Latest Fact Checks By Julie Kliegman

Ralph Reed says ‘irrefutable’ social science shows kids better off raised by straight couples

By Julie Kliegman

April 22, 2014

"Social science is irrefutable" that children are better off being raised by a mom and a dad.

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John Kerry says Jews in eastern Ukraine told to register

By Julie Kliegman

April 18, 2014

"In the last couple of days, notices were sent (by officials in Ukraine) to Jews in one city indicating that they had to identify themselves…

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Democratic PAC says Tom Cotton ‘got paid handsomely working for insurance companies’

By Julie Kliegman

April 9, 2014

"Before Congress, (Tom) Cotton got paid handsomely working for insurance companies and corporate interests."

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Obama says more than 3 million young adults got health coverage from parents’ plans

By Julie Kliegman

April 7, 2014

"More than 3 million young adults ... have gained insurance under (the Affordable Care Act) by staying on their family’s plan."

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Rubio says health care law fell short of goal for 30 million signups

By Julie Kliegman

April 4, 2014

Says the goal of the Affordable Care Act was to get 30 million people insured, but it only got 7 million.

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Organizing for Action says Koch brothers group used booze to bribe young people out of buying health insurance

By Julie Kliegman

April 1, 2014

A Koch brothers group is "going to college campuses, giving away free booze to try to bribe young folks out of getting health insurance."

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Barbara Boxer says more than half of women use birth control to treat other conditions

By Julie Kliegman

March 26, 2014

"Women take birth control, more than half of them, as a medication for other conditions."

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Marco Rubio said Americans increasingly want health law repealed

By Julie Kliegman

March 25, 2014

"Americans increasingly want (the Affordable Care Act) to be repealed."

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Mark Begich ad says he forced D.C. to open the Arctic to oil drilling

By Julie Kliegman

March 24, 2014

Says he "forced Washington to open up the Arctic Ocean to oil drilling."

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Activist Janet Murguía calls Obama ‘deporter-in-chief,’ says he has deported more immigrants than other presidents

By Julie Kliegman

March 17, 2014

"We’re at the point of reaching 2 million deportations ... this is a historic level, more than any other president of the United States."

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Rand Paul says Obama lost youth support

By Julie Kliegman

March 9, 2014

"The president won the youth vote 3 to 1, but his numbers have dropped 20, 30 percent among the youth."

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Hagel says Congress responsible for defense cuts, not Obama

By Julie Kliegman

March 5, 2014

"It isn't me cutting the budget. It's the Congress' decision on sequestration. So it isn't secretary of defense or the president doing this."

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