Latest Fact Checks By Lauren Carroll

Hillary Clinton says she called for Wall Street regulations early in the financial crisis

By Lauren Carroll

July 15, 2015

Says she "called for addressing risks of derivatives, cracking down on subprime mortgages and improving financial oversight" early on in the financial crisis.

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Chris Christie: Bridgegate investigations back up my story

By Lauren Carroll

July 9, 2015

"There’s now been three independent investigations (into the bridge scandal) all of which have said" that Christie did not have prior knowledge of or involvement…

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Trump immigration claim has no data to back it up

By Lauren Carroll

July 6, 2015

"Hundreds of thousands of (illegal immigrants are) going to state and federal penitentiaries."

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Ted Cruz says Supreme Court on same-sex marriage is out of step with public, but polls don’t agree

By Lauren Carroll

July 1, 2015

The Supreme Court’s views "are radically out of step with public opinion" regarding its decision to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide.

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Trump: Pro-choice polling numbers declining

By Lauren Carroll

June 28, 2015

Public support for abortion "is actually going down a little bit," polls show.

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Jeb Bush: Obama caused ‘massive’ tax increase on middle class

By Lauren Carroll

June 23, 2015

"The party in the White House" is responsible for "a massive tax increase on the middle class."

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Donald Trump: ISIS built a hotel in Syria

By Lauren Carroll

June 16, 2015

The Islamic State "just built a hotel in Syria."

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Hillary Clinton: Top hedge fund managers make more than all kindergarten teachers combined

By Lauren Carroll

June 15, 2015

"The top 25 hedge fund managers (are) making more than all of America's kindergarten teachers combined."

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Hillary Clinton has ‘been very clear’ on trade, campaign chair says

By Lauren Carroll

June 14, 2015

Says Hillary Clinton's "been very clear where she stands on trade."

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Lincoln Chafee says Ronald Reagan talked about converting to the metric system

By Lauren Carroll

June 7, 2015

Says Ronald Reagan "talked about" converting the United States to the metric system.

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Lindsey Graham: Freedom Act means less privacy for phone records

By Lauren Carroll

June 4, 2015

The USA Freedom Act undercuts privacy because "the phone records will be in the hands of the phone companies with hundreds of people available to look at…

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Mike Huckabee: Supreme Court ‘can’t overrule’ other branches of government

By Lauren Carroll

May 29, 2015

The Supreme Court "can’t overrule the other two" branches of government.  

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