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The week in fact-checks Aug. 27 (video)

National

By Jim Tharpe August 26, 2015

PolitiFact Georgia editor Jim Tharpe breaks down the week in fact-checks.

Sources in related items.

stated on March 13, 2016 in Donald Trump on Sunday, March 13th, 2016, in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says a YouTube video shows Thomas DiMassimo, the man who rushed Trump at an Ohio rally, "dragging the American flag on the ground like it was a piece of garbage."

true

true

stated on April 20, 2015 in video:

Women make only 78 percent of what men make for the same job.

barely-true

barely-true

stated on March 24, 2014 in Television interview :

Women in the U.S. get 23 percent less pay than men for the same exact work.

barely-true

barely-true

stated on November 29, 2016 in Townhall.com :

Hillary Clinton in 2005 co-sponsored legislation that would jail flag burners.

true

true

Various media reports 2

stated on November 10, 2016 in news media reports:

Newt Gingrich has been a proponent of selecting a president by popular vote instead of the Electoral College.

true

true

stated on October 17, 2016 in social media sites:

Creflo Dollar has endorsed Republican Donald Trump for president.

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pants-fire

stated on September 19, 2016 in in a Facebook post and video:

Hillary Clinton said, "with a straight face, that the terrorist attacks this weekend were caused by Donald J. Trump"

half-true

half-true

stated on September 15, 2016 in On his campaign website:

In Georgia, women earn 82 cents for every dollar earned by men.

half-true

half-true

stated on August 22, 2016 in interview with an AP reporter in Memphis:

Both the Democratic and Republican candidates for president in 2016 are "quite unpopular."

true

true

stated on July 13, 2016 in a campaign statement:

"U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson has voted for $7 trillion of our national debt!"

mostly-true

mostly-true

Video for Atlanta Super Bowl bid presentation

stated on May 24, 2016 in Super Bowl bid:

"Our population has grown from about 1 million in the 1970s to almost 7 million today."

half-true

half-true

Georgians for Bernie Sanders for President

stated on May 23, 2016 in Facebook post.:

Polls show Bernie Sanders would do better than Hillary Clinton in a head-to-head battle against Donald Trump.

mostly-true

mostly-true

stated on April 26, 2016 in Newspaper interview :

The city of Clarkston "can’t decriminalize marijuana. Only state legislators and Congress can do that."

true

true

Viral media reports

stated on March 22, 2016 in Newspaper, television and social media:

Emory University students were provided counseling after someone wrote "Trump 2016" in chalk on campus.

barely-true

barely-true

stated on March 18, 2016 in The New York Times:

Mitt Romney did not "endorse" Ted Cruz, even though he said he is voting for Cruz and urged others to do likewise.

half-true

half-true

stated on March 13, 2016 in Donald Trump on Sunday, March 13th, 2016, in an interview on "Meet the Press":

Says a YouTube video shows Thomas DiMassimo, the man who rushed Trump at an Ohio rally, "dragging the American flag on the ground like it was a piece of garbage."

true

true

stated on April 20, 2015 in video:

Women make only 78 percent of what men make for the same job.

barely-true

barely-true

stated on March 24, 2014 in Television interview :

Women in the U.S. get 23 percent less pay than men for the same exact work.

barely-true

barely-true

stated on November 29, 2016 in Townhall.com :

Hillary Clinton in 2005 co-sponsored legislation that would jail flag burners.

true

true

Various media reports 2

stated on November 10, 2016 in news media reports:

Newt Gingrich has been a proponent of selecting a president by popular vote instead of the Electoral College.

true

true

stated on October 17, 2016 in social media sites:

Creflo Dollar has endorsed Republican Donald Trump for president.

pants-fire

pants-fire

Tim Walz
stated on April 6, 2025 in an interview:

“Less than half of Americans have $1,000 in savings.”

By Claire Cranford • April 16, 2025
X posts
stated on April 13, 2025 in a post on X:

Cody Balmer, the person charged with setting fire to Pennsylvania governor’s residence, posted a photo that said “F--- Trump.”

By Madison Czopek • April 14, 2025
TikTok posts
stated on April 5, 2025 in a TikTok post:

U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett says “she ‘simply forgot' to inform Social Security that her grandmother died in 2012 … She’s been collecting $2,600 a month for 13 years.”

By Maria Briceño • April 14, 2025
X posts
stated on April 6, 2025 in a post:

Photos and videos show Washington, D.C., protests against White House adviser Elon Musk are “staged & paid — bussed in, scripted, clocked out.”

By Grace Abels • April 11, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on April 9, 2025 in remarks at a White House event:

In 2024, “China made $1 trillion off trade with the United States.”

By Louis Jacobson • April 11, 2025
TikTok posts
stated on April 9, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok:

“China cancela la venta de TikTok” y “a partir de finales de abril los usuarios estadounidenses tendrán que pagar una tarifa mensual obligatoria para seguir usando TikTok".

By Maria Briceño • April 11, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on April 9, 2025 in a memo:

The 2020 election was “rigged” and Chris Krebs, former Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency director, “baselessly” dismissed “election malfeasance.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 10, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on April 8, 2025 in a speech:

The U.S. is “taking in almost $2 billion a day in tariffs.”

By Amy Sherman • April 10, 2025
Brooke Rollins
stated on April 6, 2025 in an interview:

“We had an agriculture export deficit that increased from zero when President Trump left to $49 billion” under former President Joe Biden.

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • April 9, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on April 9, 2025 in a Truth Social post:

On enacting country-by-country tariffs April 9.

By Amy Sherman • April 9, 2025

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