Fact Check Posts – Page 97

Donald Trump
stated on June 19, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says delegates can't "legally" change the Republican National Convention rules to prevent Donald Trump’s nomination.

By Linda Qiu • June 19, 2016

Paul Ryan
stated on May 14, 2016 a tweet:

American colleges amount to a "cartel."

By Cara Lombardo • June 16, 2016

Robin Wright
stated on May 25, 2016 an event at the Rockefeller Center:

Says Apple products are currently "90 percent conflict-free," and "Intel is 100 percent conflict-free."

By Linda Qiu • June 15, 2016

Katie McGinty
stated on June 13, 2016 in an interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer:

"He leant his name to a bill, did little or nothing three years ago to try to get it passed, (and) since then has done absolutely nothing other than disavow any attempt to move on the legislation."

By Anna Orso • June 15, 2016

Alan Grayson
stated on June 12, 2016 an interview with CNN's Erin Burnett after the Orlando shooting:

The rifle used by Omar Mateen "shoots off 700 rounds in a minute."

By Neelesh Moorthy • June 14, 2016

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stated on June 1, 2016 Facebook post by Liberals are Cool:

"Tuition-free public universities and colleges are just a pipe dream. False. They were both free up until the Vietnam War."

By Allison Graves • June 10, 2016

Joyce Beatty
stated on May 25, 2016 in a press conference:

In Ohio, "each year an estimated 1,000 children become victims of human trafficking, and over 3,000 more are at risk."

By Nadia Pflaum • June 10, 2016

Austin Independent School District
stated on June 2, 2016 an advertisement spotted at the site of high school graduation ceremonies:

"Austin ISD has the highest graduation rate of every major city in Texas."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 10, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on June 5, 2016 an appearance on Meet the Press:

Says the United States has "treaties with apparently 69 countries where we are obligated to defend their borders. And these were treaties that were executive treaties, not authorized by Congress."

By Neelesh Moorthy • June 9, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 5, 2016 an interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation":

Says Judge Gonzalo Curiel "is a member of a club or society, very strongly pro-Mexican."

By Jon Greenberg • June 7, 2016

Pat Toomey
stated on April 15, 2016:

Says Merrick Garland "authored an opinion that resulted in the release of 17 Guantanamo Bay prisoners who were part of a group of violent Islamist extremists the State Department had designated as terrorists."

By Cassie Owens • June 7, 2016

Paul Babeu
stated on May 26, 2016 an interview on Fox News' "Hannity":

"The president has said the national security threat facing America, the top one, is global warming."

By Anthony Cave • June 4, 2016

Renee Ellmers
stated on May 19, 2016 a debate on WRAL:

Because George Holding doesn’t live in the congressional district he’s running for, he "doesn’t experience the same things that we are all experiencing."

By Will Doran • June 3, 2016

Sharron Angle
stated on May 25, 2016 in a television ad:

"Congressman Joe Heck has (voted) 62% of the time with Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats on a variety of important issues."

By Riley Snyder • June 3, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 1, 2016 a rally in Sacramento, Calif.:

Says Hillary Clinton has spoken "such lies about my foreign policy. They said I want Japan to … get nuclear weapons. Give me a break."

By Louis Jacobson • June 2, 2016

Pat Toomey
stated on May 19, 2016 an interview with Chris Stigall on Talk Radio 1210 WPHT:

It's entirely possible that the Democratic nominee, [Hillary Clinton], earned more money giving a single speech on Wall Street than I made the six years that I was there back in the 1980s… In fact, it’s quite likely.

By Loghan Thain • May 31, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on May 26, 2016 a speech on energy policy:

In California, "the windmills are killing hundreds and hundreds of eagles."

By Jon Greenberg • May 31, 2016

Pat McCrory
stated on May 24, 2016 a radio interview on Charlotte's WBT:

Says the Human Rights Campaign is secretly funded

By Will Doran • May 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on May 22, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"The only two (Donald Trump tax returns) we have show that he hasn't paid a penny in taxes."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 24, 2016

U.S. Dairy Export Council
stated on May 9, 2016 a press release:

Says a WHO proposal "portrays milk and dairy products as an obstacle to a healthy start in life."

By Jon Greenberg • May 20, 2016

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