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Latest Fact-Checks On Ben Carson

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Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on September 27, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"We've had examples like in Yuma County, where we've been able to stop 97 percent of the illegal (immigration) flow, and those programs, they abolish."
Mostly False
By Angie Drobnic Holan • September 27, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on September 22, 2015 an interview with Fox's "The Kelly File"
There is not "one of the Muslim nations" that doesn't have "discrimination against women, discrimination against gays, subjugation of other religious beliefs."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • September 25, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on September 16, 2015 the second GOP debate
There are a "multitude" of vaccines that do not prevent deadly and crippling diseases.
False
By April Hunt • September 23, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN GOP presidential debate
Pediatricians have cut down on the number and proximity of vaccines because they recognize there have been "too many in too short a period of time."  
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • September 17, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on August 23, 2015 an interview on "State of the Union"
Says "56 percent of (the U.S.-Mexico) border is not under our control."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • August 23, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on August 16, 2015 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
The number of people who "believe in socialism ... is increasing."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 16, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on August 6, 2015 the first Republican debate
"Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them."
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 7, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on April 22, 2015 a speech
"There are more young black males involved in the criminal justice system than there are in higher education."  
False
May 5, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on April 6, 2015 a speech in Manchester N.H.
"We spent twice as much per capita for health care in this country as the next closest nation."
Mostly False
By Nick Reid • April 30, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on March 4, 2015 an interview on CNN
"A lot of people who go into prison straight, and when they come out they’re gay."
False
By Lauren Carroll • March 4, 2015
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