Fact Check Posts – Page 98

Dana Loesch
stated on February 25, 2018 in 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 in 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 in a tweet:

"The impending work stoppage is unlawful."

By Louis Jacobson • February 26, 2018

Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on February 22, 2018 in 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 in 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 in 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 in 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 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 in 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 in 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

National Republican Senatorial Committee
stated on January 31, 2018 in a digital ad:

"Heitkamp has voted against Trump 68 percent of time."

By Manuela Tobias • February 9, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2018 in a tweet:

"The Democrats are pushing for Universal HealthCare while thousands of people are marching in the UK because their U system is going broke and not working."

By Mica Soellner • February 8, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address:

Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors."

By Miriam Valverde • February 7, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2018 in a speech near Cincinnati:

At the State of the Union address, Democrats, "even on positive news … were like death and un-American. Un-American. Somebody said, ‘treasonous.’ I mean, yeah, I guess, why not? Can we call that treason? Why not?"

By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2018

Say Anything Blog
stated on January 29, 2018 in a blog post:

"Heitkamp High-Fives Schumer After Voting Against 20-Week Abortion Ban."

By Manuela Tobias • February 6, 2018

Devin Nunes
stated on February 2, 2018 in a staff-written memo from the House Intelligence Committee:

Says the Steele dossier "was—according to (James Comey's) June 2017 testimony—'salacious and unverified.' "

By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2018 in a speech:

"Instead of two for one, we have cut 22 burdensome regulations for everyone new rule."

By Manuela Tobias • February 2, 2018

Markwayne Mullin
stated on January 30, 2018 in a post on Rep. Mullin's Facebook page:

Under President Barack Obama: 4 million jobs lost, unemployment rose from 7.8% to 9.9%, the S&P 500 was 1,115.1 and the GDP went down 2.8%.

By Jon Greenberg • February 2, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2018 in a speech in Davos, Switzerland:

"Consumer confidence, business confidence, and manufacturing confidence are the highest they have been in many decades."

By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on February 1, 2018 in a Tweet:

"45.6 million people watched (the State of the Union), the highest number in history. @FoxNews beat every other Network, for the first time ever, with 11.7 million people tuning in."

By Manuela Tobias • February 1, 2018

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