Latest Fact Checks By Lauren Carroll

Do Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton agree on Planned Parenthood funding?

By Lauren Carroll

May 1, 2016

Says both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton say Planned Parenthood is "terrific and that it should keep taxpayer funding." 

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Fact-checking Amy Schumer’s ‘Welcome to the Gun Show’

By Lauren Carroll

April 29, 2016

"You can absolutely get a gun if you have several felonies as long as you buy it on the Internet or at a gun show."

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Hillary Clinton’s hazy claim that researchers can’t study marijuana

By Lauren Carroll

April 26, 2016

Marijuana is a Schedule I drug, "which you understand means that you can’t do any research about it."

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Dolphins are rapists, ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ claims wrongly

By Lauren Carroll

April 22, 2016

"Dolphins are rapists. Look it up."

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Was Andrew Jackson the only U.S. president to bring national debt to zero?

By Lauren Carroll

April 21, 2016

"Andrew Jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt."

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Dinesh D’Souza incorrectly places Bernie Sanders in the top 1 percent

By Lauren Carroll

April 20, 2016

"As a U.S. senator with salary and perks, ‪#‎Bernie‬ is in the top 1 percent, but still paid only 13 percent in taxes last year."

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Does Hillary Clinton want a $15 or $12 minimum wage?

By Lauren Carroll

April 15, 2016

"When this campaign began, I said that we’ve got to end the starvation minimum wage of $7.25, raise it to $15. Secretary Clinton said let's…

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At New York debate, Clinton says US has higher accountability standards for toy guns than real guns

By Lauren Carroll

April 15, 2016

"We have tougher standards holding toy gun manufacturers and sellers to account than we do for real guns."

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Hillary Clinton says Bernie Sanders wants higher standards for toy guns than real guns

By Lauren Carroll

April 8, 2016

Says Bernie Sanders "wants higher standards for toy guns than real guns."

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Facebook post exaggerates discrepancy between US men’s and women’s soccer teams

By Lauren Carroll

April 6, 2016

"Last year (the U.S. women’s soccer team) generated $20 million more than the men’s team and were paid almost four times less."

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Bernie Sanders says Wall Street tax would pay for his free tuition plan

By Lauren Carroll

April 4, 2016

Says his free public university tuition program "is paid for … by a tax on Wall Street's speculation."

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Donald Trump: Michelle Fields changed her story since first claiming campaign manager grabbed her

By Lauren Carroll

March 30, 2016

Says that when Michelle Fields "found out that there was a security camera, and that they had her on tape, all of a sudden that…

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