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Latest Fact-Checks On Bernie Sanders

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate in New Hampshire
"Making public colleges and universities tuition-free, that exists in countries all over the world, used to exist in the United States."    
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 9, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 7, 2016 comments on Meet the Press
"Tell me what Madeleine Albright’s position was on the War on Iraq. I wouldn’t be surprised if she supported it." 
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • February 7, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 2, 2016 a campaign event in Keene, N.H.
Says Goldman Sachs CEO said Congress would "have to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and give huge tax breaks to the wealthy and the large corporations."
Half-True
By Clay Wirestone • February 5, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Durham, N.H.
Says a Sanders campaign ad "never said ... a newspaper endorsed us that did not."
False
By Clay Wirestone, Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic debate on MSNBC
Americans "are working longer hours for low wages . . . and yet almost all new income and wealth is going to the top 1 percent."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 5, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 3, 2016 a campaign ad
Says he was endorsed by the Valley News newspaper.
False
By Clay Wirestone • February 4, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 1, 2016 a political ad
"While our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1 percent."
Half-True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • February 3, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 24, 2016 comments on "Meet the Press."
Says his views on reparations for slavery are the same as Barack Obama's and Hillary Clinton's. 
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • January 26, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 19, 2016 a town hall meeting in Underwood, Iowa.
"Almost all of the polls that have come out suggest that I am a much stronger candidate against the Republicans than is Hillary Clinton."
False
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • January 26, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 24, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says Donald Trump "thinks that climate change is a hoax, invented by the Chinese."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • January 24, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 19, 2016 a town hall in Underwood, Iowa
"I have a D-minus voting record from the NRA."
Mostly True
By Katie Sanders • January 20, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate
"Very little of (the defense) budget — less than 10 percent — actually goes into fighting ISIS and international terrorism."
Mostly False
By Joshua Gillin • January 18, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 comments during the South Carolina Democratic presidential debate
"I helped write" the Affordable Care Act.
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • January 18, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on January 17, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says Hillary Clinton called Barack Obama "naive" for saying he was would "sit down and talk to the Iranians" during the 2008 Democratic primary.  
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • January 17, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 20, 2015 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press".
"We didn't go out and take" information from the Hillary Clinton campaign.
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • December 22, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on December 19, 2015 the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate
The United States spends "almost three times per capita what they spend in the U.K." on health care and "50 percent more than they pay in France."
True
By Jon Greenberg • December 20, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 19, 2015 a speech at Georgetown University
"Instead of fighting ISIS, (the Saudis) have focused more on a campaign to oust Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen."
True
By Linda Qiu • November 24, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on October 28, 2015 a speech.
"It costs a hell of a lot more money to put somebody in jail than send them to the University of Virginia."
Half-True
By Sean Gorman • November 23, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 14, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa.
Climate change is "directly related" to the growth of terrorism.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 16, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on November 14, 2015 the Democratic debate in Iowa
Out of the total U.S. military budget, "significantly less than 10 percent of that money is used to fight international terrorism."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 15, 2015
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