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Latest Fact-Checks By Katie Sanders

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Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
stated on July 14, 2015 in an appearance on "Hannity":
"Obama keeps talking about getting rid of all nuclear weapons. He’s already significantly reduced our capabilities there."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • July 17, 2015
Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow
stated on July 13, 2015 in a segment on her show:
Despite what Donald Trump claims, "there weren’t 15,000 people who turned out in Phoenix" to see Trump speak.
True
By Katie Sanders • July 15, 2015
Joe Theismann
Joe Theismann
stated on July 9, 2015 in a discussion on "Outnumbered":
"We don’t have a (military) reserve force if something happens."
False
By Katie Sanders • July 14, 2015
Aziz Ansari
Aziz Ansari
stated on June 16, 2015 in comments on "The Daily Show":
"46 percent of women between the age of 16 to 24 despise sexual contact" in Japan.
True
By Katie Sanders • June 23, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 16, 2015 in his presidential announcement speech:
"When was the last time you saw a Chevrolet in Japan? It doesn’t exist, folks."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • June 17, 2015
John Oliver
John Oliver
stated on June 7, 2015 in a segment about bail on "Last Week Tonight":
Says "Florida is a model" for successful pretrial release programs.
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • June 12, 2015
Brian Stelter
Brian Stelter
stated on June 2, 2015 in an interview on "CNN Tonight":
"Fox News barely covered (the Duggar family) scandal until Megyn Kelly was able to secure this interview."
True
By Katie Sanders • June 5, 2015
Gretchen Carlson
Gretchen Carlson
stated on June 2, 2015 in a "Gretchen's Take" on The Real Story:
"Most polls show foreign nations have lower regard for the U.S. now than they did before Obama’s time."
False
By Katie Sanders • June 4, 2015
Russell Brand
Russell Brand
stated on May 26, 2015 in an episode of 'The Trews':
"The American murder rate is 50 times that of any other developed nation."
False
By Katie Sanders • June 2, 2015
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on May 13, 2015 in a segment on his radio show:
Says Hillary Clinton "makes more per hour at a speaking gig than the average CEO does in a year."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 28, 2015
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on May 14, 2015 in a panel discussion :
As a senator, Hillary Clinton "actually paid female staffers a lot less than men."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • May 21, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 13, 2015 in a tweet:
"You can be an NFL player with murder charges and not be suspended."
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 18, 2015
Ron Fournier
Ron Fournier
stated on May 10, 2015 in a pundit panel on "Face the Nation":
Says Mike Huckabee appeared in diabetes infomercials to endorse "cures and treatments that no health agency supports."
True
By Katie Sanders • May 13, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on May 4, 2015 in a Facebook meme:
"Ben Carson is running for president to ‘eliminate dependency on government.’ But he doesn’t mention that he grew up in public schools, got public housing and food stamps, got free glasses from a government program, was helped by Affirmative Action, and got Pell Grants for college."  
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • May 11, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on May 5, 2015 in an interview with NBC News:
"When we moved into the White House, we had the lowest net worth of any family since Harry Truman."
True
By Katie Sanders • May 7, 2015
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough
stated on April 27, 2015 in a segment on 'Morning Joe':
Algeria "wanted to be taken off of the terror list" at the time it made an unreported donation to the Clinton Foundation. 
False
By Katie Sanders • April 28, 2015
Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
stated on April 26, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
The money the Clinton Foundation took from from foreign governments while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state "is clearly illegal. … The Constitution says you can’t take this stuff."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 26, 2015
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on April 17, 2015 in his monologue on "Real Time":
"More astronauts have been to the moon than farmers who paid the inheritance tax in 2013."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 23, 2015
Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow
stated on April 9, 2015 in a tweet:
$29 is what "families on SNAP (i.e. food stamps) have to live on for a week."
Mostly False
By Katie Sanders • April 22, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 19, 2015 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":
 "99 percent of all new income today (is) going to the top 1 percent."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • April 19, 2015
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