claim: says as gop was picking a convention city, "i recommended ohio."
author: donald trump
evidence_1: jul 18, 2016 ... donald trump said monday night on fox news that he “recommended ohio” for  the 2016 gop convention. which is odd, since cleveland was selected more  than two years ago. “people fought very hard that it be in ohio. it's a tremendous  economic development event and you look at the way it's going so ...
evidence_2: jul 18, 2016 ... the republican national convention kicked off monday in cleveland with a  theme of "make america safe again," with a litany of speakers criticizing hillary  clinton as a dishonest politician who, along with president barack obama,  endangered americans. exhibit a was the 2012 attack on the u.s. ...
evidence_3: jul 8, 2014 ... the politics of holding a convention in a critical swing state — no republican  president since calvin coolidge has won the white house without carrying ohio  — look good, but sources said it was less a factor than the city's ability to raise  money and put on a good show. republicans have lost the last five ...
evidence_4: jul 21, 2016 ... pins supporting republican presidential candidate donald trump are for sale at  a campaign rally june 1, 2016 in sacramento, calif. ... says as gop was picking  a convention city, "i recommended ohio." monday, july ... says hillary clinton " filibustered legislation to reform" fannie mae and freddie mac.
evidence_5: jul 21, 2016 ... i recommended ohio, and people fought very hard that it be in ohio…i wanted it  to be here, the republicans wanted it to be here.” fact-check: both factcheck. org and politifact say there is no evidence to back up trump's claim that he had  a hand in choosing the site of this year's convention. as the ...