Fact Check Posts – Page 24

Jenny Wilson
stated on April 20, 2018 in in a press release:

Says Mitt Romney is using "a million of his presidential campaign dollars to finance his Utah Senate race."

By John Kruzel • April 27, 2018

James Tedisco
stated on April 13, 2018 in a blog post :

After the minimum wage for tipped workers was raised in Maine, the state "reversed that decision due to restaurant employees organizing en masse against the measure."

By Dan Clark • April 26, 2018

Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 20, 2018 in a tweet:

"Black and Latino people in NYC are arrested at TEN times the rate of white people for virtually the same rate of marijuana usage."

By Dan Clark • April 25, 2018

John Chiang
stated on March 29, 2018 in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions:

"A majority of Americans now live in states where they have decided to legalize cannabis," including recreational and medical marijuana.

By Chris Nichols • April 20, 2018

Jerry Brown
stated on April 11, 2018 in a letter to the Trump administration:

"Here are the facts: there is no massive wave of migrants pouring into California. Overall immigrant apprehensions on the border last year were as low as they’ve been in nearly 50 years (and 85 percent of the apprehensions occurred outside of California)."

By Chris Nichols • April 13, 2018

Marc Molinaro
stated on April 2, 2018 in a conversation with reporters:

New York has "among the highest tax burdens of any state in the nation"

By Dan Clark • April 12, 2018

Evan Jenkins
stated on March 20, 2018 in a press release:

West Virginia "has the highest overdose death rate in the nation."

By Louis Jacobson • March 23, 2018

Cynthia Nixon
stated on March 22, 2018 in a Buffalo News article:

"In one day of fundraising I received more small donor (contributions) than Andrew Cuomo received in seven years."

By Dan Clark • March 22, 2018

Gavin Newsom
stated on March 8, 2018 in :

"California is 49th out of 50 in the United States in per capita housing units. Only Utah can lay claim to being lowest in per capita production."

By Chris Nichols • March 21, 2018

Andrew Cuomo
stated on March 13, 2018 in remarks at a rally:

"Half of the American women who are murdered are killed by their intimate partners."

By Dan Clark • March 16, 2018

Beto O'Rourke
stated on February 24, 2018 in a Waco campaign stop:

Says "PTA meetings are now being conducted to help parents tell their kids" that if a guy with an AR-15 walks into their classroom, "you are supposed to create as much chaos as you possibly can. They want you to scream and yell and dance around and throw books and just keep moving."

By W. Gardner Selby • March 15, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on March 10, 2018 in a rally:

Says China and Singapore impose the death penalty on drug dealers.

By Miriam Valverde • March 14, 2018

Dennis Kucinich
stated on February 27, 2018 in a speech:

Says Richard Cordray directed an Ohio commission to "permit an armed group to have a rally on the statehouse grounds, even taking the extraordinary step of assuming personal responsibility for waiving an insurance requirement in the event of an incident."

By Amy Sherman • March 13, 2018

Noah Smith
stated on March 7, 2018 in a Bloomberg View column:

"Since 1990, production of metals in the U.S. has held roughly constant, but the number of people employed in the industry has fallen steadily."

By Louis Jacobson • March 8, 2018

Dana Wachs
stated on January 29, 2018 in a radio interview:

"We are last in the nation in startups — 50th."

By Eric Litke • March 8, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on March 6, 2018 in a tweet:

The 2018 Academy Awards show was the "lowest rated Oscars in HISTORY."

By Louis Jacobson • March 6, 2018

Greg Abbott
stated on February 19, 2018 in a conference call with voters:

Says Texas ranks among the nation’s top five states for its high school graduation rate.

By W. Gardner Selby • March 2, 2018

Ann Teich
stated on February 26, 2018 in a meeting of the Austin school board:

Says Stephen F. Austin and James Bowie promoted slavery.

By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2018

Marco Rubio
stated on February 22, 2018 in a tweet:

"Under N.Y. State ‘Assault Weapon’ ban 1 simple cosmetic change pictured here is difference between legal & banned"

By Dan Clark • February 28, 2018

Nancy Rotering
stated on February 11, 2018 in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times:

"It’s now constitutional to ban [assault weapons] in Illinois. Yet, the Illinois General Assembly has failed to allow other cities to have that opportunity."

By Brett Chase • February 27, 2018

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