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Latest Fact-Checks By Clayton Youngman

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Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on November 13, 2013 multiple posts
Barack Obama’s Columbia University ID says he was a foreign student and went by "Barry Soetoro."
Pants on Fire!
By Clayton Youngman • December 9, 2015
Chain email
Chain email
stated on August 26, 2014 In a viral YouTube video
A Muslim immigrant in Michigan can list his second, third or fourth wives as "extended family" and qualify for welfare.
Mostly False
By Clayton Youngman • December 7, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 16, 2015 an interview on MSNBC
The New York Police Department used to have "surveillance going on in and around mosques in New York City. ... Our mayor totally cut that out."
Half-True
By Clayton Youngman • November 20, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP primary debate.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership "was designed for China to come in, as they always do, through the back door and totally take advantage of everyone."
Pants on Fire!
By Clayton Youngman • November 12, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP primary debate.
"Welders make more money than philosophers."
False
By Clayton Youngman • November 11, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 29, 2015 an interview on CNN
"There was never a single shred of evidence presented to anyone" that the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, were "spontaneous, and in fact, the CIA themselves understood that early on."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Clayton Youngman • November 4, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 22, 2015 a shareable graphic on the Web
Says Denmark’s suicide rate has been about twice as high as the United States’ over the past five decades.
Mostly False
By Clayton Youngman • October 23, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 5, 2015 on NBC's Today Show
"There have been seven investigations (of Benghazi) led mostly by Republicans in the Congress" that concluded "nobody did anything wrong, but there were changes we could make."
Mostly True
By Clayton Youngman • October 12, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 22, 2015 a tweet
The largest low-wage employer "is not McDonalds or Walmart but the U.S. government."  
Mostly False
By Clayton Youngman • September 29, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN debate
Says Donald Trump was "forced to file for bankruptcy not once, not twice, four times."
Mostly True
By Clayton Youngman, Lauren Carroll • September 21, 2015