Latest Fact-Checks By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

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Donald Trump falls for phony Gandhi quote: ‘First they ignore you, then they laugh at you … ‘

March 4, 2016

Says Mahatma Gandhi once said, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

Hillary Clinton says blacks more likely to be arrested, get longer sentences

February 26, 2016

"African-Americans are more likely to be arrested by police and sentenced to longer prison terms for doing the same thing that whites do."

Comedian Bill Maher says ISIS’ army is outnumbered by surrounding Arab states 250 to 1

February 22, 2016

"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…

Sen. Richard Blumenthal correct that the longest Supreme Court vacancy in 30 years has been 237 days

February 18, 2016

"There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days."

Reports’ limitations plague Bernie Sanders’ claim about high childhood poverty rates in the U.S.

February 12, 2016

The United States has "the highest rate of childhood poverty of almost any major country on Earth."  

Bernie Sanders has the correct diagnosis: U.S. prescription drug prices typically highest in world

February 12, 2016

"In America, we pay, by far, the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs."

Bernie Sanders offers overheated claim on where all Republicans stand on climate change

February 10, 2016

"Not one Republican has the guts to recognize that climate change is real."

Sarah Palin says that, like Donald Trump, Justin Bieber once supported abortion

February 5, 2016

Says Donald Trump's conversion to pro-life beliefs are akin to Justin Bieber's, who said in the past that abortion "was no big deal to him."

Hillary Clinton says she didn’t endorse the TPP trade deal until it was actually negotiated

February 5, 2016

"I waited until (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement) had actually been negotiated" before deciding whether to endorse it.

Bernie Sanders exaggerates concentration of wealth, income for top 1 percent

February 5, 2016

Americans "are working longer hours for low wages . . . and yet almost all new income and wealth is going to the top 1…

Mixed bag for Bernie Sanders’ claim about wages, hours, income growth

February 3, 2016

"While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 percent."

Jennifer Granholm says Americans would rather elect an atheist than a socialist

January 29, 2016

When a Gallup poll asked about presidential candidate characteristics, "When they get to the question on, 'Would you vote for a socialist,' it is even…

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