Live fact-checking the Kaine, Pence VP debate

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LIVE VP DEBATE PHOTO (CHANGE ME)
Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence, right, and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine shake hands during the vice-presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Aaron Sharockman
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Aaron Sharockman
Executive Director
October 4, 2016
Joshua Gillin
By
Joshua Gillin
Staff Writer
October 4, 2016

PolitiFact will have 18 fact-checkers working tonight’s vice presidential debate between Tim Kaine and Mike Pence.

We’ll start updating the Twitter feed below starting at 9 p.m. EST, and we’ll post Truth-O-Meter rulings in near real-time.

How do we do that? We rely on our database of nearly 13,000 fact-checks and more than 400 of the 2016 presidential candidates and their vice presidential nominees.

Our Sources

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