Fact Check Posts – Page 74

Joe Biden
stated on July 31, 2019 a Democratic presidential primary debate:

Says Kamala Harris oversaw a police department that was "abusing people’s rights" and that she did not "disclose to defense attorneys" when there was exculpatory evidence: "She didn't do that. She never did it. And so, what happened? Along came a federal judge and said enough, enough, and he freed 1,000 of these people."

By Bill McCarthy • August 2, 2019

Tulsi Gabbard
stated on July 31, 2019 a debate:

Says that under President Donald Trump, "not only have we not gone after al-Qaida ... our president is supporting al-Qaida."

By Tom Kertscher • August 2, 2019

Ben Carson
stated on July 31, 2019 a press conference:

"You look at the homelessness situation. Take a city like Tokyo, which has more people than New York City. There's no homelessness there."

By John Kruzel • August 1, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on July 31, 2019 a re-election campaign ad:

Says the Democratic presidential candidates "support giving illegal immigrants free health care at our expense."

By Miriam Valverde • August 1, 2019

Marianne Williamson
stated on July 28, 2019 an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation":

"We are the only advanced industrialized nation that bases our educational funding on property taxes."

By Bill McCarthy • July 31, 2019

X posts
stated on July 23, 2019 a tweet:

"Reagan took the deficit from $70 billion to $175 billion. Bush 41 took it to $300 billion. Clinton got it to zero. Bush 43 took it from zero to $1.2 trillion. Obama halved it to $600 billion. Trump’s got it back to a trillion."

By Daniel Funke • July 29, 2019

Elizabeth Warren
stated on July 22, 2019 a post on Medium:

"The country is now in a manufacturing recession."

By Jon Greenberg • July 26, 2019

John Ratcliffe
stated on July 24, 2019 a House hearing with Robert Mueller:

Says Robert Mueller "didn’t follow the special counsel regulations. It clearly says write a confidential report about decisions reached. Nowhere in here does it say write a report about decisions that were not reached."

By Jon Greenberg • July 24, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on July 23, 2019 a speech to conservative high school students:

Says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "called our country and our people garbage."

By Jon Greenberg • July 23, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 17, 2019 a speech at George Washington University:

With Medicare for All, "study after study has shown that ... the average middle-class families will save $3,000 each and every year on their health care bills."

By Jon Greenberg • July 22, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on July 18, 2019 a press briefing:

Says that when his supporters chanted "send her back" about Ilhan Omar, he stopped it.

By Amy Sherman • July 19, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on July 11, 2019 a speech:

"I know that we’ve been blocked. People come up to me and they say, ‘Sir, I can’t get you — I can’t follow you. They make it impossible.’"

By Daniel Funke • July 17, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on July 9, 2019 Twitter:

"Food Stamp participation hits 10 year low."

By Stefanie Pousoulides • July 16, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on July 15, 2019 remarks at the White House:

Says Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was "speaking about how wonderful al-Qaida is."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 10, 2019 an op-ed in the Washington Post:

"42 percent of (Walmart’s) associates are black."

By Jon Greenberg • July 12, 2019

Weston Pagano
stated on June 24, 2019 an essay on Medium:

Says Joe Biden "voted to expand deportations and indefinite detention for immigrants multiple times."

By Amy Sherman • July 12, 2019

Ken Cuccinelli
stated on July 7, 2019 a Fox News Sunday interview:

"Last year, we were in the range of 850,000 and that was the most in five years. … We are letting more people become citizens than has happened in years."

By Miriam Valverde • July 11, 2019

Cory Booker
stated on July 5, 2019 an interview:

"In 2017, we had more marijuana possession arrests in our country than all other violent crimes combined."

By Tom Kertscher • July 11, 2019

Pete Buttigieg
stated on July 4, 2019 an event in Carrol, Iowa:

"A black person is four times as likely as a white person to be incarcerated for the exact same crime."

By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on June 30, 2019 remarks to South Korean business leaders:

"We hadn’t had a (car) plant built in years — in decades, actually. And now we have many plants being built all throughout the United States."

By Jon Greenberg • July 9, 2019

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