Fact Check Posts – Page 97

Donald Trump
stated on March 8, 2018 remarks before a Cabinet meeting:

American aluminum and steel "are vital to our national security. ... They are the bedrock of our defense industrial base."

By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on March 7, 2018 an interview on CNN's "New Day":

"The Obama administration had cut $300 million from school safety."

By Jon Greenberg • March 9, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on March 8, 2018 remarks before a Cabinet meeting:

"When I was campaigning, I was talking about 18 and 20 years (when) wages effectively went down. Now, for the first time in a long time, they're starting to go up for people."

By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2018

Angus King
stated on March 4, 2018 in an interview:

"China, my understanding is, supplies 4 percent of the steel in the U.S."

By John Kruzel • March 8, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on March 5, 2018 a tweet:

"Democrats are nowhere to be found on DACA."

By Miriam Valverde • March 7, 2018

Good Jobs First
stated on March 6, 2018 a tweet:

Oklahoma teachers "are the poorest paid teachers in the US, in a state that gives nearly $500 million in tax handouts to energy companies."

By Jon Greenberg • March 7, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on March 6, 2018 a tweet:

The 2018 Academy Awards show was the "lowest rated Oscars in HISTORY."

By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2018

Bloggers
stated on March 3, 2018 in a blog:

Says Keanu Reeves said, "For me, Trump is the symbol of a successful man and a role model for every young American, something that our nation was looking for for year. I don’t think that America will again have a leader like him."

By John Kruzel • March 5, 2018

Tom Cole
stated on February 28, 2018 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"Probably one out of every two households in Oklahoma has a gun."

By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2018 in a meeting:

"You take Pulse nightclub. If you had one person in that room that could carry a gun and knew how to use it, it wouldn’t have happened, or certainly to the extent that it did."

By John Kruzel • March 1, 2018

Dana Loesch
stated on February 25, 2018 an interview on ABC's "This Week":

In comparing mass shootings, "France had a higher casualty rate in one year than the entire two administrations of Barack Obama."

By Jon Greenberg • February 27, 2018

Ryan Zinke
stated on February 23, 2018 a panel at the conservative CPAC conference:

"Under the previous administration it was … $100 to fill a car. American energy has delivered. Now it's $60. That’s $40 you have in your pocket … that you wouldn’t have."

By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2018

Patrick Morrisey
stated on February 21, 2018 a tweet:

"The impending work stoppage is unlawful."

By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2018

Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on February 22, 2018 a tweet:

Says NRA head Wayne LaPierre said, "We believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America’s schools. Period."

By Jon Greenberg • February 23, 2018

Viral image
stated on February 18, 2018 on the Internet:

In most states, you can buy an assault rifle with no proof of ID, but in every state, you need proof of ID to vote.

By Louis Jacobson • February 22, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on February 20, 2018 a tweet:

"I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!"

By John Kruzel, Louis Jacobson • February 20, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on February 18, 2018 a tweet:

"I never said Russia did not meddle in the election."

By Jon Greenberg • February 19, 2018

PuppetStringNews.com
stated on February 11, 2018 in a fake news blog post :

"Russian source behind fake Trump dossier killed in Russian plane crash, Rosatom CFO also dead"

By Mica Soellner • February 14, 2018

Hogan Gidley
stated on February 12, 2018 an interview on Fox News:

"The president has been very clear. All forms of abuse, all forms of battery against women are deplorable and disgusting. ... He’s said that multiple times in the past."

By Jon Greenberg • February 13, 2018

Rand Paul
stated on February 8, 2018 a Senate floor speech:

"George W. Bush doubled the debt from $5 trillion to $10 trillion. President Obama doubled the debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion. Now we're on course to exceed $30 trillion in the next seven years or so."

By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2018

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