Fact Check Posts – Page 86

John Humphries
stated on January 12, 2017 a Facebook post:

"We've dropped from a top 10 state in elementary reading to 30th in the nation" under State Schools Superintendent Tony Evers’ watch.

By Dave Umhoefer • February 6, 2017

Texas Association of Business
stated on December 6, 2016 a press release and study:

Says a study indicates up to $8.5 billion in lost GDP and up to 185,000 lost jobs if Texas lawmakers approve a measure limiting transgender bathroom choices.

By W. Gardner Selby • February 3, 2017

Tom McClintock
stated on January 31, 2017 an interview:

Refugee "vetting was very haphazard," under the Obama Administration. "In many cases, we simply accepted the word of applicants."

By Chris Nichols • February 3, 2017

Nancy Pelosi
stated on January 31, 2017 a CNN town hall:

Says Neil Gorsuch "comes down on the side of felons over gun safety."

By Lauren Carroll • February 2, 2017

Nancy Pelosi
stated on January 31, 2017 a town hall on CNN:

"Wall Street comes out en masse with its money against House Democrats every election."

By Louis Jacobson • February 1, 2017

John McCain
stated on January 18, 2017 an interview on Fox News:

"The Taliban went after and murdered" people identified in the Chelsea Manning leaks.

By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2017

Paul Ryan
stated on January 5, 2017 a press briefing:

"Obamacare has failed."

By Tom Kertscher • February 1, 2017

Sean Spicer
stated on January 30, 2017 a daily press briefing:

The language that's part of the president's National Security Council memo "is identical to the language" used by President George W. Bush in 2001 and President Barack Obama in 2009.

By Linda Qiu • January 31, 2017

John Cornyn
stated on November 22, 2016 a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson:

Says the Department of Homeland Security didn't request any hours of aerial surveillance for the U.S.-Mexico border from the Department of Defense for 2017.

By Fauzeya Rahman • January 31, 2017

Joe DeFelice
stated on January 25, 2017:

"From the release of a child rapist from the Dominican Republican to that of an Italian drug smuggler, Philadelphians have already been put in direct danger by Mayor Kenney’s policy of blocking local law enforcement from participating with federal immigration authorities."

By Cassie Owens • January 31, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 29, 2017 a statement:

"My policy is similar to what President Obama did in 2011 when he banned visas for refugees from Iraq for six months."

By Linda Qiu • January 30, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 25, 2017 remarks at Department of Homeland Security:

Says ICE and border patrol officers "unanimously endorsed me for president."

By Miriam Valverde • January 26, 2017

Claire McCaskill
stated on January 23, 2017 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"Not one dime of the tax cut that they are going to enact with the repeal of Obamacare will go to people who make under $200,000."

By Louis Jacobson • January 26, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on January 11, 2017 a letter:

Says Betsy DeVos and her family "have donated extensively to groups which promote the idea that students who identify as LGBT must undergo 'conversion' therapy."

By Dave Umhoefer, Tom Kertscher • January 25, 2017

Sean Spicer
stated on January 23, 2017 the daily press briefing:

There has been a "dramatic expansion of the federal workforce in recent years."

By Lauren Carroll • January 25, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 20, 2017 a statement on the White House website :

"In our nation’s capital, killings have risen by 50 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • January 23, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 20, 2017 his inaugural address:

"We've made other countries rich while the wealth ... of our country has dissipated over the horizon."

By Jon Greenberg • January 20, 2017

The Other 98%
stated on January 17, 2017 a viral image on the Internet:

Thirteen Democratic senators "voted against cheaper medicines" and took millions from "big pharma since 2011."

By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2017 a tweet:

Says Georgia’s 5th congressional district, represented by John Lewis, is "in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested)."

By Linda Qiu • January 15, 2017

Rex Tillerson
stated on January 11, 2017 a Senate confirmation hearing:

"I have never lobbied against sanctions personally... to my knowledge, Exxon never directly lobbied against sanctions.

By Jon Greenberg • January 12, 2017

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