Fact Check Posts – Page 71

ActionAid UK
stated on February 2, 2016 in a tweet:

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

By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on February 18, 2016 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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The Arizona State Board of Education’s "failure to report teachers whose certifications have been revoked or suspended ...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

John Oliver
stated on February 14, 2016 in a TV show:

In Sauk City, Wisconsin, "the ID office" that provides identification for voting "is only open on the fifth Wednesday of every month" -- a total of four days in 2016.

By Tom Kertscher • February 19, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 13, 2016 in a Republican debate:

"In New Hampshire, I spent $3 million. Jeb Bush spent $44 million. He came in five, and I came in number one."

By Nick Reid • February 19, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on February 5, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com:

"Barack Obama will somehow manage to add more than $8 trillion to the national debt, which is more debt than the 43 presidents who held office before him compiled together."

By Louis Jacobson • February 18, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 in a debate:

Says Dontre Hamilton, who was killed during a confrontation with a Milwaukee police officer, was "unarmed."

By Tom Kertscher • February 18, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 7, 2016 in a video:

"The richest 80 people in the world own more wealth than the bottom half of the global population."

By Jon Greenberg • February 17, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 15, 2016 in a TV ad :

Says Hillary Clinton won "health care for 8 million children."

By Alan Gathright • February 17, 2016

John Kasich
stated on February 13, 2016 in the Republican debate in Charleston, S.C.:

"When Jeb (Bush) was governor, his first four years as governor, his Medicaid program grew twice as fast as mine."

By Jon Greenberg • February 15, 2016

JoAnne Kloppenburg
stated on February 8, 2016 in a TV ad:

Says state Supreme Court candidate Joe Donald twice "supported" incumbent Justice Rebecca Bradley.

By Tom Kertscher • February 14, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on January 21, 2016 in a Hillary for America campaign ad:

"On average it takes 300 Americans working for a solid year to make as much money as one top CEO."

By Riley Snyder • February 12, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 11, 2016 in a Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee:

"Americans haven’t had a raise in 15 years."

By Louis Jacobson • February 12, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on February 11, 2016 in a PBS Democratic debate:

"In America, we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 12, 2016

Seminole Tribe of Florida
stated on February 3, 2016 in a commercial:

The Seminole gambling compact offers "$3 billion in guaranteed revenue, the largest share for any state in history."

By Joshua Gillin • February 11, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on February 4, 2016 in a debate:

"We bailed out" Johnson Controls when "we saved the auto industry" and "now they want to avoid paying taxes."

By Tom Kertscher • February 11, 2016

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