“I did not oppose busing in America. What I opposed is busing ordered by the Department of Education.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
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“Quotes Benjamin Franklin as saying "We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“This metering policy is basically what prompted Óscar and Valeria to make that risky swim across the river.”
PolitiFact rated this: Metering affects border crossers
“We automated away 4 million manufacturing jobs in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, and we're about to do the same thing to millions of retail jobs, call center jobs, fast food jobs, truck driving jobs and on and on through the economy.”
PolitiFact rated this: not the only reason
“As you know, we apprehended over 144,000 people in a single month. That is a pace, which if it continues for 12 months, would put us on a pace for nearly 2 million apprehensions on the border.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“I spent a big chunk of my life studying why families go broke, and one of the No. 1 reasons is the cost of health care, medical bills. And that’s not just for people who don't have insurance. It's for people who have insurance.”
PolitiFact rated this: Needs context
“If you go to every hospital in this country and you ask them one question, which is, ‘How would it have been for you last year if every one of your bills were paid at the Medicare rate?’ Every single hospital administrator said they would close.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“It matters that we nominate a candidate who saw the destruction wrought by a broken health care system and gave people universal health care. … These things really matter. And these are the things that I've done in New York.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“The insurance companies last year alone sucked $23 billion in profits out of the health care system. $23 billion. And that doesn't count the money that was paid to executives, the money that was spent lobbying Washington.”
PolitiFact rated this: Accurate
“Five years ago, when I took office, our state was mired in debt - a $2.4 billion debt left over by Republicans.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“In 2018, when he ran for senator, "young voter turnout in early voting was up 500%. We won more votes than any Democrat has in the history of the state of Texas.”
PolitiFact rated this: True
“Says police are warning that a new technique by gangs is to throw eggs at your windshield and to not "operate the wiper" because it will "block your vision up to 92.5%," forcing you to stop the car and become a victim.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“The Trump administration has denied "4.2 million American workers overtime.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“When President Obama was elected, the market crashed … Trump was up 9%, President Obama was down 14.8% and President Bush was down almost 4%. There is an instant reaction on Wall Street.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“People are attaching HIV-infected needles to gas station pump handles.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says the Central Park Five "admitted their guilt.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly False
“Quotes Gene Hackman as saying that Trump could "easily turn out to be one of the best presidents that America has ever seen.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
“Says Amazon is "paying full-time employees so little that they require gov food assistance.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True
“Says Clint Eastwood said Hollywood is "the place of traitors and pedophilians" and he’s decided to "leave" it to "fight against traitors with real American patriots with president Trump.”
PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire
“Texas remains one of the most severely impacted states from drug trafficking. Nearly 3,000 Texans died from drug related deaths in 2017 – with half being overdoses involving opioids.”
PolitiFact rated this: Half True