Fact Check Posts – Page 77

Donald Trump
stated on October 17, 2016 a tweet:

"Of course, there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day."

By Linda Qiu • October 17, 2016

Bruce Elfant
stated on October 10, 2016 a press conference:

Says over 90 percent of Travis County’s eligible residents have registered to vote.

By W. Gardner Selby • October 14, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 11, 2016 a tweet:

Says he won the second debate with Hillary Clinton "in a landslide" in "every poll."

By Tom Kertscher • October 12, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 10, 2016 a tweet:

Says Paul Ryan "is still endorsing Trump."

By Tom Kertscher • October 11, 2016

Kamala Harris
stated on October 5, 2016 a U.S. Senate campaign debate.:

Says Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez "has passed one bill in her 20 years in Congress, and that was to rename a post office."

By Chris Nichols • October 6, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 12, 2016 an interview on CNN:

"You've got a medical report on me that meets the same standard as Mitt Romney and Barack Obama."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2016

SEIU Healthcare Illinois & Indiana
stated on August 25, 2016 a YouTube video :

"In an interview with the Chicago Tribune's Editorial Board, Comptroller Leslie Munger says that in order to balance a budget, the state would have to 'cut social services completely.'"

By Kevin Hoffman • September 8, 2016

Rob Gleason
stated on August 29, 2016 a fundraising email:

"As the election tracker FiveThirtyEight has reported, whoever wins Pennsylvania will be our next President."

By Kaylee Tornay • September 2, 2016

Jimmy Carter
stated on August 22, 2016 interview with an AP reporter in Memphis:

Both the Democratic and Republican candidates for president in 2016 are "quite unpopular."

By Jim Tharpe • August 31, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on August 22, 2016 media appearances:

"None of the polls being conducted right now have us on the top line. None of them. It's always Trump and Clinton and then second question, third question. ... If we were included in the top line, as Johnson/Trump/Clinton, we'd be at 20 percent."

By Adam Thorp • August 29, 2016

Viral image
stated on August 15, 2016 viral image circulating on the internet:

Says there were multiple instances of voter fraud in Wood County, Ohio.

By Nadia Pflaum • August 16, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 1, 2016 multiple speeches and interviews:

Says the U.S. election system is "rigged."

By Linda Qiu • August 15, 2016

Viral image
stated on August 5, 2016 various websites:

That 59 divisions in Philly had no votes for Romney in 2012 is "(a) mathematical and statistical impossibility."

By Cassie Owens • August 12, 2016

Yes On 62 campaign to abolish California's death penalty
stated on August 1, 2016 a twitter image:

"California is home to the largest death row population in the Western Hemisphere."

By Chris Nichols • August 12, 2016

Michael Madigan
stated on August 1, 2016 Interview with WSIU and WBBM, published Aug. 1. :

"Bruce Rauner is of record that he will fully support the Trump candidacy. It's documented. It’s available."

By Marc Filippino • August 10, 2016

Common Cause
stated on July 19, 2016 an online video ad:

"Half of all NC legislative candidates are unopposed because of gerrymandering."

By Will Doran • August 9, 2016

Viral image
stated on August 5, 2016 a viral image:

In the 2012 election, there were more votes cast than registered voters in St. Lucie County, and Palm Beach County had 141 percent turnout.

By Allison Graves • August 9, 2016

Viral image
stated on August 5, 2016 a posting on various websites:

Says in 2012 "Obama won in every state that did not require a photo ID and lost in every state that did require a photo ID in order to vote."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 9, 2016

Cecile Richards
stated on July 26, 2016 remarks to the Texas delegation at the Democratic National Convention as webcast by the Texas Tribun:

Barack Obama "ended up getting re-elected by the largest gender gap in the history of American elections."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 29, 2016

Sherrod Brown
stated on July 27, 2016 fundraising email:

"The Koch network (is) spending more money (in a Senate race) in Ohio than anywhere else in the country."

By Nadia Pflaum • July 28, 2016

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