Fact Check Posts – Page 91

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
stated on June 27, 2018 an interview with The Intercept:

"ICE is required to fill 34,000 beds with detainees every single night and that number has only been increasing since 2009."

By Lucia Geng • July 6, 2018

Viral image
stated on July 3, 2018 a meme shared on the Internet:

"39% of All California Students are illegals."

By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2018

Viral image
stated on July 3, 2018 a meme shared on the Internet:

"More than 66% of ALL births in California are to illegals on Medi-Cal."

By Louis Jacobson • July 5, 2018

Becoming American Initiative
stated on July 3, 2018 an ad:

Says Ronald Reagan said immigrants "brought with them courage and the values of family, work, and freedom. Let us pledge to each other that we can make America great again."

By Miriam Valverde • July 3, 2018

Corey Stewart
stated on June 30, 2018 in a Facebook live video:

"Tim Kaine doesn’t want a border at all. He wants to get rid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and basically the border patrol as well."

By Bill McCarthy • July 3, 2018

Larry Kudlow
stated on June 29, 2018 an interview with Fox Business Network:

"The deficit ... is coming down, and it’s coming down rapidly."

By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on June 28, 2018 a speech in Mount Pleasant, Wis.:

"Watch those GDP numbers. We started off at a very low number, and right now we hit a 3.2 (percent). Nobody thought that was possible."

By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on June 28, 2018 a speech in Mount Pleasant, Wis.:

"The European Union … they send us Mercedes, they send us -- by the millions -- the BMWs -- cars by the millions."

By Louis Jacobson • July 2, 2018

Jeff Sessions
stated on June 25, 2018 a speech:

"Our courts find that 80 percent of those who do file for asylum aren’t qualified for it, do not merit that relief."

By Miriam Valverde • July 2, 2018

Joe Manchin
stated on June 22, 2018 a tweet:

"Pat Morrisey joined a federal lawsuit to allow insurance companies to deny coverage for people with pre-existing conditions."

By Louis Jacobson • June 26, 2018

AFSCME
stated on June 6, 2018 an attack ad:

Says Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt "tried to cut a deal with big pharma" in a lawsuit.

By Jon Greenberg • June 25, 2018

Brad Parscale
stated on June 20, 2018 a tweet:

"Fact: Over 90,000 kids were detained under Obama. And no one cared."

By Amy Sherman • June 25, 2018

Ivanka Trump
stated on June 11, 2018 a tweet:

A Chinese proverb says, "Those who say it can not be done, should not interrupt those doing it."

By Lucia Geng • June 22, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on June 19, 2018 speech at the National Federation of Independent Businesses 75th Anniversary Celebration:

"There's been a 1,700 percent increase in asylum claims over the last 10 years."

By Manuela Tobias • June 21, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on June 15, 2018 remarks to reporters on the White House grounds:

"You can’t (end the separation of families at the border) through an executive order."

By Jon Greenberg • June 21, 2018

Corey Stewart
stated on June 13, 2018 in an interview:

"I have always condemned … any of these white supremacists or bigots or anything like that."

By Bill McCarthy • June 20, 2018

Corey Stewart
stated on June 13, 2018 in a tweet:

Says Sen. Tim Kaine "approves of and even applauds his son's participation in a known terrorist organization, #Antifa."

By Bill McCarthy • June 20, 2018

Senate Majority PAC
stated on June 8, 2018 campaign ad:

Says Kevin Cramer wants to cut Social Security and Medicare to pay for tax cuts.

By Manuela Tobias • June 19, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on June 18, 2018 a tweet:

"Crime in Germany is way up."

By Jon Greenberg • June 18, 2018

Environmental Protection Agency
stated on June 13, 2018 a statement to Bloomberg:

"The science is clear, under President Trump greenhouse gas emissions are down."

By Louis Jacobson • June 18, 2018

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