Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Rick Scott
stated on February 23, 2018 a press conference

Says Sen. Bill Nelson "hasn’t done anything on gun safety or school safety, and nothing on gun control."

By Amy Sherman • February 28, 2018

Phil Ting
stated on January 21, 2018 a newspaper article

"Trump’s tax reform plan was nothing more than a middle-class tax increase."

By Chris Nichols • February 5, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on September 27, 2017 an interview

"We have one senator who’s a ‘yes’ vote ... but he’s in the hospital. And he’s a ‘yes’ vote. So we can’t do it by Friday. So we have the votes" to pass a health care bill.

By John Kruzel • September 28, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on July 17, 2017 a speech

"We’ve signed more bills -- and I’m talking about through the legislature -- than any president ever."

July 20, 2017

Greg Gutfeld
stated on July 15, 2017 a broadcast of the "Greg Gutfeld Show"

Says Ted Kennedy met "with the KGB in order to beat Ronald Reagan in 1984."

By Jon Greenberg • July 18, 2017

Devin Nunes
stated on June 19, 2017 a radio interview

President Trump has signed more bills into law "than any president previously before at this stage in the game."

By Chris Nichols • June 27, 2017

Thom Tillis
stated on May 19, 2017 a press release supporting the Back The Blue Act of 2017

"Last year was one of the deadliest years ever for law enforcement officers."

By Will Doran • May 23, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on April 30, 2017 Twitter

"Dems want billions to go to Insurance Companies to bail out donors"

By John Kruzel • May 4, 2017

Jack Kingston
stated on March 12, 2017 an interview on CNN

"I remember years ago looking at a CBO report that in 1964 predicted that Medicare would cost $9 billion 10 years later. And I think it was already over $100 billion at that point."

March 20, 2017

Bloggers
stated on March 1, 2017 a headline

"Top Democrats refuse to stand for Gold Star widow."

By Joshua Gillin • March 1, 2017

Louie Gohmert
stated on February 21, 2017 a press release

Political activists are "being paid" to protest members of Congress.

By Joshua Gillin • February 27, 2017

Greg Abbott
stated on December 13, 2016 a tweet

Says an arms control treaty supported by Barack Obama "could give the U.N. some authority to regulate guns."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 22, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 28, 2016 a press conference

Says FBI Director James Comey’s letter about new developments in the investigation into her emails "only" went "to Republican members of the House."

By Lauren Carroll • October 30, 2016

John Fleming
stated on September 12, 2016 a radio ad

"The head of the IRS ordered 24,000 emails erased before Congress could review them, making sure the American people will never know the real truth."

By Katherine Burns, Rachel Tiede • September 15, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on September 7, 2016 a statement by a spokeswoman

Says "Patrick Murphy is the only candidate to have voted against every measure to fund Zika."

By Joshua Gillin • September 14, 2016

Anna Throne-Holst
stated on August 9, 2016 a tweet that linked to the claim in a Newsday article

Lee Zeldin "missed 2/3rds of Veterans Affairs Hearings"

By Dan Clark • August 31, 2016

NowThis
stated on August 10, 2016 a viral video

Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA.

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2016

Dave Brat
stated on June 29, 2016 a podcast.

"A few weeks ago, (the) education committee in Congress is deciding what’s going to be in your local salad bar."

By Warren Fiske • August 2, 2016

Patrick Murphy
stated on April 6, 2016 a conference call with reporters

Florida’s regulations on the payday lending industry are "stronger than almost any other state."

By Amy Sherman • April 12, 2016

Mitch McConnell
stated on March 20, 2016 "Fox News Sunday"

Says Senate Republicans are "following a longstanding tradition of not filling vacancies on the Supreme Court in the middle of a presidential election year."

By Lauren Carroll • March 22, 2016

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