Latest Fact-Checks By Allison Graves

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Winning Democrats
stated on December 1, 2016 in an article:

"Trump’s Health Secretary Pick Wants a Medicare Phaseout by Summer 2017."

False

By Allison Graves • December 7, 2016

Heather McGhee
stated on December 4, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

"Less than half" of jobs at the Carrier manufacturing plant in Indiana "are actually staying."

Half-True

By Allison Graves • December 4, 2016

Bloggers
stated on November 9, 2016 in articles on the Internet and social media posts:

Harambe received 15,000 votes in the presidential election.

Pants on Fire!

By Allison Graves • November 22, 2016

Bloggers
stated on November 14, 2016 in an article on InfoWars:

"Report: 3 million votes in presidential election cast by illegal aliens."

False

By Allison Graves • November 18, 2016

AmericanPoliticNews
stated on November 15, 2016 in Internet sites:

Says Denzel Washington supports Donald Trump and speaks out against Barack Obama.

Pants on Fire!

By Allison Graves • November 16, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 4, 2016 in a rally in Hershey, Pa. :

Says that at a campaign rally President Barack Obama "spent so much time screaming at a protester, and frankly it was a disgrace."

Pants on Fire!

By Allison Graves • November 6, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on November 2, 2016 in a rally in Pensacola, Fla.:

The media "never show crowds."

False

By Allison Graves • November 3, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on October 29, 2016 in a rally in Daytona Beach, Fla.:

"Donald Trump's strategy is pretty simple. They have even said in his campaign it's to get women to stay home, get young people to stay home, get people of color to stay home, and get a lot smart, intelligent men to stay home, too."

Half-True

By Allison Graves • October 31, 2016

Patrick Murphy
stated on October 27, 2016 in a U.S. Senate debate :

Says Marco Rubio "has a 98 percent voting record with the Koch brothers."

Mostly True

By Allison Graves • October 27, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on October 22, 2016 in a rally in Cleveland, Ohio:

"14 percent of noncitizens are registered to vote."

False

By Allison Graves • October 24, 2016

DCCC
stated on October 12, 2016 in a campaign ad:

"Just like Donald Trump, David Jolly wants to outlaw a woman's right to choose."

Mostly False

By Allison Graves • October 24, 2016

Ted Strickland
stated on October 20, 2016 in the Ohio Senate debate:

Says Rob Portman "said the auto rescue was a lousy deal for Ohio."

Mostly True

By Allison Graves • October 21, 2016

Marco Rubio
stated on October 17, 2016 in a U.S. Senate debate in Orlando:

"Not even Tim Kaine is willing" to say he trusts Hillary Clinton.

Pants on Fire!

By Allison Graves • October 18, 2016

Patrick Murphy
stated on October 17, 2016 in a U.S. Senate debate in Orlando:

"Marco Rubio made it clear: Not only does he think Donald Trump is a con man, he went on to say he doesn't trust Donald Trump with the nuclear codes."

True

By Allison Graves • October 18, 2016

Rush Limbaugh
stated on October 5, 2016 in a radio show broadcast:

Says "11 straight years of no major hurricanes striking land" in the United States "bores a hole right through the whole climate change argument."

Pants on Fire!

By Allison Graves • October 7, 2016

Dana Young
stated on October 20, 2016 in a mailer:

Says she "voted for a statewide fracking ban."

Half-True

By Allison Graves • October 5, 2016

Charlie Crist
stated on September 19, 2016 in a debate:

"In the mid 1990s, in our state, (Florida was) No. 1 in violent crime in America. ... The only concern I had was for the citizens of Florida, who were subjected to a violent crime every three minutes and 45 seconds."

True

By Allison Graves • September 20, 2016

Paul Wolfowitz
stated on September 11, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"The Germans, the French, countries that opposed us in the (Iraq) war, all believed (Saddam Hussein) had weapons of mass destruction."

Mostly False

By Allison Graves, Jon Greenberg • September 13, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 in a campaign speech in Phoenix:

"There are at least 23 countries that refuse to take their people back after they’ve been ordered to leave the United States, including large numbers of violent criminals."

Mostly True

By Allison Graves • September 1, 2016

Reince Priebus
stated on August 29, 2016 in an interview on NBC's Meet the Press:

"Her campaign and her supporters in her campaign were the ones that borne out the birther movement."

Half-True

By Allison Graves • August 29, 2016

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