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John Kerry

John Kerry

John Kerry is the secretary of state. He previously was a senator from Massachusetts and the Democratic Party's nominee for president in 2004.

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Latest Fact-Checks By John Kerry

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John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on January 31, 2021 in an interview
Says that Hurricane Harvey “dropped more water on Houston in five days than goes over Niagara Falls in a year.”
False
By Brandon Mulder • February 5, 2021
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on July 11, 2018 a statement
Since 2014, "each year, (NATO) nations have been increasing their contributions."
True
By Jon Greenberg • July 12, 2018
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on October 26, 2016 a speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
"Surveys show that many of our citizens think we devote a full quarter or even a third of our federal budget to foreign aid."
True
By Jon Greenberg • November 9, 2016
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on September 2, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
The nuclear agreement with Iran "never sunsets. There's no sunset in this agreement."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 3, 2015
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on July 20, 2014 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media."  
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 20, 2014
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on April 17, 2014 a speech
"In the last couple of days, notices were sent (by officials in Ukraine) to Jews in one city indicating that they had to identify themselves as Jews."
False
By Julie Kliegman • April 18, 2014
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on March 2, 2014 comments on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"The (Russian) ruble is already going down."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • March 2, 2014
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on September 5, 2013 an interview on MSNBC’s “All In”
Says he "opposed the president’s decision to go into Iraq" in 2003.
Mostly False
By Becky Bowers • September 13, 2013
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on September 6, 2012 a speech at the Democratic National Convention
On U.S.-Israeli relations, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "set the record straight — he said, our two countries have 'exactly the same policy' (and) 'our security cooperation is unprecedented.'"
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • September 13, 2012
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on November 20, 2011 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says the Simpson-Bowles deficit reduction proposal urged raising $2 trillion in new revenue.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 21, 2011
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on June 6, 2010 ABC's "This Week"
"Every major study that has been done by a legitimate group ... shows that there are hundreds of thousands of jobs to be created if you pass our (cap-and-trade) legislation. And if you wind up pricing carbon."
False
June 8, 2010
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on June 6, 2010 an interview on ABC's "This Week''
"We now actually import more oil than we did before 9/11."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • June 7, 2010
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on August 31, 2009 an op-ed published in the Huffington Post
"Scientists project that the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer of 2013."
Mostly False
By Catharine Richert • September 2, 2009
John Kerry
John Kerry
stated on August 31, 2008 an interview on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."
"Gov. Palin ... is somebody who actually doesn't believe that climate change is man-made."
Mostly True
By Keith Perine • September 3, 2008
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Latest Fact-Checks About John Kerry

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stated on October 7, 2019 a Facebook post
Says the sons of Nancy Pelosi, Mitt Romney and John Kerry are all on the boards of "energy companies doing business in Ukraine."
False
By Daniel Funke • October 10, 2019
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on March 15, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015
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