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Latest Fact-Checks By Linda Qiu

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Danielle Nierenberg
Danielle Nierenberg
stated on January 9, 2017 a tweet
"Tanzania farmers face 12 years in prison for trading seeds thanks to foreign aid."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • February 10, 2017
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 1, 2017 tweets
Says Melania Trump’s security detail at Trump Tower costs more than the annual budget for the National Endowment for the Arts.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • February 8, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 5, 2017 an interview with Bill O'Reilly
Says "109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers" were affected by the immigration executive order.
False
By Linda Qiu • February 6, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 1, 2017 a tweet
"The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu, Miriam Valverde • February 2, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on January 30, 2017 a daily press briefing
The language that's part of the president's National Security Council memo "is identical to the language" used by President George W. Bush in 2001 and President Barack Obama in 2009.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • January 31, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 29, 2017 a statement
"My policy is similar to what President Obama did in 2011 when he banned visas for refugees from Iraq for six months."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • January 30, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 27, 2017 an interview with CBN
"If you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were a Christian, it was impossible."
False
By Linda Qiu • January 29, 2017
Jerry Brown
Jerry Brown
stated on January 24, 2017 his State of the State address
"One hundred and ninety-four countries signed the Paris Agreement to control greenhouse gases. Our own voluntary agreement to accomplish the same goal — the Under2  MOU — has 165 signatories, representing a billion people."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • January 26, 2017
Ashley Judd
Ashley Judd
stated on January 21, 2017 a speech at the Women's March.
"Pads and tampons (are) still taxed when Viagra and Rogaine are not." 
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • January 22, 2017
Sean Spicer
Sean Spicer
stated on January 21, 2017 a press conference
"That was the largest audience to witness an inauguration, period."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • January 22, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 14, 2017 a tweet
Says Georgia’s 5th congressional district, represented by John Lewis, is "in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested)."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • January 15, 2017
Charles Schumer
Charles Schumer
stated on January 3, 2017 an interview on MSNBC
Says Donald Trump campaigned on not cutting Medicare and Social Security, but his nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, "made his career on cutting Medicare and Medicaid."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • January 10, 2017
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on January 8, 2017 an interview on 'Face the Nation'
"In 2009, Mitch McConnell was the person that’s saying, 'Hey, we should get all the ethics information in before we do the hearings.' "
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • January 8, 2017
Lumos
Lumos
stated on December 19, 2016 a factsheet
"An estimated 8 million children worldwide live in orphanages or residential institutions. Shockingly, 80 percent of these children are not orphans."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • January 4, 2017
BuzzFeedUSA.com
BuzzFeedUSA.com
stated on December 20, 2016 a website
"Breaking: Crew of Air Force One Refuses to Fly Obama 6000 miles ‘Just to Play Golf’ "
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • December 30, 2016
Food & Water Watch
Food & Water Watch
stated on December 10, 2016 a campaign letter
Says Rex Tillerson "sued to keep a fracking project out of his backyard."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • December 14, 2016
Social Media
Social Media
stated on November 8, 2016 a viral Tweet
Says "thousands" at a Manhattan rally for Donald Trump were chanting "We hate Muslims, we hate blacks, we want our great country back."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • November 9, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 7, 2016 a speech in Raleigh, N.C.
"Beyonce and Jay Z, I like them, I like them ... I get bigger crowds than they do. It's true. I get far bigger crowds."
False
By Aaron Sharockman, Linda Qiu • November 7, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on November 4, 2016 a campaign rally
Under Donald Trump's tax plan, "51 percent of single parents would see their taxes go up."  
True
By Linda Qiu • November 6, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 31, 2016 a campaign rally
"The FBI has reopened its investigation into Hillary Clinton ... and discovered another 650,000 emails."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • November 1, 2016
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