Fact Check Posts – Page 81

Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2019 a roundtable at the border

"When I say Mexico is going to pay for the wall, that's what I said. Mexico is going to pay. I didn't say they're going to write me a check for $20 billion or $10 billion."

By Samantha Putterman • January 10, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on January 8, 2019 a televised speech

Says Sen. Charles Schumer "repeatedly supported a physical barrier in the past along with many other Democrats. They changed their mind only after I was elected president."

By Manuela Tobias • January 9, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on January 8, 2019 a televised speech

"At the request of Democrats, it will be a steel barrier rather than a concrete wall."

By Manuela Tobias • January 9, 2019

Elizabeth Warren
stated on January 2, 2019 an interview on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow Show

With the Republican tax law, "the rich folks got $1.5 trillion."

By Jon Greenberg • January 9, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on January 2, 2019 in a discussion with reporters

"The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia."

By John Kruzel • January 9, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on January 2, 2019 a tweet

"Mexico is paying for the Wall through the new USMCA Trade Deal."

By Miriam Valverde • January 4, 2019

Chris Murphy
stated on December 23, 2018 a tweet

"The 2017/2018 budgets gave (President Donald) Trump billions for border upgrades. He’s spent ALMOST NONE of it. 6%."

By Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on December 26, 2018 remarks to U.S. troops

Says troops recently received "one of the biggest pay raises" ever, and that it was the first pay increase in "more than 10 years."

By Samantha Putterman • December 27, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on December 20, 2018 a tweet

"Russia, Iran, Syria & many others are not happy" about U.S. troops leaving Syria.

By Miriam Valverde • December 21, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on December 18, 2018 in a tweet

Says 19,000 text messages exchanged between former FBI officials that were "purposely and illegally deleted ... would have explained (the special counsel investigation) hoax."

By John Kruzel • December 19, 2018

Christine Lagarde
stated on December 9, 2018 an interview with CBS News' Face the Nation

"In the United States, if there was equal participation of women in the labor market, GDP would be up by 5 percent."

By Jon Greenberg • December 12, 2018

Amy Klobuchar
stated on December 3, 2018 a tweet

"After a decade of progress, the rate of uninsured children is now rising."

By Jon Greenberg • December 5, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on December 4, 2018 in a tweet

Says the United States loses "250 Billion Dollars a year on illegal immigration, not including the terrible drug flow. Top Border Security, including a Wall, is $25 Billion. Pays for itself in two months."

By Miriam Valverde • December 5, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on December 2, 2018 a tweet

"$21T in Pentagon accounting errors. Medicare for All costs ~$32T. That means 66% of Medicare for All could have been funded already by the Pentagon."

By Louis Jacobson • December 3, 2018

Nancy Pelosi
stated on November 16, 2018 in a press conference

"There’s bipartisan consensus that (Matthew Whitaker’s) appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the Constitution."

By John Kruzel • November 29, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on November 25, 2018 a tweet

Says of immigrant family separations at the border, "we had the exact same policy as the Obama administration."

By Miriam Valverde • November 29, 2018

Sarah Huckabee Sanders
stated on November 27, 2018 a press briefing

"Tear gas was used on average once a month during the Obama administration for very similar circumstances."

By Miriam Valverde • November 28, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on November 19, 2018 a tweet

In her defeat of Republican Rep. Karen Handel, Democratic challenger Lucy McBath "was outspent 5-1."

By Louis Jacobson • November 28, 2018

Steve Daines
stated on November 15, 2018 a Senate hearing

Sanctuary jurisdictions "violate the laws of our nation."

By Miriam Valverde • November 27, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on November 21, 2018 a tweet

Just before Thanksgiving, oil was $54 a barrel, down from $82. "Thank you to Saudi Arabia."

By Kyra Haas, Louis Jacobson • November 26, 2018

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