Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Donald Trump
stated on May 22, 2018 a speech

Says "Nancy Pelosi came out in favor of MS-13."

By Miriam Valverde • May 24, 2018

Leah Vukmir
stated on May 14, 2018 an interview

Says Tammy Baldwin is "more worried about the mastermind of 9/11" than supporting CIA director nominee Gina Haspel.

May 18, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on May 15, 2018 a speech

Says of MS-13 gang members, "We are getting them out of our country by the thousands."

By Miriam Valverde • May 15, 2018

Patty Murray
stated on May 8, 2018 a Senate subcommittee hearing

"Each year ICE detains someone, it costs taxpayers over $50,000. For comparison, by the way, that's four times the amount the federal government spends on each child in our public schools."

By Miriam Valverde • May 11, 2018

LaWana Mayfield
stated on April 16, 2018 a Facebook post

"I am still waiting for someone to produce pieces of the alleged plane" that caused the Twin Towers to collapse.

By Paul Specht • April 25, 2018

Jerry Brown
stated on April 11, 2018 a letter to the Trump administration

"Here are the facts: there is no massive wave of migrants pouring into California. Overall immigrant apprehensions on the border last year were as low as they’ve been in nearly 50 years (and 85 percent of the apprehensions occurred outside of California)."

By Chris Nichols • April 13, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on April 7, 2018 a tweet

Says Scott Pruitt’s security spending was "somewhat more" than his predecessor.

By Manuela Tobias • April 10, 2018

John Garamendi
stated on April 2, 2018 a CNN interview

"The Coast Guard confiscated 200 tons of contraband, heroin, and so forth. At the border they collected 20 tons."

By Miriam Valverde • April 9, 2018

Ruben Gallego
stated on April 3, 2018 a tweet

"For what it would cost the (National) Guard to make just two arrests at the border, we could give a homeless veteran permanent housing for an entire year."

By Jon Greenberg • April 5, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on April 3, 2018 a press conference

"We’ve started building the wall."

By Miriam Valverde • April 4, 2018

Kelli Ward
stated on March 16, 2018 a Facebook post

Says Rep. Martha McSally "is a #FlipFlopBorderHawk."

By Miriam Valverde • April 3, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on March 5, 2018 a tweet

"Democrats are nowhere to be found on DACA."

By Miriam Valverde • March 7, 2018

Mike Pence
stated on February 17, 2018 a speech in Dallas

Says that "along the southern border of the U.S.," the government apprehends "seven individuals a day who are either known or suspected terrorists."

By W. Gardner Selby • February 21, 2018

Jim Renacci
stated on January 24, 2018 an interview on Fox Business Network

In 2005 or 2006 U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer "voted for the wall."

By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 State of the Union address

Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors."

By Miriam Valverde • February 7, 2018

Devin Nunes
stated on February 2, 2018 a staff-written memo from the House Intelligence Committee

Says the Steele dossier "was—according to (James Comey's) June 2017 testimony—'salacious and unverified.' "

By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 State of the Union address

The immigration visa lottery "randomly hands out green cards without any regard for skill, merit, or the safety of American people."

By Miriam Valverde • January 31, 2018

Paul Sperry
stated on January 13, 2018 a commentary

Says border fencing finished near El Paso in 2010 dramatically curtailed illegal crossings, local crime and drug smuggling.

By W. Gardner Selby • January 22, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on December 15, 2017 a speech

Says of the diversity visa lottery program, "they give us their worst people, they put them in a bin," and "the worst of the worst" are selected.

By Miriam Valverde • December 20, 2017

Marsha Blackburn
stated on November 9, 2017 a Fox News post

"When Phoenix dropped its sanctuary city policy in 2008, its murder rate fell 27 percent the following year."

By Miriam Valverde • November 17, 2017

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