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Latest Fact-Checks By Amy Sherman

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Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 10, 2015 in the Fox Business Network debate:
Says Hillary Clinton told her daughter and a government official that Benghazi "was a terrorist attack, and then tells everybody else that it was a video."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • November 11, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 29, 2015 in an interview on CNN:
"There was never a single shred of evidence presented to anyone" that the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, were "spontaneous, and in fact, the CIA themselves understood that early on."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Clayton Youngman • November 4, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 28, 2015 in the CNBC GOP presidential debate:
"In Florida, we have the lowest in-state tuition of any state."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 30, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 in the CNBC GOP presidential debate:
In 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama "missed 60 or 70 percent of his votes." In 2004, John Kerry missed "close to 60 to 70 percent" and Bob Graham missed "over 30 percent of his votes."  
True
By Amy Sherman, Linda Qiu • October 29, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on October 14, 2015 in in a town hall in Concord, New Hampshire:
"The top 1 percent pay 45 percent of all taxes in the country."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 26, 2015
Jennifer Granholm
Jennifer Granholm
stated on October 25, 2015 in comments on ABC's "This Week":
Says Marco Rubio opposes abortion "even in the case of rape and incest."  
Mostly True
By Aaron Sharockman, Amy Sherman • October 25, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 22, 2015 in an op-ed in Breitbart:
"Even after Syrian troops began to shoot protesters in the streets with live ammunition in 2011, Clinton labeled Bashar al-Assad a ‘reformer.' "  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Katie Sanders • October 23, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 16, 2015 in prepared remarks in a written speech:
To abide by Environmental Protection Agency rules when mining or drilling you have "to take caution not to disturb bodies of water barely bigger than a puddle."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 22, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 14, 2015 in the CNN Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas:
"Every other major country" has family paid leave.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • October 14, 2015
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 6, 2015 in a press conference :
"In the states that allow open carry, violent crime was 23 percent lower."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • October 9, 2015
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
stated on October 2, 2015 in a tweet:
"380 Americans have been killed in 294 mass shootings in 2015 alone."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 8, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on September 25, 2015 in Values Voter Summit:
When ICE releases illegal immigrants, "a lot of those people are not from Honduras and Mexico. They’re from Iraq and Somalia and Russia."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 1, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on September 16, 2015 in 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
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on September 16, 2015 in the CNN debate:
"When he (Donald Trump) asked Florida to have casino gambling, we said no."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Linda Qiu • September 17, 2015
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on September 15, 2015 in a TV ad in Iowa:
Says Donald Trump supports the Wall Street bailout.  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • September 15, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 3, 2015 in an interview:
Under the Iran deal: "If Israel attacks Iran … we’re supposed to be on Iran’s side."
False
By Amy Sherman, Warren Fiske • September 4, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 21, 2015 in a fundraising email:
"Trump proposed enacting the largest tax increase in American history."  
True
By Amy Sherman • September 2, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on August 25, 2015 in a tweet:
"How do Jeb Bush and Donald Trump differ on immigration? Spoiler alert: They don't."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 28, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 19, 2015 in a town hall in New Hampshire:
"The federal government right now does not deport criminals."  
False
By Amy Sherman • August 26, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 18, 2015 in a speech at the Iowa State Fair:
"We have an Army that just cut 40,000 spots."  
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • August 20, 2015
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