Latest Fact Checks By Steve Contorno

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Conway in front of White House photo

Fact-checking Kellyanne Conway on the ‘Bowling Green massacre’

February 3, 2017
"Two Iraqis came here to this country, were radicalized and they were the masterminds behind the Bowling Green massacre. … It didn't get covered"
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Clinton Expressive

True: Hillary Clinton says federal government sued Donald Trump for housing discrimination

September 27, 2016
Says Donald Trump "started his career back in 1973 being sued by the Justice Department for racial discrimination because he would not rent apartments in…
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Trump Quizzical

Donald Trump says Hillary Clinton lauded controversial Trans-Pacific trade deal

September 27, 2016
Says Hillary Clinton called the Trans-Pacific Partnership "the gold standard. You called it the gold standard of trade deals. You said it’s the finest deal…
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Ted Cruz: Small business are going out of business ‘in record numbers’

March 24, 2015
"Small businesses (are) going out of business in record numbers."
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Ron Johnson: Iran’s parliament gets to vote on nuclear deal, Congress should too

March 10, 2015
"The Iranian parliament will get to say yes or no on this deal, and I think the United States Congress should have the exact same…
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Fact-checking Chuck Schumer’s defense of Hillary Clinton’s private email

March 8, 2015
"The State Department asked all secretaries of state to send their emails over." Hillary Clinton's "the only one who’s done it."  
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Marco Rubio: At least three sectors of the border are ‘completely insecure’

March 5, 2015
"There are at least three sectors of the border, one in particular, that are just completely insecure."
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Rick Scott: Average Floridian pays $1,800 in state taxes, lowest in country

March 3, 2015
"The average person only pays about $1,800 in state taxes — which is the lowest of all 50 states."
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Conservative group claims Hillary Clinton’s foundation took millions from foreign governments

February 26, 2015
"The Clintons' foundation took millions from foreign governments" including United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
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Rudy Giuliani: Barack Obama said American exceptionalism no better than other countries’

February 23, 2015
Says President Barack Obama said "that American exceptionalism is no more exceptional than the exceptionalism of any other country."
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VA secretary claims 900 firings, 60 related to wait times, since he took over

February 20, 2015
"Nine hundred people have been fired since I became secretary (of Veterans Affairs). We’ve got 60 people that we fired who have manipulated wait times."
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Republican lawmaker claims Congress has never set limits on a commander-in-chief

February 19, 2015
The current debate over authorizing military action against the Islamic State "would be the first time Congress would place limits on the commander-in-chief's ability to…
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