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Latest Fact-Checks In Candidate Biography

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Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on July 27, 2015 a Telemundo News interview
Says in 2002, he "won more Hispanic votes than Anglo votes, 60 percent in the state."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • July 31, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 25, 2015 a speech
Under Gov. Scott Walker, Wisconsin "projected a $1 billion (budget) surplus and it turns out to be a deficit of $2.2 billion."
Mostly False
July 28, 2015
Carlos Curbelo
Carlos Curbelo
stated on July 10, 2015 a radio interview
Says Bill and Hillary Clinton attended Donald Trump's last wedding.
True
By Joshua Gillin • July 21, 2015
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on June 3, 2015 an interview
Says Scott Walker's views on abortion are more restrictive "than any Republican president in recent times."
True
July 16, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 13, 2015 remarks in Manhattan
Says she "called for addressing risks of derivatives, cracking down on subprime mortgages and improving financial oversight" early on in the financial crisis.
True
By Lauren Carroll • July 15, 2015
Scott Walker
Scott Walker
stated on July 13, 2015 a speech
Says because of his actions, Wisconsin "property taxes today are lower than they were four years ago."
Mostly True
July 15, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on July 6, 2015 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
"There’s now been three independent investigations (into the bridge scandal) all of which have said" that Christie did not have prior knowledge of or involvement in the lane closures.
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 9, 2015
Dinesh D'Souza
Dinesh D'Souza
stated on July 7, 2015 a tweet
A photograph of 21-year-old Hillary Clinton featured a Confederate battle flag in the background.
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • July 7, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 1, 2015 remarks on CNN.
Says his book, The Art of the Deal, is "the No. 1 selling business book of all time."
False
By Linda Qiu • July 6, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 30, 2015 an announcement on his website
Says his release of 33 years of tax returns is "more than any presidential candidate in history."
True
By Joshua Gillin • July 1, 2015
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on June 24, 2015 comments on Fox Business Network
Says South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley "is an immigrant."
Pants on Fire!
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 24, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on CNN's State of the Union
Says Hillary Clinton "was completely exonerated, when I was in the White House" by an official inquiry on Whitewater.
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • June 23, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on CNN's State of the Union
After a federal inquiry corroborated Hillary Clinton on Whitewater, "the next day, there was nothing in the media about it."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • June 23, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on June 16, 2015 an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News
As a senator, Hillary Clinton "has her name on three laws in eight years."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • June 23, 2015
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on June 16, 2015 a post on Facebook
Says Hillary Clinton "has donated every cent she's ever earned from speaking fees to charity."
False
By Anna Bruzgulis • June 16, 2015
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on May 19, 2015 an interview
Says Democratic challenger Russ Feingold "was the deciding vote on Obamacare."
Mostly False
May 27, 2015
Sean Hannity
Sean Hannity
stated on May 14, 2015 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
Ron Fournier
Ron Fournier
stated on May 10, 2015 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 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
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on May 10, 2015 comments on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We doubled the size of the company (Hewlett-Packard)."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • May 10, 2015
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