Latest Fact-Checks In Iowa

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Patty Judge
Patty Judge
stated on June 1, 2016 a post-debate interview
"When a bill is sent to the governor’s office, there is no option for changing it. You sign it or you don’t sign it. While there was lots of conversation, there was really no opportunity for any sort of amending."
Half-True
By Jason Noble • June 4, 2016
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stated on October 25, 2015 a blog post and subsequently reposted on Facebook.
Says Hillary Clinton told the Des Moines Register on Aug. 8, 2015: "I will get the NRA shut down for good if I become president. If we can ban handguns, we will do it."
Pants on Fire!
By Jason Noble • March 14, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on February 20, 2016 a Hillary for America ad
"Americans haven’t had a raise in 15 years."
Mostly True
By Jason Noble, Louis Jacobson • March 11, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 26, 2016 comments at the University of Iowa
"We’re spending tremendous amounts of money to educate our kids. In the world, we're No. 1 per pupil by a factor of four."
Mostly False
By Daniel Lathrop • February 9, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on December 5, 2015 a speech at the Rising Tide Summit in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
"The Democrats in the Senate last year introduced a constitutional amendment to repeal the free speech protections of the First Amendment."
Mostly False
By Jason Noble • December 22, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on November 11, 2015 Atlantic, Iowa, during a campaign event.
Says President Barack Obama did not invite a Republican senator to dine at the White House until his fifth year in office. 
False
By Jason Noble • November 23, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 14, 2015 comments at the Iowa Democratic debate
500,000 U.S. troops came home from Iraq and Afghanistan "with PTSD and traumatic brain injury."
Mostly True
By Jason Noble • November 15, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 30, 2015 remarks during a campaign event in Sioux City, Iowa
North Korea "has over two-dozen nuclear warheads."
Half-True
By Jason Noble • November 14, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on September 18, 2015 a roundtable event on women's economic security
"Women fill two-thirds of minimum wage jobs."
Mostly True
By Kaitlin DeWulf • November 13, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on October 31, 2015 a speech at the Republican Party of Iowa's Growth and Opportunity Party in Des Moines
"I am the only person in this field who is against amnesty. Every other person in this field wants to allow people who are here illegally to be able to stay here, in one form or another."
False
By Jason Noble • November 8, 2015
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