Fact Check Posts – Page 11

Bernie Sanders
stated on December 19, 2019 in the Democratic debate in Los Angeles:

Real wages "went up last year 1.1%."

By Jon Greenberg • December 20, 2019

Joe Biden
stated on December 13, 2019 in a rally in San Antonio, Texas.:

"I (found) the Republican votes for the Recovery Act, Obamacare, help us from falling into a Great Depression."

By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2019

Elizabeth Warren
stated on December 10, 2019 in a policy white paper:

"Roughly one in four fish eaten in the United States was caught here and sent to Asia for processing before being re-imported for American consumers."

By Jon Greenberg • December 13, 2019

One America News
stated on November 30, 2019 in a news report:

Says Adam Schiff is "under investigation for Ukrainian Burisma oil connections."

By Jon Greenberg • December 9, 2019

John Kennedy
stated on December 1, 2019 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:

Says former Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko "actively worked for Secretary Clinton."

By Jon Greenberg • December 4, 2019

Bloggers
stated on November 7, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says a mall Santa beat up a child molester.

By Jon Greenberg • November 26, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on November 15, 2019 in an interview with Dan Bongino:

"They never thought ... that I was going to release that call and I really had no choice because Adam Schiff made up a call."

By Jon Greenberg • November 19, 2019

Committee to Defend the President
stated on November 8, 2019 in a Facebook ad:

Says Obama said black people have the "worst jobs, the worst housing" and face rampant police brutality, "but when so-called black committeemen came around election time we’d all line up and vote the straight Democratic ticket, sell our souls for a Christmas turkey."

By Amy Sherman, Jon Greenberg • November 12, 2019

Nancy Pelosi
stated on October 31, 2019 in an interview with Stephen Colbert:

Says under the Democratic impeachment inquiry, Republicans get "more rights than we ever received in any of the other impeachment proceedings."

By Jon Greenberg • November 4, 2019

Tom Cole
stated on October 31, 2019 in a speech on the House floor:

The impeachment process against Donald Trump "provides fewer due process protections and fewer protections for minority rights than what we have seen in previous impeachment efforts."

By Jon Greenberg • November 4, 2019

Bloggers
stated on October 25, 2019 in an ad on Facebook:

Say Sen. Lindsey Graham supports the Green New Deal.

By Jon Greenberg • October 28, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on October 19, 2019 in a rally in New York City:

Says Congress gave Wall Street "trillions of dollars of zero interest loans."

By Jon Greenberg • October 25, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on October 5, 2019 in a tweet:

"The first so-called second hand information ‘Whistleblower’ got my phone conversation almost completely wrong."

By Jon Greenberg • October 9, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on September 30, 2019 in a tweet:

"Longstanding whistleblower rules (were changed) just before submittal of the fake whistleblower report."

By Jon Greenberg • October 1, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2019 in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly:

"80% of the world’s population lives in countries where religious liberty is in significant danger or even completely outlawed."

By Jon Greenberg • September 25, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2019 in an exchange with reporters at the UN:

"Europe and other nations (need to) contribute to Ukraine. Because they’re not doing it. Just the United States. We’re putting up the bulk of the money."

By Jon Greenberg • September 25, 2019

Bloggers
stated on September 6, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says several well-known charities such as Goodwill and American Red Cross overpay their CEOs and spend a small percentage on helping people.

By Jon Greenberg, John Kruzel • September 17, 2019

Elizabeth Warren
stated on September 4, 2019 in a CNN town hall on climate change:

"70% of the pollution of the carbon that we're throwing into the air comes from three industries."

By Jon Greenberg • September 6, 2019

Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2019 in an event in Hanover, N.H.:

Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2019

Elizabeth Warren
stated on August 27, 2019 in an op-ed in the Washington Post:

"We lag behind many other developed nations in connectivity and speed, while also paying more for that service."

By Jon Greenberg • August 29, 2019

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