Fact Check Posts – Page 16

Andrew Napolitano
stated on October 24, 2019 in an interview:

The impeachment inquiry hearings "going on behind closed doors over which Congressman Schiff is presiding—they are consistent with the rules" of the U.S. House of Representatives.

October 28, 2019

Brett McGurk
stated on October 20, 2019 in an MSNBC appearance:

"President Trump has sent 14,000 American troops to the (Middle East) region since May. So he can't tell his political rallies that he's getting troops out of endless wars when he's sending 14 times the amount back into the region."

By Bill McCarthy • October 22, 2019

Pete Buttigieg
stated on October 15, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate:

Americans "say that what they want is a choice" to join a single-payer system like Medicare rather than ending private insurance.

By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019

Joe Manchin
stated on September 9, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"West Virginia Department of Education reported over 10,000 children and youth have been identified as homeless for the 2018-2019 school year."

By Alayna Degenhardt, Farrah Frattaroli • October 11, 2019

Glenn Grothman
stated on October 2, 2019 in a newspaper:

Millionaires are eligible for food stamps, but "Donald Trump came along and decided to put a stop to it."

By D.L. Davis • October 11, 2019

David McKinley
stated on September 23, 2019 in a news release:

"About 95 percent of America’s production of ethylene is produced on the Gulf Coast in Texas and Louisiana."

By Matthew Digby, Minh Do • October 10, 2019

Josh Hawley
stated on September 10, 2019 in a tweet:

"Meth production in MO has cratered over last decade. MO Hwy Patrol reported 1,326 meth lab seizures in 2006, only 50 in 2018."

By Greta Serrin • October 10, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on October 7, 2019 in a statement to the press:

Minneapolis "city government preemptively informed the Target Center that it would be responsible for $530,000 in security and other costs" related to a Trump rally, "more than 26 times the estimated security costs for a 2009 Target Center health care rally held by President Barack Obama."

By Amy Sherman • October 8, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2019 in a speech in Monaca, Pa.:

Says in the 2016 presidential election, "I won that one by 42 points -- 42 points -- West Virginia."

By Ryan Schmitt, Victoria Gennuso • October 2, 2019

Gwen Moore
stated on July 26, 2019 in a tweet:

"More than half of death row prisoners are people of color."

By D.L. Davis • October 1, 2019

Roy Blunt
stated on August 13, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"U.S. agricultural & food exports are expected to increase more than $2 billion annually under #USMCA"

By Greta Serrin • September 17, 2019

Josh Kaul
stated on August 15, 2019 in a tweet:

Says people convicted of felonies or under restraining orders "can buy a firearm without going through a background check."

By Eric Litke • September 13, 2019

Sheldon Whitehouse
stated on September 6, 2019 in an op-ed:

"One unnamed donor gave $17 million to the Leo-affiliated Judicial Crisis Network to block the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland and to support Gorsuch; then a donor — perhaps the same one — gave another $17 million to prop up Kavanaugh."

By John Kruzel • September 11, 2019

Arlen Parsa
stated on September 1, 2019 in a tweet:

Thirty-four of the 47 men depicted in the famous "Declaration of Independence" painting were slaveholders.

September 10, 2019

Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 4, 2019 in an interview:

"There are 390 million guns out on the streets of a country of 329 million people."

By Madlin Mekelburg • September 9, 2019

Samuel Sinyangwe
stated on August 30, 2019 in a tweet:

"America has more governors who’ve worn blackface than black governors."

By Bill McCarthy • September 6, 2019

Whoopi Goldberg
stated on September 3, 2019 in an episode of ABC's "The View":

"The last time people (created a Hollywood blacklist), people ended up killing themselves … They were accused, and they lost their right to work."

By Bill McCarthy • September 5, 2019

Dave Aronberg
stated on August 26, 2019 in an interview on MSNBC:

Florida’s red flag gun law has been used "about five times a day."

By Amy Sherman • September 3, 2019

Elizabeth Warren
stated on July 11, 2019 in a public forum:

"The law says that mental health must be treated the same as physical health," but coverage by health insurers is unequal.

By Mica Soellner • August 20, 2019

Michael Bloomberg
stated on August 11, 2019 in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation":

"If you go back, you can see Wayne LaPierre, who runs the NRA, testifying in front of Congress in favor of background checks 15 or 20 years ago."

By Bill McCarthy • August 13, 2019

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