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Latest Fact-Checks On Rand Paul

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Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 28, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Boulder, Colo.
The debt limit deal "allows President Obama to borrow unlimited amounts of money."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • November 2, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on September 16, 2015 a presidential debate
"There's never been a direct Supreme Court case on people who were here illegally, whether or not their kids are citizens."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • September 18, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 6, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Cleveland
"The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over. John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on July 26, 2015 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
"(Hillary Clinton's State Department) actually admonished one of her ambassadors because he wasn’t using the proper server."
True
By Linda Qiu • July 26, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on July 17, 2015 a campaign rally in Houston
"We borrow a million dollars every minute."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • July 21, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 18, 2015 a speech in Nashua, N.H.
"Hillary Clinton’s State Department sent three comedians to India on the ‘Make Chai, Not War’ tour."
True
By Allie Morris • April 24, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 12, 2015 comments on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says Hillary Clinton "completely ignored" "dozens and dozens of requests for more security" for the Benghazi consulate.    
Half-True
By Katie Sanders • April 12, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 8, 2015 a town hall meeting in Milford, NH
"The founders of New Hampshire came up with the motto Live Free or Die."
False
By Nick Reid • April 10, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on April 7, 2015 a speech announcing his presidential campaign
"Debt doubled" under Bush "and now it’s tripling under Barack Obama’s watch."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • April 9, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on March 24, 2015 an interview on the Kelly File
Says according to recent polls, no Republican candidate "is doing better against Hillary Clinton than myself."
Mostly False
By Katharina Fiedler, Lauren Carroll • March 25, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on February 27, 2015 a speech at CPAC
U.S. military involvement in Libya "allowed thousands of surface-to-air missiles to fall into the hands of radical Islamists."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • March 9, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 25, 2015 a forum at the Freedom Partners 2015 California retreat
"When you look at the earned income tax credit, it has about a 25 percent fraud rate. We're looking at $20 billion to $30 billion."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • January 30, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 14, 2015 a speech in New Hampshire
"Over half the people on disability are either anxious or their back hurts."
False
By Steve Contorno • January 16, 2015
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 16, 2014 an interview with a New Hampshire radio station
Ebola is "incredibly contagious," "very transmissible" and "easy to catch."
Mostly False
By Steve Contorno • October 27, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 15, 2014 a speech.
"$2.4 million of the NIH dollars was spent on ‘origami’ condoms."
Mostly True
By Sean Gorman • October 27, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on September 11, 2014 an interview with NPR
"Income inequality is worse in towns run by Democrat mayors than in towns run by Republican mayors."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • September 16, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on September 4, 2014 an op-ed for Time magazine
In Tripoli, "jihadists today swim in our embassy pool."
Half-True
By Steve Contorno • September 11, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 14, 2014 an opinion column
"Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts."
True
By Lauren Carroll • August 21, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 4, 2014 comments to reporters
"I haven’t really proposed (phasing out aid to Israel) in the past."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2014
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on August 5, 2014 a speech in Iowa
"It cost us more to shut the government down than to keep it open."
True
By Lauren Carroll • August 7, 2014
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