Fact Check Posts – Page 85

Andrew Cuomo
stated on February 23, 2017 in and in several other statements over the past two months.:

The proposed state budget contains "an additional tax cut for the middle class."

By Dan Clark • March 17, 2017

Phil Berger
stated on March 13, 2017 in a the GOP response to Roy Cooper's State of the State speech:

Says Republican legislators in North Carolina raised the average teacher's pay "by more than 15 percent in just three years."

By Will Doran • March 16, 2017

Dennis Baxley
stated on March 15, 2017 in a Florida House floor speech:

"What has happened since 2005? We’ve seen violent crime continuously go down" due to Florida's "stand your ground" law.

By Allison Graves, Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2017

Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 13, 2017 in a press conference:

The House Republican health care "plan doesn't get rid of Medicaid expansion."

By Lauren Carroll • March 14, 2017

Keith Ellison
stated on March 7, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

Says President Donald Trump's travel ban could ban Somalis "from getting relief (from famine) through coming to the United States."

By Jon Greenberg • March 13, 2017

Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 8, 2017 in a tweet:

"‘TrumpCare’ would allow insurance execs to personally make millions off your health care."

By Tom Kertscher • March 13, 2017

Tony Evers
stated on February 13, 2017 in a Facebook post:

"Wisconsin’s graduation rates have grown to over 90 percent" since Tony Evers became state school superintendent.

By Dave Umhoefer • March 10, 2017

Greg Walden
stated on March 7, 2017 in a oress conference:

Under the Affordable Care Act, "some people were gaming the system" by paying "for nine months of insurance, get 12 -- the other three for free."

By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on March 7, 2017 in a tweet:

"122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield."

By Lauren Carroll • March 7, 2017

Shenggen Fan
stated on March 2, 2017 in a panel discussion in Washington, D.C.:

Every dollar of foreign aid for agricultural research "will bring $4 in trade with the countries and the United States ... generating employment back in the U.S."

By Jon Greenberg • March 3, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech before a joint session of Congress:

"According to data provided by the Department of Justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism-related offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country."

By Miriam Valverde • March 2, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2017 in a speech to Congress:

Says his budget "calls for one of the largest increases in national defense spending in American history."

By Jon Greenberg • March 1, 2017

Thomas Perez
stated on February 26, 2017 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says "Donald Trump wants to eliminate overtime pay for people."

By Allison Graves • February 26, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 25, 2017 in a tweet:

"The National Debt in my first month went down by $12 billion."

By Aaron Sharockman • February 25, 2017

Reps. Keith Rothfus, Mike Kelly and Bill Shuster
stated on February 19, 2017 in an op-ed in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

"Obamacare covers 24 million fewer people than it was expected to, and the projected price tag has more than doubled at $2 trillion."

By Anna Orso • February 24, 2017

Eric Greitens
stated on January 17, 2017 in his state of the state address:

"Over 200 of our 520 school districts did not have a single student in physics."

By Grace Hase • February 24, 2017

Rick Scott
stated on February 7, 2017 in a statement to press:

"When the House wants to stop Enterprise Florida ... they’re hurting our rural communities."

By Amy Sherman • February 22, 2017

Bloggers
stated on February 20, 2017 in a headline:

"Muslims offended that their kids have to recite national anthem."

By Joshua Gillin • February 21, 2017

Rick Scott
stated on February 13, 2017 in a roundtable discussion:

"Your politicians in Tallahassee today are saying, in your area, that they don't need any more jobs. That is exactly what Rep. Paul Renner said."

By Allison Graves • February 17, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on February 16, 2017 in a news conference:

The media has "a lower approval rate than Congress."

By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 2017

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