Fact Check Posts – Page 15

Marsha Blackburn
stated on October 11, 2018 in an attack ad:

Says Phil Bredesen "lured illegal immigrants to Tennessee."

By Jon Greenberg • October 25, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2018 in an exchange with reporters:

Saudi Arabia has ordered $450 billion, "$110 billion of which is a military order," producing "over a million jobs."

By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2018

Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on October 16, 2018 in an attack ad:

Says Dean Heller "broke that promise" to protect expanded Medicaid.

By Jon Greenberg • October 19, 2018

Taylor Swift
stated on October 7, 2018 in an Instagram post:

Says Marsha Blackburn "voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape."

By Jon Greenberg • October 9, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 2, 2018 in a rally in Southaven, Miss.:

Says Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he served in Vietnam in "Da Nang Province. Soldiers dying left and right as we battled up the hill." And "then he cried when (the press) caught him."

By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 2, 2018 in a rally in Southaven, Miss.:

Says Sen. Richard Blumenthal "lied about his service" in Vietnam.

By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2018

Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 25, 2018 in an attack ad:

Says Jacky Rosen "voted against stopping criminals from re-entering the United States."

By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 1, 2018 in a midterm rally in Johnson City, Tenn.:

Says Republicans "just passed" the Veterans Choice program after 44 years of trying. "They've been trying to pass that one for many, many decades."

By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2018

Marsha Blackburn
stated on September 25, 2018 in a debate in Nashville, Tenn.:

Under Phil Bredesen, in sexual harassment cases, his administration chose "to shred some of the documents so that women’s voices would never be heard."

By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2018

Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 18, 2018 in a television ad:

Says Tennessee Senate candidate Phil Bredesen "supports single-payer health care."

By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on September 18, 2018 in an exchange with reporters:

On investigating during the Supreme Court confirmation process, "The FBI doesn’t do that."

By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2018

Phil Bredesen
stated on August 24, 2018 in a press release:

Says Marsha Blackburn "at the behest of the pharmaceutical industry, co-sponsored a law that weakened DEA enforcement efforts against drug distribution companies that were supplying corrupt doctors and pharmacists who peddled narcotics to the black market."

By Jon Greenberg • September 18, 2018

Bloggers
stated on September 9, 2018 in a website post:

Says Barack Obama "referred to the carnage that took place in Benghazi as a conspiracy theory."

By Jon Greenberg • September 14, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on September 5, 2018 in an exchange with reporters:

"We’re making (Medicare) stronger. We’re making Social Security stronger."

By Jon Greenberg • September 6, 2018

Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 29, 2018 in an attack ad:

As Tennessee governor, Phil Bredesen "supported higher taxes on us. Higher gas taxes. Higher sales taxes."

By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2018

Ann Coulter
stated on August 23, 2018 in a tweet:

"The Dutch (Afrikaners) were" in South Africa "first."

By Jon Greenberg • August 27, 2018

Jacky Rosen
stated on August 13, 2018 in a campaign endorsement event:

Says Sen. Dean Heller "wants to cut programs like Social Security and Medicare to pay for tax cuts for his ultra-wealthy donors."

By Jon Greenberg • August 16, 2018

Dean Heller
stated on June 26, 2018 in a press release:

Says Jacky Rosen "skipped work ... at the expense of veterans" to "attend a publicity stunt."

By Jon Greenberg • August 16, 2018

Marsha Blackburn
stated on August 8, 2018 in a speech to farmers:

"Hospitals are closing in rural America because they don't have access to high-speed internet."

By Jon Greenberg • August 15, 2018

Marco Rubio
stated on August 2, 2018 in an interview with CBS News:

States "haven't even begun to spend the (election security) money they have now."

By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2018

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