Fact Check Posts – Page 8

Marco Rubio
stated on January 31, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"We have more illegal immigrants here" than we did five years ago.

By Lauren Carroll • January 31, 2016

Ben Carson
stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate:

"Last year, there were an additional 81,000 pages of government regulations. If you stack that up, it would be a three-story building."

By Lauren Carroll, Sean Gorman • January 29, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 24, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says a Ted Cruz ad has "got me bull-dozing down a house. I never bulldozed it down. It's false advertising."

By Lauren Carroll • January 24, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says Hillary Clinton called Barack Obama "naive" for saying he was would "sit down and talk to the Iranians" during the 2008 Democratic primary.

By Lauren Carroll • January 17, 2016

Ted Cruz
stated on January 14, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.:

Says Marco Rubio "knows full well I voted for his amendment to increase military spending to $697 billion."

By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on January 14, 2016 in the Fox Business Network debate:

Says Hillary Clinton "is under investigation with the FBI right now."

By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2016

Chelsea Clinton
stated on January 12, 2016 in a campaign event for Hillary Clinton:

Says Bernie Sanders’ health care plan would "empower Republican governors to take away Medicaid, to take away health insurance for low-income and middle-income working Americans."

By Lauren Carroll • January 14, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 in his 2016 State of the Union address:

"We spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined."

By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 in his State of the Union speech:

"Our businesses have created jobs every single month since (Obamacare) became law."

By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2016 in Ottumwa, Iowa, on NBC's "Meet the Press":

The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl are "back on the battlefield."

By Lauren Carroll • January 10, 2016

Barack Obama
stated on January 5, 2016 in a speech proposing executive action on gun regulations:

"A violent felon can buy (a gun) over the Internet with no background check, no questions asked."

By Lauren Carroll • January 5, 2016

Laura Ingraham
stated on January 3, 2016 in on "Fox News Sunday":

"The 90 percent statistic of supporting background checks, that's been debunked."

By Lauren Carroll • January 5, 2016

Rand Paul
stated on January 3, 2016 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"Both Cruz and Rubio are missing the vast majority of their votes."

By Lauren Carroll • January 3, 2016

Stephen Hayes
stated on December 27, 2015 in on "Fox News Sunday":

Guantanamo has "never been a key component of ISIS or al-Qaida propaganda."

By Lauren Carroll • December 30, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on December 19, 2015 in a Democratic debate in New Hampshire:

Says Bernie Sanders "voted for regime change with respect to Libya."

By Lauren Carroll • December 22, 2015

Donald Trump
stated on December 20, 2015 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

Says American polling shows Russian President Vladimir Putin has "an 80 percent approval rating."

By Lauren Carroll • December 20, 2015

Martin O'Malley
stated on December 19, 2015 in the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate:

"Secretary Clinton changes her position on (gun issues) every election year, it seems, having one position in 2000 and then campaigning against President Obama and saying we don't need federal standards."

By Lauren Carroll • December 20, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on December 15, 2015 in a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas:

Regarding the USA Freedom Act, "There is nothing we are allowed to do under this bill that we could not do before."

By Lauren Carroll • December 16, 2015

Marco Rubio
stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press":

"The states have always defined marriage."

By Lauren Carroll • December 13, 2015

Antonin Scalia
stated on December 9, 2015 in a Supreme Court hearing:

"Most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the University of Texas. They come from lesser schools."

By Joshua Gillin, Lauren Carroll • December 11, 2015

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