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Latest Fact-Checks By Christian Belanger

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Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on August 9, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week.":
"You’re more likely to get struck by lightning in Texas" than find in-person voter fraud.
True
By Christian Belanger • August 18, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 6, 2015 a Republican presidential debate:
"One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who get a wage. The people who get wages is declining dramatically."
Mostly False
By Christian Belanger • August 12, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 31, 2015 a speech to the National Urban League in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.:
"African-American children are 500 percent more likely to die from asthma than white kids."
True
By Christian Belanger • August 11, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 20, 2015 various conservative websites:
"Obama Makes Huge Move to BAN Social Security Recipients From Owning Guns"
False
By Christian Belanger • July 30, 2015
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on July 15, 2015 an interview on CNN's "New Day":
President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions."
False
By Christian Belanger • July 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 13, 2015 a speech:
"Sen. Rubio’s (tax plan) would cut taxes for households making around $3 million a year by almost $240,000, which is way more than three times the earnings of a typical family."
Mostly True
By Christian Belanger • July 16, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 5, 2015 an interview on CNN:
"We have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on Earth."
Mostly False
By Christian Belanger • July 8, 2015
Cornell William Brooks
Cornell William Brooks
stated on June 21, 2015 comments on Face the Nation:
"We have at least 200,000 to 300,000 hate crimes in a given year."
Mostly True
By Christian Belanger • June 25, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on CNN's State of the Union:
After a federal inquiry corroborated Hillary Clinton on Whitewater, "the next day, there was nothing in the media about it."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu, Christian Belanger • June 23, 2015