Fact Check Posts – Page 28

Donald Trump
stated on July 15, 2019 in remarks at the White House:

Says Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was "speaking about how wonderful al-Qaida is."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • July 16, 2019

Pete Buttigieg
stated on July 4, 2019 in an event in Carrol, Iowa:

"A black person is four times as likely as a white person to be incarcerated for the exact same crime."

By Louis Jacobson • July 10, 2019

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stated on July 3, 2019 in posts on the Internet:

When asked if the United States should have a military parade to "show off its might," President Dwight Eisenhower said, "Absolutely not. We are the pre-eminent power on Earth. For us to try and imitate what the Soviets are doing in Red Square would make us look weak."

By Daniel Funke, Louis Jacobson • July 3, 2019

Beto O'Rourke
stated on June 13, 2019 in an interview with Stephen Colbert:

In 2018, when he ran for senator, "young voter turnout in early voting was up 500%. We won more votes than any Democrat has in the history of the state of Texas."

By Louis Jacobson • June 24, 2019

Conservative Daily Post
stated on June 10, 2019 in a post on the Internet:

"Disease-ridden" migrants from parts of Africa with Ebola are being "dumped in San Antonio."

By Louis Jacobson • June 12, 2019

Bernie Sanders
stated on June 6, 2019 in a tweet:

"I have consistently voted against the Hyde Amendment."

By Louis Jacobson • June 11, 2019

Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on June 2, 2019 in a Fox News town hall:

"Remember after the shooting in Las Vegas, (President Donald Trump) said, ‘Yeah, yeah, we’re going to ban the bump stocks.’ Did he ban the bump stocks? No."

By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2019 in remarks at the White House:

"There has never been, ever before, an administration that’s been so open and transparent."

By Louis Jacobson • June 4, 2019

Justin Amash
stated on May 20, 2019 in a tweet:

"In fact, ‘high Crimes and Misdemeanors’ is not defined in the Constitution and does not require corresponding statutory charges. The context implies conduct that violates the public trust—and that view is echoed by the Framers of the Constitution and early American scholars."

By Louis Jacobson • May 29, 2019

Kamala Harris
stated on May 22, 2019 in an interview on CBS's "Late Show with Stephen Colbert":

"In America today, women on average are paid 80 cents on the dollar of what men are paid for the same work."

By Louis Jacobson • May 23, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on May 22, 2019 in remarks in the Rose Garden:

Says Pennsylvania Republican nominee for Congress Fred Keller "was a 50-50 shot" before his landslide victory.

By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2019 in a rally in Montoursville, Pa.:

Says Joe Biden "deserted you. … I guess he was born here, but he left you, folks. He left you for another state."

By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2019

Steve Bullock
stated on May 19, 2019 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":

"You look at today, only half the 30-year-olds are doing better than their parents were at age 30. When I was being raised, it was 90%."

By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2019

Amy Klobuchar
stated on May 8, 2019 in a Fox News town hall:

"We’ve had a 30% increase in suicides in this country in just 15 years."

By Louis Jacobson • May 20, 2019

Rick Scott
stated on May 13, 2019 in a speech:

Says "Nicolás Maduro is carrying out a genocide on his people."

By Amy Sherman, Louis Jacobson • May 16, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on May 9, 2019 in remarks at the White House:

Tariffs are "paid for mostly by China, by the way, not by us."

By Louis Jacobson • May 14, 2019

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stated on May 2, 2019 in social media posts:

When Joe Biden’s son Hunter was serving as "a director to Ukraine’s largest private gas producer," the elder Biden "threatened to withhold $1 BILLION in U.S. aid to Ukraine if they didn’t fire a prosecutor looking into" the gas company.

By Louis Jacobson • May 7, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on April 25, 2019 in an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity:

The Russia investigation "was a coup. This was an attempted overthrow of the United States government."

By Louis Jacobson • April 29, 2019

Kamala Harris
stated on April 22, 2019 in a CNN town hall:

"The majority of women are minimum wage workers."

By Louis Jacobson • April 24, 2019

Donald Trump
stated on April 23, 2019 in a tweet:

"In the ‘old days’ if you were president and you had a good economy, you were basically immune from criticism."

By Louis Jacobson • April 23, 2019

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