Fact Check Posts – Page 87

Donald Trump
stated on January 29, 2017 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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

The Other 98%
stated on January 9, 2017 in a viral image:

"The same 3 senators who have spent the last 3 years s------- themselves over ‘Benghazi!’ just introduced a bill to reduce embassy security by 50 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • January 12, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on January 6, 2017 in a statement released by the transition office:

Activities by foreign governments had "absolutely no effect on the outcome of this election."

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2017

Scott Walker
stated on December 23, 2016 in an interview:

"We don't get any of that information" from the federal government on who refugees are, where they come from and how long they are likely to stay.

By Tom Kertscher • January 6, 2017

Lloyd Doggett
stated on December 15, 2016 in an interview with KEYE TV:

"Our university campuses by federal law do not check the immigration status of their students just as our public schools don’t."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 28, 2016

Michael Long
stated on October 14, 2016 in an interview on Capital Tonight:

Because of its higher minimum wage, New York State is "already showing signs of various companies picking up and leaving."

By Dan Clark • December 23, 2016

Kurt Schaefer
stated on November 13, 2016 in an ad in the Columbia Daily Tribune:

The 2016 and 2017 Missouri budget includes more funding for the University of Missouri than any time in the last 15 years.

By Ellen Cagle • December 19, 2016

Geraldo Rivera
stated on December 12, 2016 in an interview on Fox News' Hannity:

Says "tens of thousands of children" were rushed across the southwest border "because they fear the wall."

By Miriam Valverde • December 15, 2016

Conservative Tribune
stated on December 2, 2016 in a web post:

"Before Leaving, Obama Enacts Rules to Take $3,000 From EVERY American."

By Louis Jacobson • December 14, 2016

Roger Williams
stated on November 16, 2016 in an interview with McClatchy's Washington bureau:

"NAFTA allows a lot of trucks from Mexico, for example, to leave there and ... drive straight through without even being inspected."

By W. Gardner Selby • December 5, 2016

Terry McAuliffe
stated on November 30, 2016 in a radio interview.:

"We would be just like North Carolina with HB2-like (transgender bathroom) legislation. It actually passed our chamber and I vetoed it."

By Warren Fiske • December 5, 2016

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