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Latest Fact-Checks By Linda Qiu

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Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP debate.
"The Chinese are there" in Syria.
False
By Linda Qiu • November 15, 2015
Chris Christie
Chris Christie
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP undercard debate.
The Democrats plan "to raise your tax rates to 70 or 80 percent."
False
By Linda Qiu • November 12, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth undercard GOP debate.
"Only one out of five of the so-called ‘Syrian refugees’ who went into Europe were actually Syrian."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • November 11, 2015
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on November 10, 2015 the fourth GOP undercard debate.
"There’s only one of us who’s actually cut government spending -- not two, there’s one and you’re looking at him."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • November 11, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on November 6, 2015 the First in the South Democratic Presidential forum.
"When President Obama was running for re-election … Senator Sanders was trying to find someone to primary him."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • November 10, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on November 8, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"Go look on the West Point website and you’ll see those specific words, ‘full scholarship to West Point.’ So even though it is, you know, given as a grant for anybody who gets in, those words are used."  
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • November 8, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 the third GOP primary debate.
Says his plan would cut taxes without increasing the deficit.
False
By Linda Qiu • November 5, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on October 28, 2015 the third GOP primary debate.
Says his tax plan wouldn't leave the federal government with a $1.1 trillion hole.
False
By Linda Qiu • November 4, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 comments during the CNBC debate.
Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich "got lucky with a thing called fracking," which "is why Ohio is doing well."
False
By Linda Qiu • November 2, 2015
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on November 1, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"We have record numbers of people living in poverty."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • November 1, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on October 28, 2015 the CNBC GOP presidential debate
In 2008, then-Sen. Barack Obama "missed 60 or 70 percent of his votes." In 2004, John Kerry missed "close to 60 to 70 percent" and Bob Graham missed "over 30 percent of his votes."  
True
By Amy Sherman, Linda Qiu • October 29, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 25, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
Because of Obamacare "people’s premiums ... are going up 35, 45, 55 percent."  
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • October 25, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on October 19, 2015 comments on the Daily Show
Says Hillary Clinton "couldn't bring herself to say we need to separate commercial banking and speculative banking, namely reinstating Glass-Steagall."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • October 22, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 14, 2015 comments at a rally.
Says Bernie Sanders is going to "tax you people at 90 percent."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • October 20, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 13, 2015 the first Democratic debate
"Sen. Sanders did vote five times against the Brady bill."
True
By Linda Qiu • October 14, 2015
Dave Brat
Dave Brat
stated on October 11, 2015 comments on "Meet the Press"
Says Republican Rep. Charlie Dent wants to kick the Freedom Caucus out of the Republican conference "for voting our conscience."     
False
By Linda Qiu • October 11, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on October 5, 2015 her gun policy platform.
"While 38 percent of (firearms) dealers that were inspected in 2011 were noncompliant with federal law, only 0.05 percent of inspected dealers had their licenses revoked."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • October 8, 2015
Viral image
Viral image
stated on October 1, 2015 a Facebook post
Number of Americans killed by terrorism in the last decade: 24. Number of Americans killed by guns in the last decade: 280,024.
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • October 5, 2015
Mark Kelly
Mark Kelly
stated on October 4, 2015 an interview on "State of the Union"
"We sell 40 percent of our guns without a background check."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • October 4, 2015
Jason Chaffetz
Jason Chaffetz
stated on September 29, 2015 a Congressional hearing.
In 2006, Planned Parenthood performed more prevention services and cancer screenings than abortions, but in 2013, there were more abortions.
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • October 1, 2015
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