Fact Check Posts – Page 36

Rand Paul
stated on February 8, 2018 in a Senate floor speech:

"George W. Bush doubled the debt from $5 trillion to $10 trillion. President Obama doubled the debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion. Now we're on course to exceed $30 trillion in the next seven years or so."

By Louis Jacobson • February 9, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2018 in a speech near Cincinnati:

At the State of the Union address, Democrats, "even on positive news … were like death and un-American. Un-American. Somebody said, ‘treasonous.’ I mean, yeah, I guess, why not? Can we call that treason? Why not?"

By Louis Jacobson • February 6, 2018

Devin Nunes
stated on February 2, 2018 in a staff-written memo from the House Intelligence Committee:

Says the Steele dossier "was—according to (James Comey's) June 2017 testimony—'salacious and unverified.' "

By Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2018 in a speech in Davos, Switzerland:

"Consumer confidence, business confidence, and manufacturing confidence are the highest they have been in many decades."

By Louis Jacobson • February 2, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address:

"We are now, very proudly, an exporter of energy to the world."

By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 in his State of the Union address:

"Small business confidence is at an all-time high."

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 in his State of the Union address:

"After years of wage stagnation, we are finally seeing rising wages."

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 30, 2018 in his State of the Union address:

"We enacted the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history."

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 28, 2018 in a tweet:

"Because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the LOWEST RATE EVER RECORDED!"

By Louis Jacobson • January 31, 2018

Kamala Harris
stated on January 24, 2018 in a tweet:

"No state generates as much solar power as California, or has as many people whose jobs depend on it."

By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2018

Nancy Pelosi
stated on January 18, 2018 in a press conference:

Reauthorizing the Children’s Health Insurance Program "for six years saves $1 billion" and doing it for 10 years saves $6 billion.

By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on January 22, 2018 in an interview:

"I have consistently opposed shutdowns."

By Louis Jacobson • January 23, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 12, 2018 in a tweet:

In a government shutdown, "what they are really doing is shutting down our military."

By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2018

Democratic National Committee
stated on January 16, 2018 in a Medium post:

The Republicans and President Donald Trump "passed a tax bill that gave 80 percent of its benefits to the top 1 percent."

By Louis Jacobson • January 16, 2018

Democratic National Committee
stated on January 16, 2018 in a Medium post:

"In Trump’s first year as president, job growth slowed to a six-year low."

By Louis Jacobson • January 16, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 5, 2018 in a tweet:

The Dow Jones Industrial Average "jumped 1000 points in last 5 weeks, Record fastest 1000 point move in history."

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 8, 2018 in a tweet:

"African American unemployment is the lowest ever recorded in our country. The Hispanic unemployment rate dropped a full point in the last year and is close to the lowest in recorded history. Dems did nothing for you but get your vote!"

By Louis Jacobson • January 8, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 3, 2018 in a statement:

There is "substantial evidence of voter fraud."

By Louis Jacobson • January 4, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 2, 2018 in an email from the White House:

The new tax law is "kicking the American economy into high gear with $5.5 trillion in tax cuts."

By Louis Jacobson • January 3, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on January 3, 2018 in a statement released by the White House:

The Senate seat won in a special election by a Democrat had been "held for more than thirty years by Republicans."

By Louis Jacobson • January 3, 2018

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