Fact Check Posts – Page 9

Sean Duffy
stated on August 23, 2016 an interview

Says Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin has "ties to the Muslim Brotherhood."

September 14, 2016

Jerry Brown
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech at the Democratic National Convention.

Says Indiana Gov. Mike Pence "denies that there's such a thing as evolution."

By Chris Nichols • July 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on July 21, 2016 a speech at the Republican convention

"An amendment, pushed by Lyndon Johnson many years ago, threatens religious institutions with a loss of their tax-exempt status if they openly advocate their political views."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 22, 2016

Antonio Sabato Jr.
stated on July 19, 2016 an interview with ABC News

Says President Barack Obama is "absolutely" a Muslim.

By Angie Drobnic Holan, Aaron Sharockman • July 19, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 21, 2016 a meeting with Christian leaders

"We don't know anything about Hillary in terms of religion. Now, she's been in the public eye for years and years, and yet there's no — there's nothing out there."

By Neelesh Moorthy • June 24, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2016 an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity

Even among "second and third generation" Muslims in the United States, "there's no real assimilation."

By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2016

Vicki Saporta
stated on May 9, 2016 an episode of "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee"

"There are more than twice as many (crisis pregnancy centers) as there are legitimate abortion providers in the United States."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 17, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 3, 2016 a Clinton campaign tweet

Says Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, build a wall, ban Muslims, and more.

By Jon Greenberg • May 5, 2016

Facebook posts
stated on April 26, 2016 a multitude of Facebook posts

"Today President Obama said there will NOT be a National Day of Prayer in May."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on February 19, 2016 a rally in North Charleston, S.C.

Says that in the Philippines more than a century ago, Gen. John Pershing "took 50 bullets, and he dipped them in pigs’ blood," and shot 49 Muslim rebels. "The 50th person, he said, ‘You go back to your people, and you tell them what happened.’ And for 25 years, there wasn’t a problem."

By Louis Jacobson • February 23, 2016

André Carson
stated on December 13, 2015 an interview on ABC News' "This Week"

"Our larger domestic threat is from racial supremacist groups."

By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2015

Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on December 9, 2015 an interview on CNN

Says Marco Rubio said "we should be considering internment" of Muslims, and "maybe we should close down cafes and diners where Muslims gather and in fact compared them to the Nazi party."

By Amy Sherman • December 10, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on December 7, 2015 a campaign statement

Says 25 percent of U.S. Muslims "agreed that violence against Americans here in the United States is justified as a part of the global jihad."

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • December 9, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on November 29, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation"

"It is already in the law that there is a requirement to screen (refugees) for religion."

By Jon Greenberg • December 1, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on November 24, 2015 a radio interview in New Hampshire

Says there are "ample means" to "tell when someone is a Christian in the Middle East ... by name, by where they’re born, their birth certificates."

By Jon Greenberg • December 1, 2015

Viral image
stated on November 16, 2015 posts on the Internet

In Japan, "permanent residency is not given to Muslims," the "propagation of Islam" is banned, "one cannot import a Koran published in the Arabic language," and "Muslims cannot even rent a house."

By Louis Jacobson • November 17, 2015

Joshua Feuerstein
stated on November 5, 2015 a video

Says that Starbucks took "Christmas off of their brand new cups."

By Jon Greenberg • November 11, 2015

Constitutional Rights PAC
stated on October 14, 2015 a news release

Paul Ryan "is one of only six House Republicans who voted for Teddy Kennedy's bill to force Christian employers to hire LGBT employees."

October 28, 2015

Viral image
stated on October 1, 2015 Facebook posts

Pope Francis uses a modest compact car to get around, while Creflo Dollar drives an expensive sports car.

By April Hunt • October 7, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on September 22, 2015 an interview with Fox's "The Kelly File"

There is not "one of the Muslim nations" that doesn't have "discrimination against women, discrimination against gays, subjugation of other religious beliefs."

By Lauren Carroll • September 25, 2015

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