Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Keisha Lance Bottoms
stated on January 2, 2018 in her inaugural speech:

"Atlanta is on its strongest financial footing in 40 years."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • January 12, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 9, 2018 in a press conference with congressional leaders:

When President Barack Obama "signed the executive order (on DACA, he) actually said he doesn't have the right to do this."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • January 9, 2018

X posts
stated on January 4, 2018 in a tweet:

"White House staff compiled a number of gorilla documentaries into a makeshift gorilla channel" for President Donald Trump.

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • January 5, 2018

Jeff Sessions
stated on January 4, 2018 in a Justice Department memo:

On rescinding Obama-era marijuana enforcement guidelines.

No Flip

By Jon Greenberg • January 5, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on December 20, 2017 in a speech:

"We essentially repealed Obamacare because we got rid of the individual mandate ... and that was a primary source of funding of Obamacare."

False

By Jon Greenberg • December 21, 2017

Verified Politics
stated on December 13, 2017 in an article posted on the website:

Says Sen. Mitch McConnell's delay in seating Alabama Sen.-elect Doug Jones "is a flagrant violation of Senate policy, which requires Jones assume office the instant one of them wins the election."

False

By Jon Greenberg • December 18, 2017

Alex Jones
stated on December 13, 2017 in a broadcast of the "Alex Jones Show":

Says there won't be a recount in Alabama because a Democratic judge said "we're going to erase all the computer files ... on Wednesday morning."

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • December 14, 2017

Don Blankenship
stated on December 3, 2017 in a campaign ad:

Says "Obama’s deadliest cover-up (in an explosion that killed 29 miners) has been uncovered" by internal government documents.

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • December 11, 2017

Bloggers
stated on December 8, 2017 in a fake news website:

"Roy Moore’s accuser arrested and charged with falsification."

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • December 11, 2017

Doug Jones
stated on November 30, 2017 in a campaign ad:

"In a 2014 case involving a man convicted of abusing two underage girls, Judge Roy Moore disagreed and wrote the dissenting opinion."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • December 6, 2017

Chris Ruddy
stated on December 3, 2017 in an interview on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos":

Says "$3 trillion in offshore money... is coming back into the economy" because of the GOP tax bills.

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • December 5, 2017

Kayla Moore
stated on November 17, 2017 in a women for Moore rally:

Says Doug Jones "is for full-term abortion."

False

By Jon Greenberg • November 21, 2017

John Thune
stated on November 15, 2017 in an interview on Fox News:

"80 percent of the (individual mandate) tax falls on those who make $50,000 a year or less."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • November 17, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on November 13, 2017 in a tweet:

Says the individual mandate is "highly unpopular."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • November 14, 2017

Jeff Flake
stated on October 31, 2017 in a speech on the Senate floor:

Says Roy Moore said a "practicing Muslim should not be a member of Congress because of his faith."

True

By Jon Greenberg • November 9, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on November 7, 2017 in a press conference in South Korea:

Chicago is "the city with the strongest gun laws in our nation."

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • November 7, 2017

Markwayne Mullin
stated on November 3, 2017 in a post on a congressional office website:

"Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the average American family of four will receive a $1,182 tax cut."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • November 7, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2017 in a tweet:

"Coal production up 7.8% in past year. Down 31.5% last 10 years. #endingwaroncoal."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • November 6, 2017

James Lankford
stated on October 22, 2017 in an interview on "Face the Nation":

"For the last 10 years, our economy has grown at less than 2 percent on average every single year for 10 years. We have not had a decade like that in a century in America."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • October 31, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on October 30, 2017 in a tweet:

Says Paul Manafort’s alleged crimes were "years ago, before Paul Manafort was part of the Trump campaign."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • October 30, 2017

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