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Latest Fact-Checks By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

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Gina Raimondo
Gina Raimondo
stated on September 28, 2016 a television interview
"In other states (where illegal immigrants have been allowed to get driver's licenses) their insurance premiums for everybody have gone down."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 7, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to expand (Obamacare) into a single-payer program."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 5, 2016
Chelsea Clinton
Chelsea Clinton
stated on September 28, 2016 an interview with Cosmo
Says "Gary Johnson and the Libertarian Party want to get rid of the public school system."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 29, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate
Says to Hillary Clinton, "You heard what I said about (the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal), and all of a sudden you were against it."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 27, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 26, 2016 a Presidential debate
"The only years that anybody's ever seen" of Donald Trump’s tax returns "showed he didn't pay any federal income tax."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 27, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 24, 2016 a speech
Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to shut down shale, and shut down natural gas."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 26, 2016
Michael Morell
Michael Morell
stated on September 19, 2016 an open letter to Donald Trump
Says Donald Trump has outlined "policies that read like a Kremlin wish list."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 22, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 15, 2016 a speech
"Latinos are 17 percent of our country's population but hold only 2 percent of its wealth."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 19, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on September 18, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press."
Says Hillary Clinton and millennials have the same positions on climate change, abortion rights, immigration reform, gay rights and college affordability. "Donald Trump doesn't."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Linda Qiu • September 18, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 12, 2016 an interview on CNN
"You've got a medical report on me that meets the same standard as Mitt Romney and Barack Obama."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 14, 2016
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 8, 2016 internet postings
Say "71 percent of doctors say Hillary's health concerns are 'serious' and 'could be disqualifying.' "
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 12, 2016
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on August 20, 2016 a posting on Facebook
Says President Barack Obama "has taken less vacation days than any other president in a generation," while Congress "has taken more vacation days than any other Congress in history."
Pants on Fire!
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 9, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 7, 2016 the NBC Commander-In-Chief Forum
Says Donald Trump supports "an agenda out there" to privatize the Veterans Affairs health care system.
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 8, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 31, 2016 a speech
Says "Hillary Clinton has pledged amnesty in her first 100 days, and her plan will provide Obamacare, Social Security, and Medicare for illegal immigrants, breaking the federal budget."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • September 2, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 27, 2016 a speech
"Hillary Clinton wants to shut down family farms" using "radical regulation," by raising business tax "rates as high as nearly 50 percent" and by taxing "family farms again at death by as much as 45 percent."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 31, 2016
End Citizens United
End Citizens United
stated on August 22, 2016 a campaign ad
Says U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin voted to "force seniors to pay more for prescription drugs."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 30, 2016
Mike Pence
Mike Pence
stated on August 23, 2016 a speech at a campaign rally.
"Hillary [Clinton] wants to raise taxes by over a trillion dollars."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 25, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2016 a campaign ad
Says Hillary Clinton wants illegal immigrants "collecting Social Security benefits."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 24, 2016
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on August 11, 2016 an interview on Fox News
"The Pentagon itself says that we could eliminate 20 percent of U.S. bases."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 15, 2016
NowThis
NowThis
stated on August 10, 2016 a viral video
Says President Bill Clinton did not sign NAFTA. 
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 11, 2016
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