Latest Fact-checks on Marco Rubio Marco Rubio stated on September 7, 2016 in a statement by a spokeswoman: Says "Patrick Murphy is the only candidate to have voted against every measure to fund Zika." Marco Rubio stated on August 12, 2016 in a campaign ad: Says "Marco Rubio wrote and passed bipartisan legislation allowing the VA to fire negligent workers." Marco Rubio stated on June 22, 2016 in an announcement: On running for re-election to U.S. Senate Marco Rubio stated on June 13, 2016 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt: "In America, radical speech is not a crime." Marco Rubio stated on May 16, 2016 in a tweet: Says he never told anyone he hated the U.S. Senate. Marco Rubio stated on March 11, 2016 in a GOP debate at the University of Miami: Foreign aid "is less than 1 percent of our federal budget." Marco Rubio stated on February 25, 2016 in the GOP primary debate in Texas: Says Donald Trump hired illegal workers "from Poland and he had to pay a million dollars or so in a judgment." Marco Rubio stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the Houston GOP debate: "When they passed Obamacare, they put a bailout fund in Obamacare. … We led the effort and wiped out that bailout fund." Marco Rubio stated on February 14, 2016 in a web video: "People (are) paying more in taxes than they will for food, housing and clothing combined." Marco Rubio stated on January 26, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: "Two-thirds of our kids can’t read at grade level." Marco Rubio stated on February 14, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press": "There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating" both Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges. Marco Rubio stated on February 13, 2016 in a debate in Greenville, S.C.: "It has been over 80 years since a lame-duck president appointed a Supreme Court justice." Marco Rubio stated on February 6, 2016 in the GOP primary debate in New Hampshire: Says Hillary Clinton "believes that all abortions should be legal, even on the due date of that unborn child." Marco Rubio stated on February 2, 2016 in an interview in Bow, N.H.: "Ted Cruz defended a Chinese company that stole an invention from an American inventor." Marco Rubio stated on February 6, 2016 in an ABC Republican debate in New Hampshire: "The American people will not support doing anything about people that are in this country illegally until the law is enforced first." Marco Rubio stated on February 4, 2016 in a town hall in Manchester, N.H.: China is "practicing how to blow up our satellites." 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. Marco Rubio stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News: "I have never supported cap and trade." Marco Rubio stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News: On opposing citizenship for illegal immigrants Marco Rubio stated on January 14, 2016 in Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.: Under Ted Cruz’s tax plan, "businesses will now have to pay 16 percent on the money they make. They will also have to pay 16 percent on the money they pay their employees." Marco Rubio stated on January 18, 2016 in an exchange with voters at an Iowa campaign event: Says his much-discussed boots are "made in Wisconsin." Marco Rubio stated on January 17, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": Hostages were released as soon as Ronald Reagan took office because Iran perceived that America was "no longer under the command of someone weak." Marco Rubio stated on January 14, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.: Says Sen. Ted Cruz used to be "in favor of birthright citizenship" but is now against it. Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview on Meet the Press: The only budget Ted Cruz "ever voted for in his time in the Senate is a budget that cut defense spending by more than Barack Obama proposes we cut it." 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." Marco Rubio stated on December 15, 2015 in the CNN debate in Las Vegas: Says Ted Cruz supports "legalizing people who are in this country illegally." Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The states have always defined marriage." Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": "Three or four countries" out of roughly 60 in the anti-ISIS coalition "are providing military force." Marco Rubio stated on December 1, 2015 in a tweet: "Last year, I stopped an Obamacare bailout and saved taxpayers $2.5 billion." Marco Rubio stated on December 6, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "There are over 700,000 Americans on some watch list or another that would all be captured" in a Democratic amendment intended to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns.
Marco Rubio stated on September 7, 2016 in a statement by a spokeswoman: Says "Patrick Murphy is the only candidate to have voted against every measure to fund Zika." Marco Rubio stated on August 12, 2016 in a campaign ad: Says "Marco Rubio wrote and passed bipartisan legislation allowing the VA to fire negligent workers." Marco Rubio stated on June 22, 2016 in an announcement: On running for re-election to U.S. Senate Marco Rubio stated on June 13, 2016 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt: "In America, radical speech is not a crime." Marco Rubio stated on May 16, 2016 in a tweet: Says he never told anyone he hated the U.S. Senate. Marco Rubio stated on March 11, 2016 in a GOP debate at the University of Miami: Foreign aid "is less than 1 percent of our federal budget." Marco Rubio stated on February 25, 2016 in the GOP primary debate in Texas: Says Donald Trump hired illegal workers "from Poland and he had to pay a million dollars or so in a judgment." Marco Rubio stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the Houston GOP debate: "When they passed Obamacare, they put a bailout fund in Obamacare. … We led the effort and wiped out that bailout fund." Marco Rubio stated on February 14, 2016 in a web video: "People (are) paying more in taxes than they will for food, housing and clothing combined." Marco Rubio stated on January 26, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: "Two-thirds of our kids can’t read at grade level." Marco Rubio stated on February 14, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press": "There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating" both Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges. Marco Rubio stated on February 13, 2016 in a debate in Greenville, S.C.: "It has been over 80 years since a lame-duck president appointed a Supreme Court justice." Marco Rubio stated on February 6, 2016 in the GOP primary debate in New Hampshire: Says Hillary Clinton "believes that all abortions should be legal, even on the due date of that unborn child." Marco Rubio stated on February 2, 2016 in an interview in Bow, N.H.: "Ted Cruz defended a Chinese company that stole an invention from an American inventor." Marco Rubio stated on February 6, 2016 in an ABC Republican debate in New Hampshire: "The American people will not support doing anything about people that are in this country illegally until the law is enforced first." Marco Rubio stated on February 4, 2016 in a town hall in Manchester, N.H.: China is "practicing how to blow up our satellites." 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. Marco Rubio stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News: "I have never supported cap and trade." Marco Rubio stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News: On opposing citizenship for illegal immigrants Marco Rubio stated on January 14, 2016 in Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.: Under Ted Cruz’s tax plan, "businesses will now have to pay 16 percent on the money they make. They will also have to pay 16 percent on the money they pay their employees." Marco Rubio stated on January 18, 2016 in an exchange with voters at an Iowa campaign event: Says his much-discussed boots are "made in Wisconsin." Marco Rubio stated on January 17, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": Hostages were released as soon as Ronald Reagan took office because Iran perceived that America was "no longer under the command of someone weak." Marco Rubio stated on January 14, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.: Says Sen. Ted Cruz used to be "in favor of birthright citizenship" but is now against it. Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview on Meet the Press: The only budget Ted Cruz "ever voted for in his time in the Senate is a budget that cut defense spending by more than Barack Obama proposes we cut it." 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." Marco Rubio stated on December 15, 2015 in the CNN debate in Las Vegas: Says Ted Cruz supports "legalizing people who are in this country illegally." Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The states have always defined marriage." Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": "Three or four countries" out of roughly 60 in the anti-ISIS coalition "are providing military force." Marco Rubio stated on December 1, 2015 in a tweet: "Last year, I stopped an Obamacare bailout and saved taxpayers $2.5 billion." Marco Rubio stated on December 6, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "There are over 700,000 Americans on some watch list or another that would all be captured" in a Democratic amendment intended to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns.
Marco Rubio stated on September 7, 2016 in a statement by a spokeswoman: Says "Patrick Murphy is the only candidate to have voted against every measure to fund Zika."
Marco Rubio stated on August 12, 2016 in a campaign ad: Says "Marco Rubio wrote and passed bipartisan legislation allowing the VA to fire negligent workers."
Marco Rubio stated on June 13, 2016 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt: "In America, radical speech is not a crime."
Marco Rubio stated on March 11, 2016 in a GOP debate at the University of Miami: Foreign aid "is less than 1 percent of our federal budget."
Marco Rubio stated on February 25, 2016 in the GOP primary debate in Texas: Says Donald Trump hired illegal workers "from Poland and he had to pay a million dollars or so in a judgment."
Marco Rubio stated on February 25, 2016 in comments during the Houston GOP debate: "When they passed Obamacare, they put a bailout fund in Obamacare. … We led the effort and wiped out that bailout fund."
Marco Rubio stated on February 14, 2016 in a web video: "People (are) paying more in taxes than they will for food, housing and clothing combined."
Marco Rubio stated on January 26, 2016 in a column posted on Medium.com: "Two-thirds of our kids can’t read at grade level."
Marco Rubio stated on February 14, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press": "There comes a point in the last year of the president, especially in their second term, where you stop nominating" both Supreme Court justices and Court of Appeals judges.
Marco Rubio stated on February 13, 2016 in a debate in Greenville, S.C.: "It has been over 80 years since a lame-duck president appointed a Supreme Court justice."
Marco Rubio stated on February 6, 2016 in the GOP primary debate in New Hampshire: Says Hillary Clinton "believes that all abortions should be legal, even on the due date of that unborn child."
Marco Rubio stated on February 2, 2016 in an interview in Bow, N.H.: "Ted Cruz defended a Chinese company that stole an invention from an American inventor."
Marco Rubio stated on February 6, 2016 in an ABC Republican debate in New Hampshire: "The American people will not support doing anything about people that are in this country illegally until the law is enforced first."
Marco Rubio stated on February 4, 2016 in a town hall in Manchester, N.H.: China is "practicing how to blow up our satellites."
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.
Marco Rubio stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News: "I have never supported cap and trade."
Marco Rubio stated on January 28, 2016 in a Republican debate in Iowa on Fox News: On opposing citizenship for illegal immigrants
Marco Rubio stated on January 14, 2016 in Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.: Under Ted Cruz’s tax plan, "businesses will now have to pay 16 percent on the money they make. They will also have to pay 16 percent on the money they pay their employees."
Marco Rubio stated on January 18, 2016 in an exchange with voters at an Iowa campaign event: Says his much-discussed boots are "made in Wisconsin."
Marco Rubio stated on January 17, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press": Hostages were released as soon as Ronald Reagan took office because Iran perceived that America was "no longer under the command of someone weak."
Marco Rubio stated on January 14, 2016 in a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.: Says Sen. Ted Cruz used to be "in favor of birthright citizenship" but is now against it.
Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview on Meet the Press: The only budget Ted Cruz "ever voted for in his time in the Senate is a budget that cut defense spending by more than Barack Obama proposes we cut it."
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."
Marco Rubio stated on December 15, 2015 in the CNN debate in Las Vegas: Says Ted Cruz supports "legalizing people who are in this country illegally."
Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press": "The states have always defined marriage."
Marco Rubio stated on December 13, 2015 in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press": "Three or four countries" out of roughly 60 in the anti-ISIS coalition "are providing military force."
Marco Rubio stated on December 1, 2015 in a tweet: "Last year, I stopped an Obamacare bailout and saved taxpayers $2.5 billion."
Marco Rubio stated on December 6, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union": "There are over 700,000 Americans on some watch list or another that would all be captured" in a Democratic amendment intended to stop suspected terrorists from buying guns.
