Fact Check Posts – Page 75

Laurence Tribe
stated on March 2, 2018 in a tweet:

President Donald "Trump’s latest set of sanctions against companies and countries benefiting North Korea includes every nation but one making shipments to (North Korea). The one nation Trump exempted from his punitive ban was . . . wait for it . . . drumroll: Russia."

By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2018

Stuart Varney
stated on March 2, 2018 in an interview on "Fox and Friends":

"Electrolux, Sweden's largest appliance maker, has just abandoned a $250 million investment in the United States because of the steel tariffs. That is retaliation."

By Jon Greenberg • March 5, 2018

Jason Isaac
stated on February 1, 2018 in a voters guide from the League of Women Voters of Texas and League of Women Voters Austin Area:

Says abortion is "the leading cause of death for black Americans and kills as many as 1,000 black children every day."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 2, 2018

Dana Loesch
stated on February 25, 2018 in an interview on ABC's "This Week":

In comparing mass shootings, "France had a higher casualty rate in one year than the entire two administrations of Barack Obama."

By Jon Greenberg • February 27, 2018

Ted Deutch
stated on February 21, 2018 in a CNN town hall:

"Mass shootings went up 200 percent in the decade after the assault weapons ban expired."

By Miriam Valverde • February 23, 2018

Dan Patrick
stated on January 16, 2018 in a campaign video:

"Last year, I proposed directing more of the education budget to teacher salaries, a move that would have resulted in an average $10,000 raise for teachers."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 23, 2018

Philip Levine
stated on February 20, 2018 in a TV ad:

"Here in Florida, despite 14 school shootings in eight years, we still have some of the weakest gun laws in the nation."

By Allison Graves • February 23, 2018

Viral image
stated on February 18, 2018 in on the Internet:

In most states, you can buy an assault rifle with no proof of ID, but in every state, you need proof of ID to vote.

By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on February 20, 2018 in a tweet:

"I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!"

By John Kruzel, Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2018

Kellyanne Conway
stated on February 11, 2018 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week':

"I don’t need a lecture from Kirsten Gillibrand or anybody else who protected and defended and harbored a sitting president who had sexual relations in the Oval Office and was impeached for lying."

By Dan Clark • February 16, 2018

Bruce Rauner
stated on February 15, 2018 in a campaign ad:

Says he has a plan for "$1 billion in tax relief for Illinois."

By Brett Chase • February 16, 2018

Jeff Greenfield
stated on February 14, 2018 in a tweet:

"In the rest of the world, there have been 18 school shootings in the last twenty years. In the U.S., there have been 18 school shootings since January 1."

By Tom Kertscher • February 15, 2018

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on January 31, 2018 in a digital ad:

"Heitkamp has voted against Trump 68 percent of time."

By Manuela Tobias • February 9, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2018 in a tweet:

"The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working."

By Mica Soellner • February 8, 2018

Ohio Democratic Party
stated on January 4, 2018 in a press release:

Says Mike DeWine "interfered with and stifled" a sexual harassment investigation and then "eliminated the office that investigated harassment claims within the AG’s office."

By Amy Sherman • February 6, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on January 24, 2018 in a speech:

"We invested" in our transportation system "$24 billion over eight years. That’s $3 billion more than what former Governor Jim Doyle spent on transportation over the same period of time."

By Tom Kertscher • February 6, 2018

Trey Blocker
stated on January 24, 2018 in a commentary in the Odessa American:

Says the Texas Department of Agriculture didn’t notify over 700 Texas students about a computer hack releasing critical personal information including Social Security numbers until 32 days after the breach.

By W. Gardner Selby • February 5, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2018 in a speech:

"Instead of two for one, we have cut 22 burdensome regulations for everyone new rule."

By Manuela Tobias • February 2, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on February 1, 2018 in a Tweet:

"45.6 million people watched (the State of the Union), the highest number in history. @FoxNews beat every other Network, for the first time ever, with 11.7 million people tuning in."

By Manuela Tobias • February 1, 2018

John Calipari
stated on January 20, 2018 in an interview:

"We have the highest graduation rate of basketball players in the history of the NCAA. We have the highest graduation rate of African-American basketball players in the history of the NCAA in basketball."

By John Kruzel • February 1, 2018

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