Fact Check Posts – Page 18

Good Jobs First
stated on March 6, 2018 in a tweet:

Oklahoma teachers "are the poorest paid teachers in the US, in a state that gives nearly $500 million in tax handouts to energy companies."

By Jon Greenberg • March 7, 2018

David Simmons
stated on March 3, 2018 in a vote in the Florida senate:

"Adolf Hitler confiscated all the weapons — took all the weapons, had a registry of everybody — and then on the night of June 30, 1934, sent out his secret police and murdered all of his political opponents."

By Jon Greenberg • March 6, 2018

Stuart Varney
stated on March 2, 2018 in an interview on "Fox and Friends":

"Electrolux, Sweden's largest appliance maker, has just abandoned a $250 million investment in the United States because of the steel tariffs. That is retaliation."

By Jon Greenberg • March 5, 2018

Tom Cole
stated on February 28, 2018 in an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe":

"Probably one out of every two households in Oklahoma has a gun."

By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2018

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

Matt Caldwell
stated on February 21, 2018 in an interview on CNN:

"A law enforcement officer is more likely to commit a crime than a CWP (concealed weapons permit) holder."

By Jon Greenberg • February 23, 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

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

usdeplorablesnews.com
stated on February 15, 2018 in a fake news blog post:

Says Michelle Obama said Florida shooting "is clearly our president’s fault."

By Jon Greenberg • February 16, 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

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 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address:

"Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers."

By Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2018

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

"We are now, very proudly, an exporter of energy to the world."

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

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

Says one year later, "the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory just recently held by these killers in Iraq and Syria."

By Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2018 in an interview with Piers Morgan:

"The ice caps were going to melt, they were going to be gone by now, but now they’re setting records, so okay, they’re at a record level."

By Jon Greenberg • January 29, 2018

Heartland Institute
stated on January 22, 2018 in an op-ed in The Hill:

Work requirements "have been proven to help impoverished families move from dependency to self-sufficiency."

By Jon Greenberg • January 26, 2018

Stacey Abrams
stated on January 17, 2018 in a statement to The Root:

Says under her leadership, "Democrats fought to ... make sure the (2011 HOPE) bill ... prevented the use of ACT/SAT testing standards."

By Jon Greenberg • January 24, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 16, 2018 in a speech at a women's event in Washington:

"Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan."

By Jon Greenberg • January 18, 2018

Republican News
stated on January 13, 2018 in a blog post:

"First indictment issued in Russian bribery case tied to Obama-era Uranium One deal."

By Jon Greenberg • January 17, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 11, 2018 in a tweet:

Says the Obama administration "sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London ... only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars."

By Jon Greenberg • January 12, 2018

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