Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 4, 2019 in a press conference in London:
"I’ve had tremendous Republican support. I have a 90% — 94% approval rating, as of this morning, in the Republican Party. That’s an all-time record."    
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • June 6, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 4, 2019 in remarks at a business roundtable in London:
The United Kingdom is "our largest (trading) partner."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • June 5, 2019
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on May 30, 2019 in an on stage interview in Brazil:
"Anybody can buy any weapon, any time without much, if any, regulation. They buy it over the internet. They can buy machine guns."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • June 4, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on May 14, 2019 in a campaign event:
The 1994 crime bill "did not generate mass incarceration."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg, John Kruzel • May 30, 2019
Joel Griffith
Joel Griffith
stated on April 28, 2019 in an op-ed on Fox News:
"Of the 14 wealthy OECD countries with a wealth tax in 1996, 10 have since then abandoned it."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 10, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 30, 2019 in an interview on CNN:
"One out of five Americans cannot afford the cost of prescription drugs."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • May 6, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 27, 2019 in a rally in Green Bay, Wis.:
With a late-term abortion, "the mother meets with the doctor. They take care of the baby, they wrap the baby beautifully. And then the doctor and the mother determine whether or not they will execute the baby."
False
By Jon Greenberg • April 29, 2019
Justice Democrats
Justice Democrats
stated on April 25, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Joe Biden "voted for the Iraq War, for mass incarceration, and for the Bankruptcy Reform Act while voting against gay marriage, reproductive rights, and school desegregation."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 26, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 2, 2019 in a speech to the National Republican Congressional Committee:
"The noise (from windmills) causes cancer."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • April 8, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on March 27, 2019 in a policy paper posted on Medium:
Mergers and integration in agribusiness "squeeze" family farms, and "the result is that farmers are getting a record-low amount of every dollar Americans spend on food."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • April 4, 2019
Mick Mulvaney
Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 31, 2019 in an interview on ABC News' "This Week":
"Every single (health care) plan that this White House has ever put forward since Donald Trump was elected covered pre-existing conditions."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • April 1, 2019
Julián Castro
Julián Castro
stated on March 26, 2019 in a tweet:
Says Donald Trump’s health care policies have "left millions more Americans uninsured since he took office."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 28, 2019
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on March 12, 2019 in a speech to the International Association of Fire Fighters:
The Trump budget "cuts $845 billion, almost a trillion dollar cut in Medicare."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • March 26, 2019
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on March 21, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"We could build 30 walls with the $150 billion Obama gave to Iran."
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 22, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on March 18, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC:
"Farmer suicide rates are as high as they have been since the Great Depression."
False
By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2019
Joe Cunningham
Joe Cunningham
stated on March 7, 2019 in a U.S. House hearing:
"Seismic airgun blasting (used for energy exploration) is ... 16,000 times louder than" a conventional airhorn.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 15, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on March 12, 2019 in a press release:
The Boeing 737 Max 8, the type of plane that crashed in Ethiopia, continues to fly in the United States, despite the FAA saying "software updates are likely coming."    
True
By Jon Greenberg • March 12, 2019
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren
stated on March 7, 2019 in a tweet:
"Trump's campaign manager, Paul Manafort, commits bank and tax fraud and gets 47 months. A homeless man, Fate Winslow, helped sell $20 of pot and got life in prison."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 11, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on July 20, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Facebook video purports to show man flying a hoverboard at over 103 miles per hour.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 7, 2019
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 25, 2019 in a CNN town hall event:
Says President Donald Trump "came forth with a budget — a trillion dollar cut in Medicaid, $500 billion to Medicare, and $72 billion for the Social Security Disability Fund."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • March 6, 2019
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