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Latest Fact-Checks By Lauren Carroll

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Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 31, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"We have more illegal immigrants here" than we did five years ago.
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 31, 2016
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on January 28, 2016 a Republican debate
"Last year, there were an additional 81,000 pages of government regulations. If you stack that up, it would be a three-story building."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll, Sean Gorman • January 29, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 24, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says a Ted Cruz ad has "got me bull-dozing down a house. I never bulldozed it down. It's false advertising."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • January 24, 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
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on January 14, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in North Charleston, S.C.
Says Marco Rubio "knows full well I voted for his amendment to increase military spending to $697 billion."
True
By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 14, 2016 the Fox Business Network debate
Says Hillary Clinton "is under investigation with the FBI right now."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • January 15, 2016
Chelsea Clinton
Chelsea Clinton
stated on January 12, 2016 a campaign event for Hillary Clinton
Says Bernie Sanders’ health care plan would "empower Republican governors to take away Medicaid, to take away health insurance for low-income and middle-income working Americans."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • January 14, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 his 2016 State of the Union address
"We spend more on our military than the next eight nations combined."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 12, 2016 his State of the Union speech
"Our businesses have created jobs every single month since (Obamacare) became law."
True
By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 10, 2016 Ottumwa, Iowa, on NBC's "Meet the Press"
The five Guantanamo detainees swapped for Bowe Bergdahl are "back on the battlefield."  
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 10, 2016
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on January 5, 2016 a speech proposing executive action on gun regulations
"A violent felon can buy (a gun) over the Internet with no background check, no questions asked."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • January 5, 2016
Laura Ingraham
Laura Ingraham
stated on January 3, 2016 on "Fox News Sunday"
"The 90 percent statistic of supporting background checks, that's been debunked."
False
By Lauren Carroll • January 5, 2016
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on January 3, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"Both Cruz and Rubio are missing the vast majority of their votes."
Mostly False
By Lauren Carroll • January 3, 2016
Stephen Hayes
Stephen Hayes
stated on December 27, 2015 on "Fox News Sunday"
Guantanamo has "never been a key component of ISIS or al-Qaida propaganda."
True
By Lauren Carroll • December 30, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on December 19, 2015 a Democratic debate in New Hampshire
Says Bernie Sanders "voted for regime change with respect to Libya." 
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • December 22, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 20, 2015 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says American polling shows Russian President Vladimir Putin has "an 80 percent approval rating."
True
By Lauren Carroll • December 20, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on December 19, 2015 the Dec. 19 Democratic presidential debate
"Secretary Clinton changes her position on (gun issues) every election year, it seems, having one position in 2000 and then campaigning against President Obama and saying we don't need federal standards."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • December 20, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 15, 2015 a Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas
Regarding the USA Freedom Act, "There is nothing we are allowed to do under this bill that we could not do before."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • December 16, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on December 13, 2015 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
"The states have always defined marriage."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • December 13, 2015
Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia
stated on December 9, 2015 a Supreme Court hearing
"Most of the black scientists in this country don't come from schools like the University of Texas. They come from lesser schools."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin, Lauren Carroll • December 11, 2015
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