Latest Fact Checks By Clay Wirestone

How many days was Maggie Hassan out of New Hampshire in a three month span?

By Clay Wirestone

May 27, 2016

Says Maggie Hassan was "out of state on 30 days over the last three months."  

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Maggie Hassan says Kelly Ayotte repeatedly voted against Paycheck Fairness Act

By Clay Wirestone

April 29, 2016

"Kelly Ayotte has voted four times against the federal Paycheck Fairness Act."

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Republican state Rep. cites higher than average Medicaid enrollment in two NH counties

By Clay Wirestone

April 15, 2016

Says New Hampshire’s second congressional district includes two counties where "almost 5 percent if not more" of residents are enrolled in the state’s expanded Medicaid…

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NHGOP chairwoman says lame duck presidents don’t nominate Supreme Court justices

By Clay Wirestone

March 18, 2016

"For more than 80 years, there has not been a nomination and confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice in a presidential election year. This is…

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NHGOP says superdelegates have the power to wipe out the results of the NH Democratic primary

By Clay Wirestone

March 18, 2016

"Given the results of the primary, the vote of one New Hampshire superdelegate is equal to the votes of about 10,000 grassroots activists."

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New Hampshire Democratic Party says a one-year vacancy on Supreme Court would be unprecedented

By Clay Wirestone

February 19, 2016

Blocking a U.S. Supreme Court nomination during the remaining months of President Obama’s term "would leave the nation’s highest court with an unprecedented year-long vacancy."

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Sanders points to Goldman Sachs CEO as evidence of Wall Street power over Washington

By Clay Wirestone

February 5, 2016

Says Goldman Sachs CEO said Congress would "have to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and give huge tax breaks to the wealthy and the…

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Bernie Sanders mistaken about whether his campaign’s ad had cited a nonexistent endorsement

By Clay Wirestone , Louis Jacobson

February 5, 2016

Says a Sanders campaign ad "never said ... a newspaper endorsed us that did not."

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Bernie Sanders ad claims or implies endorsements from New Hampshire newspapers

By Clay Wirestone

February 4, 2016

Says he was endorsed by the Valley News newspaper.

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Jeb Bush says Americans consume vast majority of addictive painkillers

By Clay Wirestone

February 4, 2016

"90 percent of all pain medications are prescribed in the United States."

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Kuster says Republican-backed bill she voted for wouldn’t pause resettlement of Syrian refugees

By Clay Wirestone

December 19, 2015

Says the Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015 would not "pause" the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States.

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Did Margaret Sanger believe African-Americans “should be eliminated”?

By Clay Wirestone

October 5, 2015

Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger "believed that people like me should be eliminated."

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