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Latest Fact-Checks By Lauren Carroll

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Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 22, 2016 a speech in New York
The Benghazi victims were "left helpless to die as Hillary Clinton soundly slept in her bed."
False
By Lauren Carroll • June 23, 2016
Priorities USA Action
Priorities USA Action
stated on June 19, 2016 an ad discussed on "Meet the Press"
Says Donald Trump has said he loves war, "including with nukes."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • June 19, 2016
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh
stated on May 31, 2016 the Rush Limbaugh Show
The presence of gorillas calls into question the concept of evolution.
False
By Lauren Carroll • June 3, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 26, 2016 an interview on ABC
"It was allowed," referring to her email practices.
False
By Lauren Carroll • May 31, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 16, 2016 remarks at a Kentucky rally
"We just had the best year for the auto industry in America in history."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • May 20, 2016
Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace
stated on May 15, 2016 an episode of "Fox News Sunday"
"Every Republican nominee since Richard Nixon, who at one time was under an audit, has released their tax returns."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • May 18, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on May 4, 2016 an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper
"The market is making this decision. The market has driven down the cost of coal, so you have companies going bankrupt."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • May 10, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 8, 2016 an interview on 'Meet the Press'
"You have to be a citizen to vote," but with same-day voter registration, "you have places where people just walk in and vote."
False
By Lauren Carroll • May 8, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 1, 2016 an interview on "Meet the Press"
Says both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton say Planned Parenthood is "terrific and that it should keep taxpayer funding." 
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • May 1, 2016
Amy Schumer
Amy Schumer
stated on April 28, 2016 an episode of "Inside Amy Schumer"
"You can absolutely get a gun if you have several felonies as long as you buy it on the Internet or at a gun show."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • April 29, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 21, 2016 a "Good Morning America" town hall
Marijuana is a Schedule I drug, "which you understand means that you can’t do any research about it."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • April 26, 2016
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
stated on April 15, 2016 in an episode of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt"
"Dolphins are rapists. Look it up."
False
By Lauren Carroll • April 22, 2016
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on April 20, 2016 a Fox Business interview
"Andrew Jackson was the last president who actually balanced the federal budget, where we had no national debt."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • April 21, 2016
Dinesh D'Souza
Dinesh D'Souza
stated on April 17, 2016 a Facebook post
"As a U.S. senator with salary and perks, ‪#‎Bernie‬ is in the top 1 percent, but still paid only 13 percent in taxes last year."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • April 20, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on April 15, 2016 a Democratic debate in New York
"When this campaign began, I said that we’ve got to end the starvation minimum wage of $7.25, raise it to $15. Secretary Clinton said let's raise it to $12."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • April 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 14, 2016 a Democratic debate in New York
"We have tougher standards holding toy gun manufacturers and sellers to account than we do for real guns."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • April 15, 2016
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on April 6, 2016 a CNN interview
Says Bernie Sanders "wants higher standards for toy guns than real guns."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • April 8, 2016
The Other 98%
The Other 98%
stated on March 31, 2016 a Facebook image
"Last year (the U.S. women’s soccer team) generated $20 million more than the men’s team and were paid almost four times less."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • April 6, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on March 30, 2016 a CNN interview
Says his free public university tuition program "is paid for … by a tax on Wall Street's speculation."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • April 4, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 29, 2016 a CNN town hall
Says that when Michelle Fields "found out that there was a security camera, and that they had her on tape, all of a sudden that story changed."
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • March 30, 2016
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