Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Occupy Democrats
stated on December 2, 2015 in a Facebook post:

"If Trump had just put his father’s money in a mutual fund ... he’d have $8 billion."

False

By Jon Greenberg • December 9, 2015

Alan Grayson
stated on November 25, 2015 in an interview on the "Alan Colmes Show" on Fox News:

"Technically, (Ted Cruz is) not even an American."

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • December 8, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on November 29, 2015 in an interview on "Face the Nation":

"It is already in the law that there is a requirement to screen (refugees) for religion."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • December 1, 2015

Jeb Bush
stated on November 24, 2015 in a radio interview in New Hampshire:

Says there are "ample means" to "tell when someone is a Christian in the Middle East ... by name, by where they’re born, their birth certificates."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • December 1, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on November 22, 2015 in a tweet:

Says crime statistics show blacks kill 81 percent of white homicide victims.

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • November 23, 2015

Neil Cavuto
stated on November 12, 2015 in a broadcast of "Cavuto Coast to Coast" on Fox Business Network:

Taking all the money of the top 1 percent wouldn’t keep Medicare going for three years.

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • November 19, 2015

Barack Obama
stated on November 15, 2015 in a joint statement with the president of Turkey.:

"The United States (is) the largest provider of humanitarian assistance to displaced persons and refugees."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • November 17, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on November 14, 2015 in the Democratic debate in Iowa:

Out of the total U.S. military budget, "significantly less than 10 percent of that money is used to fight international terrorism."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • November 15, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on November 14, 2015 in a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa:

The United States is "the only major country on earth that doesn't guarantee health care to all people as a right, not a privilege."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • November 15, 2015

Martin O'Malley
stated on November 14, 2015 in a Democratic debate in Des Moines:

"Net immigration from Mexico last year was zero. Fact-check me."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg, Lauren Carroll • November 15, 2015

Megyn Kelly
stated on November 11, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Kelly File" on Fox News:

"In a period of roughly 72 hours, a small group of angry black students managed to force the resignation of the two highest ranking officials at that school."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • November 13, 2015

Joshua Feuerstein
stated on November 5, 2015 in a video:

Says that Starbucks took "Christmas off of their brand new cups."

Pants on Fire!

By Jon Greenberg • November 11, 2015

Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2015 in the fourth Republican presidential debate:

Says the United States is in "the worst recovery from an economic recession since World War II."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • November 11, 2015

Ezekiel Emanuel
stated on November 3, 2015 in a discussion on MSNBC's "Up with Steve Kornacki":

Obamacare insurance cooperative failures "should be expected" because they're like any business, and "when you start businesses in America, at the fifth year, half of the businesses have closed."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • November 10, 2015

Trevor Noah
stated on November 3, 2015 in a broadcast of "The Daily Show":

"Iowa's Republican caucus stopped mattering years ago. It in no way determines the party nominee."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • November 4, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on October 28, 2015 in the third Republican presidential debate:

"92 percent of the jobs lost during Barack Obama’s first term belonged to women."

False

By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 in the third Republican presidential debate:

"For the first time in 35 years, we have more businesses closing than starting."

Half-True

By Jon Greenberg • October 29, 2015

Sean Hannity
stated on October 19, 2015 in a segment of Fox News' "Hannity":

"The president said he’s going to bring in 250,000 (Syrian and Iraqi) refugees into this country."

Pants on Fire!

By Aaron Sharockman, Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2015

Ben Carson
stated on October 9, 2015 in his book "A More Perfect Union":

"German citizens were disarmed by their government in the late 1930s," which allowed the Nazis to "carry out their evil intentions with relatively little resistance."

False

By Jon Greenberg • October 26, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 22, 2015 in a House hearing on Benghazi:

Says John Kerry "is the first secretary of state to rely primarily on a government account."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2015

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