Fact Check Posts – Page 70

James Dobson
stated on November 21, 2015 in a TV ad:

Says Ted Cruz’s wife Heidi "will be the very first pro-life first lady."

By Alan Gathright • March 11, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on March 10, 2016 in the Republican debate in Miami:

"I opposed TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) and have always opposed TPP."

By Jon Greenberg • March 11, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 9, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Miami:

In 2006, Bernie Sanders "voted in the House with hard-line Republicans for indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants, and then he sided with those Republicans to stand with vigilantes known as Minutemen who were taking up outposts along the border to hunt down immigrants."

By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 9, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Miami:

"If you look at Latino kids between 17 and 20 who graduated high school, 36 percent of them are unemployed or underemployed. … African-American kids are unemployed or underemployed to the tune of 51 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 9, 2016 in the Democratic debate at Miami Dade College:

When Honduran children came into this country, "Secretary Clinton said send them back."

By Jon Greenberg • March 10, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 9, 2016 in a Democratic debate in Miami:

When New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer wanted to "provide driver’s licenses to those who are undocumented. (Hillary Clinton) said don’t do it."

By Amy Sherman • March 10, 2016

Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 24, 2016 in a tweet:

"Over 32,000 people die from #GunViolence every year. Yet, (The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) is banned from researching ways to prevent this."

By Sarah Hauer • March 9, 2016

Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on March 6, 2016 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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

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