Latest Fact-Checks In Debates

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TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on October 1, 2020 a video
Says Joe Biden’s website shows that he supports the Green New Deal, despite denials in debate.
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By Hayat Norimine • October 8, 2020
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2020 the first 2020 presidential debate
Says Joe Biden “passed a tax bill that gave us all these privileges for depreciation and for tax credits. We built a building, and we get tax credits like the hotel on Pennsylvania Ave.”
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By Bill McCarthy • October 1, 2020
Nancy McFarlane
Nancy McFarlane
stated on October 16, 2017 in a press conference
Says she debated her opponent "multiple times."
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By Paul Specht • October 18, 2017
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 14, 2016 a Democratic debate in New York
"We have tougher standards holding toy gun manufacturers and sellers to account than we do for real guns."
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By Lauren Carroll • April 15, 2016
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel
stated on January 26, 2016 a news release
Donald Trump’s decision to skip the Fox News/Google debate in Des Moines "is near unprecedented."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • January 28, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 14, 2016 the Fox Business Network debate
Says Hillary Clinton "is under investigation with the FBI right now."
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By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2016
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on August 4, 2015 a segment on her MSNBC show
"Fox changed around their poll eligibility criteria on the day they announced who is in and out of their debate."
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By Jon Greenberg • August 6, 2015
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 22, 2012 a presidential debate
"A few months ago when you were asked what's the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia."
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By Molly Moorhead • October 23, 2012
Bill Nelson
Bill Nelson
stated on October 17, 2012 the Florida U.S. Senate debate
Says Connie Mack voted to redefine "rape" as "forcible rape."
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By Jon Greenberg • October 19, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 16, 2012 the second presidential debate
Says President Obama waited two weeks to call the attack in Libya "terror."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 a debate in Denver
Romney’s Medicare plan was estimated to "cost the average senior about $6,000 a year."
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By Katie Sanders • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate
Obama says he’s "put forward a specific $4 trillion deficit reduction plan."
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By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 3, 2012 the first presidential debate
Says Mitt Romney's plan "calls for a $5 trillion tax cut."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2012
Mitt Romney
Mitt Romney
stated on October 3, 2012 a presidential debate
"On Medicare for current retirees, he's cutting $716 billion from the program."
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By Molly Moorhead • October 4, 2012