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Live fact-checking the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate

By PolitiFact Staff
February 26, 2020

If your time is short

  • PolitiFact has a team of reporters and editors watching tonight's Democratic presidential debate in Charleston, S.C. 
  • PolitiFact will deliver live coverage of the event below, based on database of more than 17,000 previously published fact-checks.
  • If you hear something that you think needs to be fact-checked, email truthometer@politifact.com or tweet using #PolitiFactThis.

     
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