Latest Mostly True Fact-checks in Terrorism Amy Klobuchar stated on October 30, 2022 in an interview on Meet the Press: “One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years. Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2020 in a campaign speech: Says Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani "was a designated terrorist by President Obama, who didn't do anything about it." Joe Biden stated on December 19, 2019 in a Democratic primary debate in Los Angeles: "You have to have congressional authority" to close Guantanamo Bay prison. Omar Rachid stated on July 21, 2018 in a San Antonio Express-News story: "Muslims in America have been subjected to more insults, attacks and hate crimes in the last two or three years than ever before, specifically more than after 9-11." Michael McCaul stated on March 26, 2018 in an interview on Capital Tonight on Spectrum News: "1 in 100 people are sociopaths." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: Says one year later, "the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory just recently held by these killers in Iraq and Syria." Benjamin Netanyahu stated on February 15, 2017 in a joint press conference with President Donald Trump: In the "past few weeks," President Donald Trump pointed out "Iranian violations on ballistic missile tests. By the way, these ballistic missiles are inscribed in Hebrew, ‘Israel must be destroyed.’ " Ted Lieu stated on January 27, 2017 in in a press release: "The chances of being killed by a refugee committing a terrorist act is 1 in 3.6 billion." Cory Gardner stated on January 23, 2017 in an interview on Fox: "About 30 percent of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay went back into battle. We know that a dozen or so killed Americans." Maggie Hassan stated on October 3, 2016 in a debate: "With her solution, terrorists can still today — and by the way ISIS knows it, they have been advertising it — buy guns online and at gun shows in the United States of America." Donald Trump stated on August 1, 2016 in a rally in Columbus, Ohio: Russia and China are "doing naval exercises together someplace." Newt Gingrich stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention: "Just 9 percent of Muslims in Pakistan view ISIS favorably. Unfortunately, that 9 percent is 16 million people. And that’s just one country." Rick Saccone stated on July 13, 2016 in floor remarks during a House session: "Illegal tobacco sales, price driven too high, has been connected to at least several cases of funding terrorism against us in multi-year investigations over the last decade and a half." Gwen Moore stated on June 23, 2016 in a tweet: "If you're a terrorist you can't fly," but "an assault weapon you can buy." Cory Booker stated on June 16, 2016 in an interview on MSNBC: "Al-Qaida operatives, have said, 'Hey, we want you to use this loophole (for purchasing guns despite being on a watch list) to attack and kill Americans.'" Charles Schumer stated on June 14, 2016 in a news conference: Last year, "244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm." Marco Rubio stated on June 13, 2016 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt: "In America, radical speech is not a crime." Hillary Clinton stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech after a terrorist attack in Orlando: "Hate crimes against American Muslims and mosques have tripled after Paris and San Bernardino." Donald Trump stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country." Hillary Clinton stated on May 3, 2016 in a Clinton campaign tweet: Says Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, build a wall, ban Muslims, and more. Ron DeSantis stated on March 23, 2016 in a House Oversight Committee National Security Subcommittee hearing: "Recent reports state that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has apprehended several members of known Islamist terrorist organizations crossing the southern border in recent years." Hillary Clinton stated on March 23, 2016 in remarks at Stanford University: "It’s actually easier for the United States to get flight manifests from E.U. nations than it is for E.U. nations to get them from their own neighbors, thanks to an agreement the U.S. negotiated when I was secretary of state." Paul Ryan stated on March 17, 2016 in a news conference: "To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives." Joe Pitts stated on February 25, 2016 in in a Medium post.: "More people were killed by terrorists in 2015 than in any other year ever, after an 80 percent increase from 2014." Bill Maher stated on February 10, 2016 in an essay in The Hollywood Reporter: "Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people." Hillary Clinton stated on January 4, 2016 in a posting on the Clinton website: "Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people." 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." Rob Wittman stated on December 9, 2015 in an interview.: "Only nine" coalition nations with the U.S. "are truly actively involved" in fighting the Islamic State. Mike Thompson stated on December 7, 2015 in a speech: "Since 2004, more than 2,000 suspected terrorists have legally purchased weapons in the United States." Jeb Bush stated on December 15, 2015 in a GOP debate on CNN: "Two months ago, Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight."
Amy Klobuchar stated on October 30, 2022 in an interview on Meet the Press: “One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years. Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2020 in a campaign speech: Says Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani "was a designated terrorist by President Obama, who didn't do anything about it." Joe Biden stated on December 19, 2019 in a Democratic primary debate in Los Angeles: "You have to have congressional authority" to close Guantanamo Bay prison. Omar Rachid stated on July 21, 2018 in a San Antonio Express-News story: "Muslims in America have been subjected to more insults, attacks and hate crimes in the last two or three years than ever before, specifically more than after 9-11." Michael McCaul stated on March 26, 2018 in an interview on Capital Tonight on Spectrum News: "1 in 100 people are sociopaths." Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: Says one year later, "the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory just recently held by these killers in Iraq and Syria." Benjamin Netanyahu stated on February 15, 2017 in a joint press conference with President Donald Trump: In the "past few weeks," President Donald Trump pointed out "Iranian violations on ballistic missile tests. By the way, these ballistic missiles are inscribed in Hebrew, ‘Israel must be destroyed.’ " Ted Lieu stated on January 27, 2017 in in a press release: "The chances of being killed by a refugee committing a terrorist act is 1 in 3.6 billion." Cory Gardner stated on January 23, 2017 in an interview on Fox: "About 30 percent of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay went back into battle. We know that a dozen or so killed Americans." Maggie Hassan stated on October 3, 2016 in a debate: "With her solution, terrorists can still today — and by the way ISIS knows it, they have been advertising it — buy guns online and at gun shows in the United States of America." Donald Trump stated on August 1, 2016 in a rally in Columbus, Ohio: Russia and China are "doing naval exercises together someplace." Newt Gingrich stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention: "Just 9 percent of Muslims in Pakistan view ISIS favorably. Unfortunately, that 9 percent is 16 million people. And that’s just one country." Rick Saccone stated on July 13, 2016 in floor remarks during a House session: "Illegal tobacco sales, price driven too high, has been connected to at least several cases of funding terrorism against us in multi-year investigations over the last decade and a half." Gwen Moore stated on June 23, 2016 in a tweet: "If you're a terrorist you can't fly," but "an assault weapon you can buy." Cory Booker stated on June 16, 2016 in an interview on MSNBC: "Al-Qaida operatives, have said, 'Hey, we want you to use this loophole (for purchasing guns despite being on a watch list) to attack and kill Americans.'" Charles Schumer stated on June 14, 2016 in a news conference: Last year, "244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm." Marco Rubio stated on June 13, 2016 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt: "In America, radical speech is not a crime." Hillary Clinton stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech after a terrorist attack in Orlando: "Hate crimes against American Muslims and mosques have tripled after Paris and San Bernardino." Donald Trump stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country." Hillary Clinton stated on May 3, 2016 in a Clinton campaign tweet: Says Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, build a wall, ban Muslims, and more. Ron DeSantis stated on March 23, 2016 in a House Oversight Committee National Security Subcommittee hearing: "Recent reports state that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has apprehended several members of known Islamist terrorist organizations crossing the southern border in recent years." Hillary Clinton stated on March 23, 2016 in remarks at Stanford University: "It’s actually easier for the United States to get flight manifests from E.U. nations than it is for E.U. nations to get them from their own neighbors, thanks to an agreement the U.S. negotiated when I was secretary of state." Paul Ryan stated on March 17, 2016 in a news conference: "To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives." Joe Pitts stated on February 25, 2016 in in a Medium post.: "More people were killed by terrorists in 2015 than in any other year ever, after an 80 percent increase from 2014." Bill Maher stated on February 10, 2016 in an essay in The Hollywood Reporter: "Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people." Hillary Clinton stated on January 4, 2016 in a posting on the Clinton website: "Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people." 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." Rob Wittman stated on December 9, 2015 in an interview.: "Only nine" coalition nations with the U.S. "are truly actively involved" in fighting the Islamic State. Mike Thompson stated on December 7, 2015 in a speech: "Since 2004, more than 2,000 suspected terrorists have legally purchased weapons in the United States." Jeb Bush stated on December 15, 2015 in a GOP debate on CNN: "Two months ago, Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight."
Amy Klobuchar stated on October 30, 2022 in an interview on Meet the Press: “One in six local election officials have received threats of violence” and threats against judges have doubled over four years and threats against members of Congress have increased by 10 times over five years.
Donald Trump stated on January 14, 2020 in a campaign speech: Says Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani "was a designated terrorist by President Obama, who didn't do anything about it."
Joe Biden stated on December 19, 2019 in a Democratic primary debate in Los Angeles: "You have to have congressional authority" to close Guantanamo Bay prison.
Omar Rachid stated on July 21, 2018 in a San Antonio Express-News story: "Muslims in America have been subjected to more insults, attacks and hate crimes in the last two or three years than ever before, specifically more than after 9-11."
Michael McCaul stated on March 26, 2018 in an interview on Capital Tonight on Spectrum News: "1 in 100 people are sociopaths."
Donald Trump stated on January 30, 2018 in the 2018 State of the Union address: Says one year later, "the coalition to defeat ISIS has liberated very close to 100 percent of the territory just recently held by these killers in Iraq and Syria."
Benjamin Netanyahu stated on February 15, 2017 in a joint press conference with President Donald Trump: In the "past few weeks," President Donald Trump pointed out "Iranian violations on ballistic missile tests. By the way, these ballistic missiles are inscribed in Hebrew, ‘Israel must be destroyed.’ "
Ted Lieu stated on January 27, 2017 in in a press release: "The chances of being killed by a refugee committing a terrorist act is 1 in 3.6 billion."
Cory Gardner stated on January 23, 2017 in an interview on Fox: "About 30 percent of terrorists at Guantanamo Bay went back into battle. We know that a dozen or so killed Americans."
Maggie Hassan stated on October 3, 2016 in a debate: "With her solution, terrorists can still today — and by the way ISIS knows it, they have been advertising it — buy guns online and at gun shows in the United States of America."
Donald Trump stated on August 1, 2016 in a rally in Columbus, Ohio: Russia and China are "doing naval exercises together someplace."
Newt Gingrich stated on July 20, 2016 in a speech at the Republican National Convention: "Just 9 percent of Muslims in Pakistan view ISIS favorably. Unfortunately, that 9 percent is 16 million people. And that’s just one country."
Rick Saccone stated on July 13, 2016 in floor remarks during a House session: "Illegal tobacco sales, price driven too high, has been connected to at least several cases of funding terrorism against us in multi-year investigations over the last decade and a half."
Gwen Moore stated on June 23, 2016 in a tweet: "If you're a terrorist you can't fly," but "an assault weapon you can buy."
Cory Booker stated on June 16, 2016 in an interview on MSNBC: "Al-Qaida operatives, have said, 'Hey, we want you to use this loophole (for purchasing guns despite being on a watch list) to attack and kill Americans.'"
Charles Schumer stated on June 14, 2016 in a news conference: Last year, "244 suspected terrorists walked into gun shops and attempted to purchase a firearm; 223 were able to get the firearm."
Marco Rubio stated on June 13, 2016 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt: "In America, radical speech is not a crime."
Hillary Clinton stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech after a terrorist attack in Orlando: "Hate crimes against American Muslims and mosques have tripled after Paris and San Bernardino."
Donald Trump stated on June 13, 2016 in a speech: Says Hillary Clinton "plans to massively increase admissions (of Middle East refugees) … including a 500 percent increase in Syrian refugees coming into our country."
Hillary Clinton stated on May 3, 2016 in a Clinton campaign tweet: Says Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, build a wall, ban Muslims, and more.
Ron DeSantis stated on March 23, 2016 in a House Oversight Committee National Security Subcommittee hearing: "Recent reports state that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has apprehended several members of known Islamist terrorist organizations crossing the southern border in recent years."
Hillary Clinton stated on March 23, 2016 in remarks at Stanford University: "It’s actually easier for the United States to get flight manifests from E.U. nations than it is for E.U. nations to get them from their own neighbors, thanks to an agreement the U.S. negotiated when I was secretary of state."
Paul Ryan stated on March 17, 2016 in a news conference: "To this day, (the Cuban government) is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives."
Joe Pitts stated on February 25, 2016 in in a Medium post.: "More people were killed by terrorists in 2015 than in any other year ever, after an 80 percent increase from 2014."
Bill Maher stated on February 10, 2016 in an essay in The Hollywood Reporter: "Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people."
Hillary Clinton stated on January 4, 2016 in a posting on the Clinton website: "Marco Rubio voted against authorizing President Obama to strike Syria after Assad used chemical weapons on his own people."
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."
Rob Wittman stated on December 9, 2015 in an interview.: "Only nine" coalition nations with the U.S. "are truly actively involved" in fighting the Islamic State.
Mike Thompson stated on December 7, 2015 in a speech: "Since 2004, more than 2,000 suspected terrorists have legally purchased weapons in the United States."
Jeb Bush stated on December 15, 2015 in a GOP debate on CNN: "Two months ago, Donald Trump said that ISIS was not our fight."