Fact Check Posts – Page 96

Todd Rokita
stated on April 3, 2018 in an ad:

"Luke Messer? He plotted with the Never-Trumpers to steal the nomination from President Trump."

By Manuela Tobias • April 13, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on April 7, 2018 in a tweet:

EPA administrator Scott Pruitt's short-term rental "was about market rate."

By Jon Greenberg • April 10, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on April 7, 2018 in a tweet:

Says Scott Pruitt’s security spending was "somewhat more" than his predecessor.

By Manuela Tobias • April 10, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on April 9, 2018 in in a tweet:

"When a car is sent to the United States from China, there is a Tariff to be paid of 2 1/2%. When a car is sent to China from the United States, there is a Tariff to be paid of 25%."

By John Kruzel • April 9, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on April 5, 2018 in an event in West Virginia:

"This will be the last time — April — that you’re going to (fill out) that old-fashioned, big, lots of pages, complicated tax form. Because next April you’re going to, in many cases, (file) one page, one card. It’s going to be very, very different. Very, very different."

By Louis Jacobson • April 9, 2018

Bloggers
stated on April 4, 2018 in a fake news blog post:

"YouTube witness makes shocking admission on live TV. CNN pulls plug immediately"

By Jon Greenberg • April 6, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on April 5, 2018 in a speech in West Virginia:

"In many places, like California, the same person votes many times. You probably heard about that. They always like to say 'oh that's a conspiracy theory.' Not a conspiracy theory, folks. Millions and millions of people."

By Amy Sherman • April 6, 2018

Ron Wyden
stated on March 29, 2018 in a tweet:

"Republicans in Congress are plotting to take away Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security."

By Louis Jacobson • April 5, 2018

Ruben Gallego
stated on April 3, 2018 in a tweet:

"For what it would cost the (National) Guard to make just two arrests at the border, we could give a homeless veteran permanent housing for an entire year."

By Jon Greenberg • April 5, 2018

Alex Mooney
stated on March 25, 2018 in a Wall Street Journal op-ed:

"From 2000-10, U.S. manufacturing employment shrank by a third after holding steady for 30 years."

By Louis Jacobson • April 4, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on April 3, 2018 in a press conference:

"We’ve started building the wall."

By Miriam Valverde • April 4, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2018 in a tweet:

Mexico has "very strong border laws -- ours are pathetic."

By Louis Jacobson • April 2, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2018 in a tweet:

"Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed."

By Manuela Tobias • April 2, 2018

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stated on March 20, 2018 in In a meme:

"The United States is 3rd in murders throughout the world. If you remove Chicago, Detroit, Washington, St. Louis and New Orleans, the United States is then 189th out of 193 countries in the entire world."

By Manuela Tobias • March 28, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on March 23, 2018 in in a news conference:

"Last year we lost $500 billion on trade with China."

By John Kruzel • March 28, 2018

Joe Manchin
stated on March 21, 2018 in a tweet:

Small businesses in West Virginia "make up about 96 percent of our state's economy."

By Louis Jacobson • March 26, 2018

Doug Jones
stated on March 21, 2018:

"States that have implemented waiting periods have seen significant decreases in suicides."

By John Kruzel • March 24, 2018

National Rifle Association
stated on March 21, 2018 in a segment on NRATV:

"March For Our Lives is backed by radicals with a history of violent threats, language and actions."

By Jon Greenberg • March 23, 2018

Evan Jenkins
stated on March 20, 2018 in a press release:

West Virginia "has the highest overdose death rate in the nation."

By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2018

Meghan McCain
stated on March 20, 2018 in a discussion on "The View":

"It happened under Obama, and it was lauded by the media as being genius. And now under the Trump campaign — it’s the Cambridge Analytica scandal."

By Manuela Tobias • March 22, 2018

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