Fact Check Posts – Page 78

Nancy McFarlane
stated on November 6, 2017 in on a mailer:

Charles Francis "vows to slash funding for parks and open space."

By Paul Specht • November 6, 2017

Philip Levine
stated on November 1, 2017 in a speech :

Says Florida "workers are paid $8.10 an hour, and our current governor (Rick Scott) runs ads bragging about it."

By Allison Graves • November 6, 2017

Bloggers
stated on October 6, 2017 in Internet posts:

"California Democrat Maxine Waters charged on 3 counts."

By Joshua Gillin • November 2, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2017 in a tweet:

Says the diversity visa lottery program is "a Chuck Schumer beauty."

By Louis Jacobson, Miriam Valverde • November 1, 2017

Edward Markey
stated on October 26, 2017 in a statement:

Says HIV and AIDS rates have spiked "due to increased heroin and fentanyl use."

By Miriam Valverde • October 31, 2017

Eric Greitens
stated on August 23, 2017 in a Facebook live video:

The University of Missouri saw "the biggest drop in enrollment of any major university in the country" since the 2015 protests.

By Riley Newton, Tateanna McCaskill • October 31, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on October 30, 2017 in a tweet:

Says Paul Manafort’s alleged crimes were "years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign."

By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2017

Michael Moore
stated on October 4, 2017 in a Facebook post:

"People who die from a home invasion make up a sad but minuscule .04% of all gun murders in the U.S. And over a third of them are killed by their own gun that the criminal has either stolen or wrestled from them."

By Joshua Gillin • October 25, 2017

Matt Gaetz
stated on October 17, 2017 in a tweet:

"Opioid crisis (is) the worst in ObamaCare expansion states!"

By Allison Graves • October 23, 2017

Rahm Emanuel
stated on October 18, 2017 in a speech:

"And over the last six years, Chicago’s economy has grown faster than the economies of New York City, Washington, D.C., or the national average."

By Matt Dietrich • October 20, 2017

Nikki Haley
stated on October 15, 2017 in comments on ABC:

"And I think that his engagement with Congress is something that never happened under President Obama. They were never allowed to debate it. They were never allowed to discuss it. So, now Congress is going to be fully engaged on the threats of Iran."

By Allison Colburn • October 19, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on October 16, 2017 in a White House cabinet meeting:

"The cost-sharing reductions (were) a gift (that) they gave the insurance companies."

By Jon Greenberg • October 18, 2017

Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs
stated on October 5, 2017 in an op-ed in the "Tulsa World":

"State government spending is at an all-time high. The state is on track to spend more in this fiscal year — more than $17.9 billion — than at any time in state history."

By Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2017

Ohioans Against Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue
stated on May 23, 2017 in a campaign ad:

"A California health care CEO is promising to reduce our prescription drug costs."

By Manuela Tobias • October 13, 2017

Ohio Taxpayers for Lower Drug Prices
stated on August 29, 2017 in a campaign video:

An Ohio ballot issue would address the fact that "we’ve gone from paying about $100 for Epipens to over $600 ... We don’t have a choice but to pay it and the drug companies know it."

By Manuela Tobias • October 13, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on September 27, 2017 in an interview:

The Republican tax reform proposal is focused on tax breaks for the middle class "and not about people who are really high-income earners getting a tax break."

By Tom Kertscher • October 13, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on October 8, 2017 in a document:

"Loopholes in current law prevent ‘Unaccompanied Alien Children’ (UACs) that arrive in the country illegally from being removed."

By Miriam Valverde • October 11, 2017

Andrew Koenig
stated on August 18, 2017 in a tweet:

"It's time to remove any statue of Margaret Sanger who was a white suprematist (sic), spoke at kkk events & supported by democrats. #prolife"

By Allie Pecorin, Katie Parkins • October 5, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2017 in a tweet:

In the Alabama Senate runoff, "the candidate I endorsed (Luther Strange) went up MANY points after endorsement!"

By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2017

Ron Johnson
stated on September 25, 2017 in an interview:

"California, New York and Massachusetts, they represent about 20 percent of the population, they get close to 36 percent of Obamacare funding. It's just simply inequitable."

By Tom Kertscher • September 29, 2017

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