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Latest Fact-Checks By C. Eugene Emery Jr.

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Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
stated on March 28, 2016 a Facebook video
"Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 14, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 7, 2016 an interview on CNN
"Poll after poll after poll shows me beating Hillary."
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 11, 2016
Glenn Beck
Glenn Beck
stated on April 10, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Polls show "Hillary Clinton wins every time with Donald Trump" as her opponent.
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 10, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 6, 2016 a speech at Temple University
Says Hillary Clinton "has been saying lately that she thinks that I am, 'not qualified to be president.' "
Mostly False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 7, 2016
New Day for America
New Day for America
stated on March 31, 2016 a television ad.
"Many just call him 'Lyin' Ted.' ... His TV ad about John Kasich? Lie! Stations had to pull it off the air."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 6, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 3, 2016 comments on Meet the Press
"I have now put out all of my emails."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • April 3, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2016 an interview on CNN
Says Ted Cruz distributed the ad showing a nude Melania Trump on a rug.  
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 31, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 22, 2016 a speech at Stanford University.
When it comes to fighting terrorism, "Another thing we know that does not work, based on lots of empirical evidence, is torture."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 21, 2016 a speech at the 2016 American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington.
"When those restrictions expire (in the Iran nuclear deal), Iran will have an industrial-size military nuclear capability ready to go."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 24, 2016
Club for Growth
Club for Growth
stated on March 17, 2016 a political ad
Says Donald Trump promised "to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the government's going to pay for it."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 21, 2016
Roy Zimmerman
Roy Zimmerman
stated on March 13, 2016 a YouTube video
"Republicans control the U.S. Senate with 54 seats, but those 54 senators were elected by only two-thirds the number of voters who elected the Democrats. In the Senate, the majority party represents a minority of the people."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 17, 2016
Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on March 8, 2016 a Facebook meme
The rate of U.S. female homicide victims outnumbers 24 other developed countries by more than 2½ to 1.
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 14, 2016
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on March 11, 2016 a GOP debate at the University of Miami
Foreign aid "is less than 1 percent of our federal budget."  
True
By Amy Sherman, C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 11, 2016
Right to Rise
Right to Rise
stated on March 1, 2016 a television ad.
Like Marco Rubio, Sen. Barack Obama had "one of the worst attendance records in the Senate."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 8, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on March 6, 2016 a Democratic debate in Flint, Mich.
"President Obama took more money from Wall Street in the 2008 campaign than anybody ever had."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 7, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 3, 2016 a GOP debate hosted by Fox
The wives of the 9/11 hijackers "knew exactly what was happening" and went back to Saudi Arabia two days before the attacks to watch their husbands on television flying the planes.
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 4, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on February 28, 2016 an Instagram meme
Says Mahatma Gandhi once said, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 4, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 23, 2016 a TV ad
"African-Americans are more likely to be arrested by police and sentenced to longer prison terms for doing the same thing that whites do."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 26, 2016
Bill Maher
Bill Maher
stated on February 10, 2016 an essay in The Hollywood Reporter
"Why are Muslim armies so useless against ISIS? ... There are 20,000 or 30,000 (ISIS fighters). The countries surrounding ISIS have armies totaling 5 million people."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 22, 2016
Richard Blumenthal
Richard Blumenthal
stated on February 15, 2016 an appearance on MSNBC's Hardball
"There's never been a (U.S. Supreme Court) vacancy in the last, I think, 30 years, lasting longer than 237 days."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 18, 2016
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