Fact Check Posts – Page 80

NumbersUSA
stated on July 22, 2015 a Facebook meme:

"More than half of all drivers' licenses issued in California this year have gone to illegal aliens."

By Jon Greenberg • July 28, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on July 21, 2015 an online interview with "The Daily Show":

Since 2009, "we've cut homelessness (among veterans) by a third."

By Kirby Wilson • July 28, 2015

David Perdue
stated on June 22, 2015 a press release:

The National Technical Information Service spends millions of taxpayer dollars to print and sell government documents that are available free in online searches.

By April Hunt • July 28, 2015

Terry McAuliffe
stated on July 21, 2015 a radio show.:

"All (Maryland) crabs are born in Virginia."

By Warren Fiske • July 27, 2015

Rand Paul
stated on July 17, 2015 a campaign rally in Houston:

"We borrow a million dollars every minute."

By Lauren Carroll • July 21, 2015

Police Chief Billy Grogan
stated on July 14, 2015 press release:

Georgia has more than 700 law enforcement agencies, and fewer than 20 percent of them are state-certified.

By Nancy Badertscher • July 21, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 13, 2015 a speech:

"Sen. Rubio’s (tax plan) would cut taxes for households making around $3 million a year by almost $240,000, which is way more than three times the earnings of a typical family."

By Christian Belanger • July 16, 2015

Scott Walker
stated on July 13, 2015 a speech:

Says because of his actions, Wisconsin "property taxes today are lower than they were four years ago."

By Tom Kertscher • July 15, 2015

Alan Grayson
stated on July 9, 2015 an announcement video:

"In the past two years in Congress, I’ve written more bills, passed more amendments on the floor of the House and enacted more of my bills into law than any other member of the House."

By Amy Sherman • July 14, 2015

Tim Lee
stated on June 30, 2015 mass email:

Cobb County businesses have already been awarded contracts worth $250 million on construction of a new Braves stadium.

By Nancy Badertscher • July 14, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on July 6, 2015 a rally in Portland, Maine:

For African-Americans between the ages of 17 and 20, "the real unemployment rate … is 51 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • July 13, 2015

Bobby Scott
stated on June 12, 2015 a written statement.:

"The United States ranks second worst in income inequality across developed countries," after taxes and transfers.

By Warren Fiske • July 13, 2015

Brianna Keilar
stated on July 12, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

Says Hillary Clinton's "campaign hasn't been clear about when she wiped her server of her work emails."

By Linda Qiu • July 12, 2015

Larry O'Connor
stated on July 7, 2015 an interview on "The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson" on Fox News:

"25 percent of federal inmates are noncitizens."

By Jon Greenberg • July 10, 2015

Generation Forward PAC
stated on June 25, 2015 an attack ad.:

"Bernie Sanders voted against the Brady Bill -- background checks and waiting periods."

By Linda Qiu • July 10, 2015

Tom Toles
stated on June 18, 2015 an editorial cartoon:

A "working woman" will earn $7.70 on $10.

By April Hunt • July 10, 2015

Mark Pocan
stated on June 26, 2015 a statement:

"In a majority of states, you can now marry freely, but can still be fired for who you love."

By Sarah Hauer • July 9, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on July 7, 2015 in an interview with CNN:

Says Jeb Bush "doesn't believe in a path to citizenship. If he did at one time, he no longer does."

By Amy Sherman • July 8, 2015

Chuck Todd
stated on July 5, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press":

In Florida, "the number of voters who now register as ‘other’ has grown by a million in the last 10 years. Compare that with the Democrats, who only grew by 300,000 and the Republicans who grew by just 200,000."

By Anna Bruzgulis • July 8, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on July 2, 2015 a speech:

"We've cut the deficit by two-thirds."

By Tom Kertscher • July 8, 2015

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