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Latest Fact-Checks By Molly O'Connor

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Bruce Braley
Bruce Braley
stated on July 29, 2014:
Says U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst does not support "a national minimum wage." 
Mostly True
By Molly O'Connor • August 1, 2014
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on July 22, 2014 an interview with a Las Vegas news network:
"There were 36 states where Republicans who were in charge refused to implement a state (health insurance) exchange."
Mostly False
By Molly O'Connor • July 24, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on July 10, 2014 remarks to voters in Kentucky:
"More women are graduating from college now than men."
True
By Molly O'Connor • July 18, 2014
Henry Cuellar
Henry Cuellar
stated on July 6, 2014 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
"If you're a Mexican, you get sent back. ... But if you're from a noncontiguous country like the Central American countries" then you can stay in the United States.
True
By Molly O'Connor • July 10, 2014
League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on June 23, 2014 a TV ad:
Says Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst "promises to shut down the Department of Education and abolish the EPA."
True
By Molly O'Connor • June 27, 2014
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on June 23, 2014 the White House Summit on Working Families:
"I don't own a single stock or bond … I have no savings accounts."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll, Molly O'Connor • June 24, 2014
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices":
"By 2006, the American people were overwhelmingly against the Iraq War."
Mostly True
By Molly O'Connor • June 20, 2014
Chain email
Chain email
stated on June 18, 2014 a chain email:
President Barack Obama "is the first president to keep a dog-trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense."
Pants on Fire!
By Molly O'Connor • June 18, 2014