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Latest Fact-Checks By Linda Qiu

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Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on September 28, 2015 comments on Twitter.
"Unlike virtually every other campaign, we don't have a super PAC."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • September 30, 2015
Martin Shkreli
Martin Shkreli
stated on September 21, 2015 comments on Bloomberg TV
"Daraprim is still underpriced, relative to its peers."  
False
By Linda Qiu • September 24, 2015
Martin O'Malley
Martin O'Malley
stated on September 10, 2015 interview with Democracy Now!
Says "the cascading effects" of climate change contributed to the rise of ISIS.
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • September 23, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2015 the second GOP primary debate
When Carly Fiorina says Hewlett-Packard "revenues went up, that's because she bought Compaq. It was a terrible deal."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • September 21, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 16, 2015 the second GOP primary debate.
Says Marco Rubio has "the worst voting record there is today."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • September 17, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN debate
"When he (Donald Trump) asked Florida to have casino gambling, we said no."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman, Linda Qiu • September 17, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 13, 2015 an interview on "Face the Nation"
"The top man at Yale Law School came out ... with just a raging report" about former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, saying she is "one of the worst executives in his memory in history running the company."
Mostly True
By Linda Qiu • September 13, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on August 31, 2015 comments on Twitter.
"I cut state spending more than anybody (in the 2016 GOP field)."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • September 9, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2015 an interview with Bill Maher
The claim that 97 percent of scientists believe humans are causing climate change has been debunked by the "head" of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "That number was pulled out of thin air."
False
By Linda Qiu • September 2, 2015
Rick Santorum
Rick Santorum
stated on August 28, 2015 an interview with Bill Maher.
"The most recent survey of climate scientists said about 57 percent don’t agree with the idea that 95 percent of the change in the climate is caused by CO2."
False
By Linda Qiu • September 1, 2015
Bobby Jindal
Bobby Jindal
stated on August 30, 2015 comments on ABC's "This Week"
"I'm the only (Republican) candidate that has actually reduced the size of government."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 30, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 19, 2015 an interview on CNN.
"Our companies are moving into Mexico more than almost any other place right now."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 27, 2015
Corey Lewandowski
Corey Lewandowski
stated on August 23, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says "there’s 400,000" anchor babies born in the United States a year, which are "individuals coming to our country and having their children so their children can be U.S. citizens."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • August 23, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 17, 2015 a meme.
Says Michele Bachmann said, "The Chinese built a Great Wall 5,000 years ago. You don't see any illegal Mexicans in China."
Pants on Fire!
By Linda Qiu • August 20, 2015
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 16, 2015 a policy plan on immigration.
"The annual cost of free tax credits alone paid to illegal immigrants quadrupled to $4.2 billion in 2011."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 18, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on August 16, 2015 an interview on "Fox News Sunday"
The number of people who "believe in socialism ... is increasing."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 16, 2015
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 6, 2015 the first GOP primary debate.
"Over 40 percent of small and mid-size banks that loan money to small businesses have been wiped out since Dodd-Frank has passed."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • August 12, 2015
Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee
stated on August 9, 2015 a panel discussion on "Meet the Press"
"The Republican presidential nominee hasn’t won women since 1988."
True
By Linda Qiu • August 9, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 6, 2015 the first Republican debate
"$700 billion was robbed (from Medicare) to pay for Obamacare."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 7, 2015
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 27, 2015 comments on social media.
Say President George W. Bush " ‘borrowed’ $1.37 trillion of Social Security surplus revenue to pay for his tax cuts for the rich and his war in Iraq and never paid it back."
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • August 3, 2015
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