Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Scott Peters
stated on July 12, 2016 a media conference call.

Donald Trump "rooted for the housing crisis, because he knew he could make money off of it."

By Chris Nichols • July 20, 2016

Jeff Sessions
stated on July 18, 2016 a speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland

"We have the lowest percentage of Americans actually holding a job in 40 years."

By Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2016

Morten Jerven
stated on June 29, 2016 an article

For 21 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, "we simply do not have data to say anything about trends in poverty."

By Jon Greenberg • July 7, 2016

Mark Warner
stated on June 19, 2016 a radio interview.

"The average time someone used to hold a share of stock back in the ’60s was eight years. Now, the average time is four months."

By Warren Fiske • July 6, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 27, 2016 remarks in Cincinnati, Ohio

After Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, "within 24 hours, Americans lost $100 billion from our 401(k)s."

By Lauren Carroll • June 28, 2016

Nikki Haley
stated on May 17, 2016 a forum.

"More people today are leaving Virginia than moving in."

By Warren Fiske • May 31, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 24, 2016 an advertisement

"In 2006, Donald Trump was hoping for a real estate crash."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 26, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 16, 2016 remarks at a Kentucky rally

"We just had the best year for the auto industry in America in history."

By Lauren Carroll • May 20, 2016

Penny Pritzker
stated on May 13, 2016 a Medium post

Since 2009, "after-tax incomes are up nearly 14 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • May 18, 2016

Jack Lew
stated on May 3, 2016 an interview with Bloomberg News

"Almost 100,000 people left Puerto Rico last year."

By Marta Cerava • May 17, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 4, 2016 an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper

"The market is making this decision. The market has driven down the cost of coal, so you have companies going bankrupt."

By Lauren Carroll • May 10, 2016

William Barber
stated on April 22, 2016 a speech announcing the Moral Monday march

"80 percent of North Carolinians are for the living wage"

By Will Doran • April 28, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on April 15, 2016 a Democratic debate in New York

"When this campaign began, I said that we’ve got to end the starvation minimum wage of $7.25, raise it to $15. Secretary Clinton said let's raise it to $12."

By Lauren Carroll • April 15, 2016

Rick Scott
stated on April 5, 2016 a confrontation with a customer at a Gainesville, Fla., Starbucks

"We got a million jobs."

By Louis Jacobson • April 6, 2016

Bill Clinton
stated on April 3, 2016 a campaign speech

"A college loan is the only loan in the United States that you cannot refinance when interest rates go down."

By Chris Nichols • April 6, 2016

Peter Kinder
stated on March 17, 2016 a gubernatorial debate

"Youth unemployment in minority communities is about 40 to 45 percent."

By Katie Moeller • April 1, 2016

Gayle Smith
stated on March 9, 2016 a speech on Capitol Hill

(Since 1990) "every continent has seen substantial gains, with individual incomes growing by more than a third in every region of the developing world."

By Jon Greenberg • March 24, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 9, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Miami

"If you look at Latino kids between 17 and 20 who graduated high school, 36 percent of them are unemployed or underemployed. … African-American kids are unemployed or underemployed to the tune of 51 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • March 10, 2016

Arnold Schwarzenegger
stated on March 6, 2016 an endorsement speech in Columbus, Ohio.

When John Kasich became governor of Ohio, "there was an $8 billion budget deficit and now there’s a $2 billion surplus."

By Chris Nichols, Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.

"President Obama took more money from Wall Street in the 2008 campaign than anybody ever had."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 7, 2016

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