Fact Check Posts – Page 70

Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on March 6, 2016 an endorsement speech in Columbus, Ohio.:

When John Kasich became governor of Ohio, "there was an $8 billion budget deficit and now there’s a $2 billion surplus."

By Chris Nichols, Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Flint, Mich.:

"Almost every poll has shown that Sanders vs. Trump does a lot better than Clinton vs. Trump … and, that’s true nationally."

By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.:

"(Flint, Mich., is) paying three times more for poison water than I am paying in Burlington, Vt., for clean water."

By Joshua Gillin • March 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 6, 2016 the Democratic debate in Flint:

"We have a higher rate of tested lead in people in Cleveland than in Flint."

By Linda Qiu • March 7, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.:

"President Obama took more money from Wall Street in the 2008 campaign than anybody ever had."

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

Chris Koster
stated on January 20, 2016 a tweet:

"A single mother of two can’t qualify for basic healthcare through Medicaid if she makes more than $3,504 dollars a year."

By Katie Moeller • March 7, 2016

Tim McGinty
stated on March 4, 2016 his campaign website:

Says he "tore down hundreds of abandoned homes that served as havens for crime and reduce(d) the value of our neighborhoods."

By Nadia Pflaum • March 4, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on March 3, 2016 a GOP debate hosted by Fox:

Marco Rubio "has the No. 1 absentee record in the United States" Senate.

By Lauren Carroll • March 4, 2016

John Kasich
stated on March 3, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in Detroit:

In head-to-head polls for the general election, "I beat Hillary Clinton by more than anybody, by 11 points."

By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 24, 2016 a news conference:

"Since (welfare reform) was signed into law, the number of families living in extreme poverty has more than doubled."

By Lauren Carroll • March 2, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on February 16, 2016 a press conference:

"There is not a single candidate in the Republican primary that thinks we should do anything about climate change."

By Lauren Carroll • March 1, 2016

Huey Rey Fischer
stated on February 8, 2016 a press release:

"There isn’t a single (Texas) legislator under the age of 30, even though millennials make up 25 percent of the electorate in Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 27, 2016

Sierra Club
stated on February 22, 2016 a letter from Tampa Bay Group chairman Kent Bailey to Hillsborough County commissioners:

"Our community (Tampa Bay) is one of the 10 most threatened by the sea level rise in the world."

By Joshua Gillin • February 26, 2016

ActionAid UK
stated on February 2, 2016 a tweet:

"Malawi has just 300 doctors for 16 million people."

By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 18, 2016 a campaign ad:

Says Donald Trump "wants to keep big government in charge" of federally-owned land.

By Riley Snyder • February 23, 2016

Janet Adkins
stated on February 9, 2016 a House Appropriations Committee meeting:

"There is great disparity, tremendous disparity, in the (capital) funding on a per-student basis between our traditional public schools and our charter public schools."

By Joshua Gillin • February 22, 2016

Bill Maher
stated on February 10, 2016 an essay in The Hollywood Reporter:

"Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people."

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

Ted Cruz
stated on February 21, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

"About 70 percent of Republicans nationwide ... don't think Donald Trump is the right guy" to take on Hillary Clinton in November.

By Linda Qiu • February 21, 2016

Todd Richardson
stated on January 10, 2016 comments on “This Week in Missouri Politics":

Says Missouri families’ "earning power is about $5,000 less today than it was at the turn of the century."

By Katie Moeller • February 20, 2016

Diane Douglas
stated on February 4, 2016 remarks made during a state Senate Education Committee meeting.:

The Arizona State Board of Education’s "failure to report teachers whose certifications have been revoked or suspended ... resulted in the death of a student."

By Anthony Cave • February 19, 2016

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