Fact Check Posts – Page 27

Donald Trump
stated on November 13, 2019 in a fundraising email:

Says William Taylor and George Kent, the public witnesses in the House impeachment inquiry, are "Never Trumpers."

By Louis Jacobson • November 13, 2019

Donald Trump Jr.
stated on November 7, 2019 in an interview on ABC's "The View":

"It’s only a federal crime for the" inspector general to out a whistleblower.

By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on October 1, 2019 in a tweet:

Says his impeachment is a "coup."

By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2019

Andrew Yang
stated on October 22, 2019 in an interview with The Washington Post:

"I'm one of only two candidates in the field that 10% or more of Donald Trump voters say they would support in the general" election.

By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2019

Rand Paul
stated on October 11, 2019 in an interview on ABC's "The View":

"Most people below $50,000 don’t pay any income tax. The top 1 percent in our country pay 40%."

By Louis Jacobson • October 17, 2019

Ilhan Omar
stated on October 12, 2019 in a tweet:

"The 1% is paying less in taxes than everyone else."

By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2019

Julián Castro
stated on October 15, 2019 in a debate:

"Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania actually in the latest jobs data have lost jobs, not gained them."

By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 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

Julián Castro
stated on September 12, 2019 in a Democratic presidential debate:

"The difference between what I support and what you support, Vice President Biden, is that you require them to opt in (to a Medicare public option), and I would not require them to opt in. … They would automatically be enrolled. That’s a big difference. … Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?"

By Louis Jacobson • September 13, 2019

Stanley Greenberg
stated on September 9, 2019 in his book, "RIP GOP":

"What was the reality for most Americans during the Obama presidency? Most lost wealth and their incomes fell, particularly for those at the bottom of the ladder."

By Louis Jacobson • September 10, 2019

Joe Biden
stated on August 23, 2019 in an event in Hanover, N.H.:

Says that as vice president, he pinned a Silver Star on a Navy captain in Afghanistan who had carried a mortally wounded comrade out of a ravine, and resisted receiving a medal for his actions.

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2019

Pete Buttigieg
stated on August 28, 2019 in a tweet:

Says President Donald Trump has been "taking money Congress authorized to protect people facing disaster in order to indefinitely detain asylum seekers."

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on August 26, 2019 in a press conference in Biarritz, France:

Crimea "was sort of taken away from President Obama. … And he wanted Russia to be out of what was called the G-8. And that was his determination."

By Louis Jacobson • August 27, 2019

Allen Frances
stated on August 25, 2019 in remarks on CNN's "Reliable Sources":

"Trump is as destructive a person in this century as Hitler, Stalin, and Mao were in the last century. He may be responsible for many more million deaths than they were."

By Louis Jacobson • August 26, 2019

Ivanka Trump
stated on August 20, 2019 in a tweet:

"Since the passage of Tax Cuts, real disposable personal income per household has increased $5,205."

By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on August 21, 2019 in remarks at the White House:

"Yesterday we had the strongest dollar in the history of our country."

By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2019

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

"We were losing all our cases in the World Trade Organization. ... And then I came along. Now we’re winning a lot of cases because they know that they’re not on very solid ground."

By Louis Jacobson • August 16, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on August 5, 2019 in a Facebook meme:

"In 2016, counties hosting a Trump rally saw a 226% spike in hate crimes."

By Louis Jacobson • August 12, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on August 4, 2019 in remarks in Morristown, N.J.:

Asked what his administration would be doing about "the gun problem," said, "We have done much more than most administrations. … We’ve done, actually, a lot."

By Louis Jacobson • August 8, 2019

Viral image
stated on August 3, 2019 in posts on Facebook:

"ICE just rolled up to the school where the families are reunifying after the El Paso shooting to check citizenship papers."

By Louis Jacobson • August 6, 2019

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