Latest Half-True Fact-checks in National Patrick Morrisey stated on May 11, 2018 in a radio interview: Says Joe Manchin displayed an "unwillingness to change the failed Obamacare." Patty Murray stated on May 8, 2018 in a Senate subcommittee hearing: "Each year ICE detains someone, it costs taxpayers over $50,000. For comparison, by the way, that's four times the amount the federal government spends on each child in our public schools." Kevin Cramer stated on May 4, 2018 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt: Says Heidi Heitkamp "cast the deciding vote to kill the Congressional Review Act that would have repealed a BLM flaring rule that was designed just for North Dakota." Mike Braun stated on April 30, 2018 in GOP debate: Says Luke Messer and Todd Rokita "voted to fast-track Obama’s trade deals." Patrick Morrisey stated on May 1, 2018 in a debate: "You (Evan Jenkins) said your philosophy was ‘progressive mainstream’ back in 2003." Evan Jenkins stated on May 1, 2018 in a debate: "All the things Patrick (Morrisey) is saying — (that I supported) Hillary Clinton, cap and trade, Planned Parenthood — PolitiFact went through each and every allegation and said, ‘False, False, False, False.’ " Donald Trump stated on April 28, 2018 in a speech in Washington, Mich.: "We have spent $7 trillion, trillion with a T, $7 trillion in the Middle East." Todd Rokita stated on April 23, 2018 in a debate: "I am the only one onstage who has never voted to raise your taxes. These two, each, a billion dollars worth of votes to raise your taxes." Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2018 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": The nuclear deal gave Iran "$150 billion, giving $1.8 billion in cash — in actual cash carried out in barrels and in boxes from airplanes." Bill Hightower stated on April 18, 2018 in a debate: "In Mobile, it’s something like, 1,700 families generate 80 percent of the crime. We know who those families are." Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2018 in a press conference: "The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year." Meghan McCain stated on March 20, 2018 in a discussion on "The View": "It happened under Obama, and it was lauded by the media as being genius. And now under the Trump campaign — it’s the Cambridge Analytica scandal." Donald Trump stated on March 18, 2018 in a tweet: Robert Mueller’s investigative team has "13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans." Heidi Heitkamp stated on March 14, 2018 in an interview: "There are no provisions in here that substantially affect or advantage the big Wall Street bankers." Donald Trump stated on March 14, 2018 in in a tweet: Says Democratic obstruction is the reason why "many important positions in government are unfilled." Donald Trump stated on March 8, 2018 in a cabinet meeting at the White House: The last private rocket launch "cost $80 million. If the government did it, the same thing would have cost probably 40 or 50 times that amount of money. I mean, literally." Donald Trump stated on March 8, 2018 in remarks before a Cabinet meeting: American aluminum and steel "are vital to our national security. ... They are the bedrock of our defense industrial base." Everytown for Gun Safety stated on February 22, 2018 in a tweet: Says NRA head Wayne LaPierre said, "We believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America’s schools. Period." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address: Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors." 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.' " Markwayne Mullin stated on January 30, 2018 in a post on Rep. Mullin's Facebook page: Under President Barack Obama: 4 million jobs lost, unemployment rose from 7.8% to 9.9%, the S&P 500 was 1,115.1 and the GDP went down 2.8%. 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." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: "Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the State of the Union address: "America is a nation of builders. We built the Empire State Building in just one year. Isn’t it a disgrace that it can now take 10 years just to get a minor permit approved for the building of a simple road?" 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!" Donald Trump stated on December 15, 2017 in White House graphic: "Current immigration policy imposes as much as $300 billion annually in net fiscal costs on U.S. taxpayers." Cory Booker stated on January 16, 2018 in an interview on CNN: "In American history since 9/11, we've had 85 major attacks in our country, 73 percent of them have been by white nationalist hate groups." Donald Trump stated on January 16, 2018 in a speech at a women's event in Washington: "Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan." 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." 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."
Patrick Morrisey stated on May 11, 2018 in a radio interview: Says Joe Manchin displayed an "unwillingness to change the failed Obamacare." Patty Murray stated on May 8, 2018 in a Senate subcommittee hearing: "Each year ICE detains someone, it costs taxpayers over $50,000. For comparison, by the way, that's four times the amount the federal government spends on each child in our public schools." Kevin Cramer stated on May 4, 2018 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt: Says Heidi Heitkamp "cast the deciding vote to kill the Congressional Review Act that would have repealed a BLM flaring rule that was designed just for North Dakota." Mike Braun stated on April 30, 2018 in GOP debate: Says Luke Messer and Todd Rokita "voted to fast-track Obama’s trade deals." Patrick Morrisey stated on May 1, 2018 in a debate: "You (Evan Jenkins) said your philosophy was ‘progressive mainstream’ back in 2003." Evan Jenkins stated on May 1, 2018 in a debate: "All the things Patrick (Morrisey) is saying — (that I supported) Hillary Clinton, cap and trade, Planned Parenthood — PolitiFact went through each and every allegation and said, ‘False, False, False, False.’ " Donald Trump stated on April 28, 2018 in a speech in Washington, Mich.: "We have spent $7 trillion, trillion with a T, $7 trillion in the Middle East." Todd Rokita stated on April 23, 2018 in a debate: "I am the only one onstage who has never voted to raise your taxes. These two, each, a billion dollars worth of votes to raise your taxes." Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2018 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": The nuclear deal gave Iran "$150 billion, giving $1.8 billion in cash — in actual cash carried out in barrels and in boxes from airplanes." Bill Hightower stated on April 18, 2018 in a debate: "In Mobile, it’s something like, 1,700 families generate 80 percent of the crime. We know who those families are." Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2018 in a press conference: "The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year." Meghan McCain stated on March 20, 2018 in a discussion on "The View": "It happened under Obama, and it was lauded by the media as being genius. And now under the Trump campaign — it’s the Cambridge Analytica scandal." Donald Trump stated on March 18, 2018 in a tweet: Robert Mueller’s investigative team has "13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans." Heidi Heitkamp stated on March 14, 2018 in an interview: "There are no provisions in here that substantially affect or advantage the big Wall Street bankers." Donald Trump stated on March 14, 2018 in in a tweet: Says Democratic obstruction is the reason why "many important positions in government are unfilled." Donald Trump stated on March 8, 2018 in a cabinet meeting at the White House: The last private rocket launch "cost $80 million. If the government did it, the same thing would have cost probably 40 or 50 times that amount of money. I mean, literally." Donald Trump stated on March 8, 2018 in remarks before a Cabinet meeting: American aluminum and steel "are vital to our national security. ... They are the bedrock of our defense industrial base." Everytown for Gun Safety stated on February 22, 2018 in a tweet: Says NRA head Wayne LaPierre said, "We believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America’s schools. Period." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address: Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors." 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.' " Markwayne Mullin stated on January 30, 2018 in a post on Rep. Mullin's Facebook page: Under President Barack Obama: 4 million jobs lost, unemployment rose from 7.8% to 9.9%, the S&P 500 was 1,115.1 and the GDP went down 2.8%. 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." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: "Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the State of the Union address: "America is a nation of builders. We built the Empire State Building in just one year. Isn’t it a disgrace that it can now take 10 years just to get a minor permit approved for the building of a simple road?" 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!" Donald Trump stated on December 15, 2017 in White House graphic: "Current immigration policy imposes as much as $300 billion annually in net fiscal costs on U.S. taxpayers." Cory Booker stated on January 16, 2018 in an interview on CNN: "In American history since 9/11, we've had 85 major attacks in our country, 73 percent of them have been by white nationalist hate groups." Donald Trump stated on January 16, 2018 in a speech at a women's event in Washington: "Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan." 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." 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."
Patrick Morrisey stated on May 11, 2018 in a radio interview: Says Joe Manchin displayed an "unwillingness to change the failed Obamacare."
Patty Murray stated on May 8, 2018 in a Senate subcommittee hearing: "Each year ICE detains someone, it costs taxpayers over $50,000. For comparison, by the way, that's four times the amount the federal government spends on each child in our public schools."
Kevin Cramer stated on May 4, 2018 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt: Says Heidi Heitkamp "cast the deciding vote to kill the Congressional Review Act that would have repealed a BLM flaring rule that was designed just for North Dakota."
Mike Braun stated on April 30, 2018 in GOP debate: Says Luke Messer and Todd Rokita "voted to fast-track Obama’s trade deals."
Patrick Morrisey stated on May 1, 2018 in a debate: "You (Evan Jenkins) said your philosophy was ‘progressive mainstream’ back in 2003."
Evan Jenkins stated on May 1, 2018 in a debate: "All the things Patrick (Morrisey) is saying — (that I supported) Hillary Clinton, cap and trade, Planned Parenthood — PolitiFact went through each and every allegation and said, ‘False, False, False, False.’ "
Donald Trump stated on April 28, 2018 in a speech in Washington, Mich.: "We have spent $7 trillion, trillion with a T, $7 trillion in the Middle East."
Todd Rokita stated on April 23, 2018 in a debate: "I am the only one onstage who has never voted to raise your taxes. These two, each, a billion dollars worth of votes to raise your taxes."
Donald Trump stated on April 26, 2018 in an interview on "Fox & Friends": The nuclear deal gave Iran "$150 billion, giving $1.8 billion in cash — in actual cash carried out in barrels and in boxes from airplanes."
Bill Hightower stated on April 18, 2018 in a debate: "In Mobile, it’s something like, 1,700 families generate 80 percent of the crime. We know who those families are."
Donald Trump stated on April 18, 2018 in a press conference: "The United States has a massive trade deficit with Japan. It's anywhere from $69 billion to a $100 billion a year."
Meghan McCain stated on March 20, 2018 in a discussion on "The View": "It happened under Obama, and it was lauded by the media as being genius. And now under the Trump campaign — it’s the Cambridge Analytica scandal."
Donald Trump stated on March 18, 2018 in a tweet: Robert Mueller’s investigative team has "13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans."
Heidi Heitkamp stated on March 14, 2018 in an interview: "There are no provisions in here that substantially affect or advantage the big Wall Street bankers."
Donald Trump stated on March 14, 2018 in in a tweet: Says Democratic obstruction is the reason why "many important positions in government are unfilled."
Donald Trump stated on March 8, 2018 in a cabinet meeting at the White House: The last private rocket launch "cost $80 million. If the government did it, the same thing would have cost probably 40 or 50 times that amount of money. I mean, literally."
Donald Trump stated on March 8, 2018 in remarks before a Cabinet meeting: American aluminum and steel "are vital to our national security. ... They are the bedrock of our defense industrial base."
Everytown for Gun Safety stated on February 22, 2018 in a tweet: Says NRA head Wayne LaPierre said, "We believe in absolutely gun-free, zero-tolerance, totally safe schools. That means no guns in America’s schools. Period."
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in State of the Union address: Many gang members have taken advantage of "glaring loopholes and our laws to enter the country as illegal, unaccompanied, alien minors."
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.' "
Markwayne Mullin stated on January 30, 2018 in a post on Rep. Mullin's Facebook page: Under President Barack Obama: 4 million jobs lost, unemployment rose from 7.8% to 9.9%, the S&P 500 was 1,115.1 and the GDP went down 2.8%.
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."
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: "Apple has just announced it plans to invest a total of $350 billion in America, and hire another 20,000 workers."
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the State of the Union address: "America is a nation of builders. We built the Empire State Building in just one year. Isn’t it a disgrace that it can now take 10 years just to get a minor permit approved for the building of a simple road?"
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!"
Donald Trump stated on December 15, 2017 in White House graphic: "Current immigration policy imposes as much as $300 billion annually in net fiscal costs on U.S. taxpayers."
Cory Booker stated on January 16, 2018 in an interview on CNN: "In American history since 9/11, we've had 85 major attacks in our country, 73 percent of them have been by white nationalist hate groups."
Donald Trump stated on January 16, 2018 in a speech at a women's event in Washington: "Chrysler is leaving Mexico and moving back to Michigan."
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."
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."