Latest Fact Checks By Linda Qiu

Mostly True: Obama says world opinion of U.S. better now than eight years ago

By Linda Qiu

July 28, 2016

"Almost every country on Earth sees America as stronger and more respected today than they did eight years ago when I took office."

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Did Donald Trump ‘cash in’ $150,000 after 9/11?

By Linda Qiu

July 27, 2016

Says Donald Trump "cashed in" on Sept. 11,  "collecting $150,000 in federal funds intended to help small businesses recover — even though days after the attack…

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Bernie Sanders’ outdated income inequality statistic

By Linda Qiu

July 27, 2016

"The top 1 percent in recent years has earned 85 percent of all new income."

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Does Donald Trump want to privatize the VA?

By Linda Qiu

July 25, 2016

Says "Donald Trump is a guy who has called for privatization" of the Veterans Administration.

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No, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders wouldn’t have won even if super delegates were nixed

By Linda Qiu

July 25, 2016

"An analysis showed that Bernie Sanders would have won the Democratic nomination if it were not for the Super Delegates."

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Donald Trump’s largely accurate about Clinton’s past support for NAFTA, TPP

By Linda Qiu

July 22, 2016

Says Hillary Clinton "supported North American Free Trade Agreement), and she supported China’s entrance into the World Trade Organization…. She supported the job-killing trade deal…

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Despite new adverb, Trump’s claim about Clinton wanting to ‘abolish’ 2nd Amendment is still False

By Linda Qiu

July 22, 2016

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to essentially abolish the Second Amendment."

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Mike Pence’s inaccurate claim about Clinton’s Benghazi role and response

By Linda Qiu

July 21, 2016

"It was Hillary Clinton who left Americans in harm's way in Benghazi and after four Americans fell said, 'What difference at this point does it…

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What you need to know about Hillary Clinton’s ‘infamous response’ to Benghazi question

By Linda Qiu

July 20, 2016

" ‘What difference, at this point, does it make?' I am the guy that got under her skin and provoked that infamous response from Hillary…

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Mostly False: Jeff Sessions says Clinton is ‘champion’ of global trade deals, including TPP

By Linda Qiu

July 19, 2016

Says Hillary Clinton "has been a champion of globalist trade agreements. ... Worst of all, they are now pushing the disastrous 5,000-page Obamatrade — the…

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Mark Warner says Donald Trump has ‘bankrupt four separate businesses’

By Linda Qiu , Sean Gorman

July 11, 2016

Says Donald Trump has "bankrupt four separate businesses."

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Pants on Fire: Trump lawyer tweets meme accusing Clinton of murder

By Linda Qiu

June 30, 2016

Says Hillary Clinton "presided over $6 billion lost at the State Department, sold uranium to the Russians through (her) faux charity, illegally deleted public records,…

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