Fact Check Posts – Page 88

Rick Scott
stated on November 30, 2016 in an op-ed in USA Today:

Obamacare "was invented by liberal academic theorists."

By Amy Sherman • December 5, 2016

Sean Duffy
stated on November 17, 2016 in an interview:

"Black Lives Matter, who are attacking law enforcement officers" -- Barack Obama "had them to the White House."

By Tom Kertscher • December 2, 2016

Eric Bolling
stated on November 26, 2016 in a commentary on Fox News:

"President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (was) a fancy name for almost a trillion-dollar spending bill. The ARRA was supposed to fix our crumbling roads and bridges," but now, "we have absolutely nothing to show for it."

By Louis Jacobson • November 29, 2016

James Quintero
stated on October 10, 2016 in a panel discussion at SXSW Eco:

Says that when San Francisco banned plastic grocery bags, "you saw the number of instances of people going to the ER with things like salmonella and other related illnesses" spike.

By W. Gardner Selby • November 23, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on October 26, 2016 in a rally for a Colorado U.S. Senate nominee:

"There is long historical precedent for a Supreme Court with fewer justices."

By Bobby Cervantes • November 23, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on September 26, 2016 in a tweet:

"America’s tax code hasn’t been updated in 30 years."

By Cara Lombardo • November 16, 2016

Ohio Republican Party
stated on October 28, 2016 in a campaign mailer:

"Casey Weinstein: No faith in our military" ... "When some of our cadets wanted to watch a religious film, Casey Weinstein sued the U.S. military. Sued our soldiers?"

By Nadia Pflaum • November 7, 2016

Newt Gingrich
stated on November 6, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press":

"There’s a section in the Constitution called the Emoluments Clause that says no one, nor their spouses, can take money from foreigners. (Hillary Clinton) has to be guilty of 70 or 100 counts just on that one charge."

By Lauren Carroll, Tyler Adkisson • November 6, 2016

Jason Kander
stated on August 10, 2016 in a campaign ad:

Roy Blunt "voted to raise his own pay 12 times" while in Congress.

By George Ash • November 6, 2016

Caleb Rowden
stated on October 12, 2016 in a YouTube video:

Democrat Stephen Webber "voted to allow sex offenders to be within 500 feet of childcare centers and playgrounds, and even voted to allow sex offenders to be coaches."

By George Ash • November 6, 2016

Roy Blunt
stated on August 3, 2016 in a campaign ad:

"On three occasions, judges had to stop Jason Kander from manipulating elections."

By Ellen Cagle • November 6, 2016

Maggie Hassan
stated on November 2, 2016 in a debate:

Kelly Ayotte "voted for a budget that had $90 billion of cuts to Pell Grants."

By Lola Duffort • November 5, 2016

Morgan Carroll
stated on October 20, 2016 in a news release:

Says Mike Coffman said two different things: "stop the deportations" in a Spanish-language debate and "you're going to be deported" in an English-language TV interview.

By Alan Gathright • November 4, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 in the third presidential debate:

In Chicago, which has the toughest gun laws in the United States, probably you could say by far, they have more gun violence than any other city.

By Matt Dietrich • November 3, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on October 10, 2016 in a radio ad:

Says Russ Feingold "voted to raise taxes on Social Security benefits for seniors, he even tried to give Social Security benefits to illegal immigrants."

By Tom Kertscher • November 3, 2016

One Nation PAC
stated on October 1, 2016 in a political mailer:

"In two terms in the Missouri General Assembly, Jason Kander passed ZERO bills that were signed into law."

By Natalia Alamdari • November 3, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 1, 2016 in a speech:

"In many instances, (people's) health care costs are more than their mortgage costs or their rent, which, by the way, is a first in American history."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • November 2, 2016

Eric Greitens
stated on September 29, 2016 in a press release:

Says Chris Koster "fell silent" as attorney general in pursuing a case against a free classified service accused of promoting prostitution after accepting "over $12,000 in campaign contributions' from people affiliated with the service."

By Natalia Alamdari • November 2, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on October 6, 2016 in a campaign ad:

Says Russ Feingold "got paid $8,000 a lecture at Stanford University."

By Alison Dirr • November 2, 2016

Jimmy Flannigan
stated on September 12, 2016 in an Austin Monitor interview that day plus forums later:

Says that he’s responsible for Austin including Anderson Mill Road in the city's proposed transportation bond package.

By Nolan Hicks • November 1, 2016

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