Fact Check Posts – Page 97

Kevin Brady
stated on June 24, 2016 in a press conference for Republican tax reform:

The United States "is the only major country that taxes its own exports."

By Neelesh Moorthy • June 28, 2016

Stephen Colbert
stated on June 23, 2016 in a comedy sketch:

Says "Paul Ryan shut off the C-SPAN cameras when the Democrats started their sit-in."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 27, 2016

Thomas Perez
stated on June 18, 2016 in an interview.:

"Go look at a Trump product. They’re all made in China."

By Sean Gorman • June 27, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on May 14, 2016 in his speech at the Republican Party of Texas convention:

Barack Obama issued a decree "demanding that every public school now allow grown men and boys into the little girls’ bathroom."

By Eleanor Dearman • June 26, 2016

John Garamendi
stated on June 22, 2016 in a speech.:

"You can’t get on an airplane, but more than 2,000 people on that list have been able to buy a gun."

By Chris Nichols • June 25, 2016

Jim Kenney
stated on June 23, 2016 in remarks at the Better Bike Share conference:

My administration is "well represented both racially, ethnically and gender-wise."

By Cassie Owens • June 24, 2016

Andrew Napolitano
stated on June 16, 2016 in a segment on Fox & Friends:

"Attempts to find things like, ‘crime,’ ‘criminal activity,’ ‘indictment,’ have been filtered out by Google" in favor of Hillary Clinton.

By Allison Graves • June 23, 2016

Steve Chabot
stated on June 8, 2016 in his campaign blog:

Says the Clinton Foundation "accepted millions and millions of dollars from governments like Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates," which violated "a ban on all contributions to the Foundation from foreign nations."

By Nadia Pflaum • June 20, 2016

Ron Johnson
stated on June 13, 2016 in an interview:

"Assault rifles already are banned."

By Tom Kertscher • June 20, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 10, 2016 in a speech.:

Says the unemployment rate for African-American youths is 59 percent.

By Warren Fiske • June 20, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on June 19, 2016 in 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 in a tweet:

American colleges amount to a "cartel."

By Cara Lombardo • June 16, 2016

Robin Wright
stated on May 25, 2016 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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 in 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

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