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Latest Fact-Checks By Keely Herring

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Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on July 27, 2015 a post on Instagram
"We built a new prison every 10 days between 1990 and 2005 to keep up with our mass incarceration explosion of nonviolent offenders."
Mostly True
By Keely Herring • July 31, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 10, 2015 a headline on the website NewsExaminer
"Christian Pastor in Vermont Sentenced to One Year in Prison After Refusing to Marry Gay Couple"
Pants on Fire!
By Keely Herring • July 16, 2015
Ultraviolet
Ultraviolet
stated on June 30, 2015 a Facebook meme
Says Chris Christie "vetoed equal pay for women 3 times. He only let the bill pass once it became a damaging campaign issue."
Mostly False
By Keely Herring • July 13, 2015
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on June 23, 2015 an op-ed on Breitbart
On support for Trade Promotion Authority, called fast-track 
Full Flop
By Keely Herring • July 8, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on June 7, 2015 an interview on CBS' Face the Nation
On Common Core. 
Full Flop
By Keely Herring • June 24, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on June 18, 2015 remarks at the White House
"This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries. It doesn’t happen in other places with this kind of frequency."
Mostly False
By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson • June 22, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 15, 2015 a social media post
Says Bill Clinton "gave a speech in 1996 about Iraq having WMDs" and said "we needed a regime change," even though everyone blamed those things on George W. Bush.
Mostly False
By Keely Herring, Louis Jacobson • June 16, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech
"Former Gov. Rick Perry signed a law that a federal court said was actually written with the purpose of discriminating against minority voters."
Mostly True
By Keely Herring, Linda Qiu • June 9, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 4, 2015 a speech
"In New Jersey, Gov. Christie vetoed legislation to extend early voting."
Mostly True
By Keely Herring, Linda Qiu • June 9, 2015