20, 2015

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

"The Chinese are there" in Syria.

By Linda Qiu • November 15, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on October 4, 2015 an interview on ABC "This Week":

Among Syrian refugees, "there aren't that many women, there aren't that many children."

By Joshua Gillin • October 4, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN GOP presidential debate:

Says that President Barack Obama said an attack on Syria "was going to be a pinprick."

By Joshua Gillin • September 18, 2015

Ted Cruz
stated on September 1, 2015 a speech to the Greater Houston Partnership:

The Iran deal "trusts the Iranians to inspect themselves."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 18, 2015

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