Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Mark Harris
stated on February 9, 2018 a newsletter:

Rep. Pittenger is "constantly rated as one of the most liberal Republicans in Congress."

By Paul Specht • March 15, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2018 in a meeting:

"You take Pulse nightclub. If you had one person in that room that could carry a gun and knew how to use it, it wouldn’t have happened, or certainly to the extent that it did."

By John Kruzel • March 1, 2018

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."

By Tom Kertscher • 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."

By Sarah Waychoff • 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

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