Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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James Clyburn says original Confederate flag compromise was to move it out of public view

June 21, 2015

The original compromise for the Confederate battle flag in South Carolina "was to put it on the back side of the statehouse, out of public…

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No, a pear was not the original symbol of California

June 18, 2015

Says the California flag was supposed to be a pear, not a bear.

GOP strategist Christie: Tax revenues rose after Bush tax cuts in 2001 and 2003

June 17, 2015

"After the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax rate cuts ... there was more money coming into the treasury."

Jeb Bush and majority of Republican voters actually agree on immigration, George Will says

June 14, 2015

Says Jeb Bush "happens to be where a majority" of Republican voters are on giving legal status to illegal immigrants.

Dem operative Woodhouse says NYT retracted charges of illegality in Clinton email story

June 11, 2015

The New York Times "had to retract" its story that Hillary Clinton’s email handling had broken certain laws.

47% say they lack ready cash to pay a surprise $400 bill

June 9, 2015

47 percent of Americans "can’t pay for an unexpected $400 expense through savings or credit cards, without selling something or borrowing money."

Fox’s debate rules would have kept Bill Clinton off the stage in 1992 election, Rick Santorum says

June 7, 2015

If Fox News' presidential debate rules had been in place during the 1992 election, "Bill Clinton wouldn't have been on the stage."

A scarlet ‘S’? Al Sharpton said Texas lawmakers added subsidy designation for Obamacare users

June 3, 2015

The Texas Senate "approved a bill to put a special label on the insurance cards of anyone who bought a plan through Obamacare" that includes…

Ann Coulter wrongly claims that U.S. ‘has already taken in one-fourth of Mexico’s entire population’

June 2, 2015

"America has already taken in one-fourth of Mexico's entire population."  

George Will: We spend more on lobbying than on campaigns

June 1, 2015

"We spend more money on lobbying than we do on campaigns."  

Megyn Kelly says braking system wasn’t missing because of a lack of funding

May 18, 2015

The lack of an automatic braking system that could have prevented the Philadelphia Amtrak crash "wasn't driven by a lack of funding. It just takes…

Bill Gates: High taxes and high growth can co-exist

May 17, 2015

The "highest economic growth decade was the 1960s. Income tax rates were 90 percent."  

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