Fact Check Posts – Page 27

Louise Slaughter
stated on September 5, 2017 in a tweet:

Rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program "will harm our economy."

September 10, 2017

Adam Schiff
stated on August 20, 2017 in an interview:

"I think what the authors of the (25th) Amendment principally had in mind was some kind of physical incapacitation or serious mental illness or a breakdown, an inability to function in office."

By John Kruzel • August 29, 2017

Betty Jean Grant
stated on August 17, 2017 in a Spectrum News story after the debate:

"I'm the only candidate who has not accepted money from Carl Paladino nor LPCiminelli; two of the biggest developers in the city of Buffalo."

By Dan Clark • August 25, 2017

Kamala Harris
stated on July 18, 2017 in a speech:

"It costs us about $33,000 a year (on average nationally) to lock somebody up. In California it costs about $75,000 a year."

By Chris Nichols • August 9, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on August 7, 2017 in a tweet:

Says his time away from Washington coincides with a "long planned renovation" for the White House.

By Manuela Tobias • August 8, 2017

Illinois Policy Institute
stated on August 3, 2017 in a tweet:

The new tax will make soda sold in Chicago among the most expensive in the country.

By Matt Dietrich • August 7, 2017

Ashley Smith
stated on July 19, 2017 in a San Antonio Express-News story:

Says transgender residents make up "about 1-in-300 people, we're all over the place, we're your friends and your neighbors."

By W. Gardner Selby • August 3, 2017

Gavin Newsom
stated on July 12, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC:

The Inland Empire is "the second fastest growing region" for jobs in California.

By Chris Nichols • July 27, 2017

Eric Schneiderman
stated on July 17, 2017 in a speech at Mount Sinai, Icahn School of Medicine:

"We have been able to cut New York’s uninsured rate in half since 2013 from 10 percent to 5 percent of our population."

By Dan Clark • July 24, 2017

John Faso
stated on July 15, 2017 in an article in the Times Herald-Record:

"We now have about one-third of New York’s population on Medicaid."

By Dan Clark • July 21, 2017

Ian Bremmer
stated on July 18, 2017 in comments on 'The Rachel Maddow Show':

Says President Richard Nixon held meetings with heads of state without an American interpreter.

By Joshua Gillin • July 21, 2017

Joe Straus
stated on July 16, 2017 in an email blast:

"One" Texas school "district alone -- Austin ISD -- is expected to lose more than $530 million in local property taxes to Robin Hood this year."

By W. Gardner Selby • July 19, 2017

Stacey Evans
stated on June 12, 2017 in a campaign video:

"I helped win one of the biggest private lawsuits against Medicare fraud in history. The government declined to pursue the case, so my firm did, and we recovered $324 million for taxpayers."

By Manuela Tobias • July 14, 2017

Scott Walker
stated on May 17, 2017 in a radio interview:

Tax cuts approved and those proposed in his state budget "will exceed $8 billion by the time the budget is done."

By Alan Hovorka • July 12, 2017

Samantha Bee
stated on June 21, 2017 in a segment on her show "Full Frontal":

The New York State Senate "passed legislation allowing minors to race snowmobiles, get their own hunting licenses, and not be employed gathering or picking rags, cigar stumps, or collecting bones."

By Dan Clark • June 30, 2017

Mark Pocan
stated on June 2, 2017 in a speech at the state Democratic convention:

"Seven years later, (Scott Walker) has not hit his first campaign promise of creating 250,000 jobs."

By Alan Hovorka • June 23, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on June 20, 2017 in a tweet:

Says Jon Ossoff "doesn't even live in (his) district."

By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2017

Ivanka Trump
stated on June 12, 2017 in an interview on "Fox & Friends":

"There are currently 6 million jobs available in this country that are due in part to the skills gap."

By Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2017

Derrick Crowe
stated on June 3, 2017 in as quoted in an Austin American-Statesman news story:

Says each of the past three years "has been the hottest on record."

By W. Gardner Selby • June 15, 2017

Richard Burr
stated on June 13, 2017 in his opening statement before Jeff Session's testimony:

Says the Senate Intelligence Committee has held 10 public hearings this year, "more than double that held by the committee in any recent year."

By Will Doran • June 14, 2017

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