Latest Fact-Checks By Keely Herring

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Was a prison built every 10 days to house a fast-growing population of nonviolent inmates?

July 31, 2015

"We built a new prison every 10 days between 1990 and 2005 to keep up with our mass incarceration explosion of nonviolent offenders."

Did a Vermont pastor get sentenced to prison for refusing to marry a gay couple?

July 16, 2015

"Christian Pastor in Vermont Sentenced to One Year in Prison After Refusing to Marry Gay Couple"

Did Chris Christie veto equal pay for women, as Ultraviolet says?

July 13, 2015

Says Chris Christie "vetoed equal pay for women 3 times. He only let the bill pass once it became a damaging campaign issue."

Ted Cruz changed position on Trade Promotion Authority, also called fast-track

July 8, 2015

On support for Trade Promotion Authority, called fast-track 

Chris Christie says parent and teacher complaints prompted change on Common Core

June 24, 2015

On Common Core. 

Is Barack Obama correct that mass killings don’t happen in other countries?

June 22, 2015

"This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency."

Meme says Bill Clinton, George W. Bush had basically the same policy on Iraq

June 16, 2015

Says Bill Clinton "gave a speech in 1996 about Iraq having WMDs" and said "we needed a regime change," even though everyone blamed those things…

A federal court said Rick Perry okayed a law intended to discriminate, says Hillary Clinton

June 9, 2015

"Former Gov. Rick Perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters."

Hillary Clinton says Chris Christie vetoed early voting

June 9, 2015

"In New Jersey, Gov. Christie vetoed legislation to extend early voting."

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