Latest Fact-Checks By Lauren Carroll

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John Kerry
stated on July 20, 2014 in comments on "Fox News Sunday":

"The so-called defense minister of the People's Republic of Donetsk ... actually posted a bragging social media posting of having shot down a military transport. And then when it became apparent it was civilian, they pulled it down from social media."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • July 20, 2014

Mark Begich
stated on July 14, 2014 in a radio ad:

Alaska Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich "vote as much as 80 percent of the time together."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • July 17, 2014

Steve King
stated on July 10, 2014 in an interview on Fox news:

Says "nothing" in Obama’s $3.7 billion request to address the child immigrant situation "actually secures the border."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • July 14, 2014

Beto O'Rourke
stated on July 13, 2014 in comments on CNN's "State of the Union":

"This president has offered fewer executive actions than almost any other president preceding his presidency in recent history."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • July 13, 2014

Mitch McConnell
stated on July 9, 2014 in a YouTube video:

Says Alison Lundergan Grimes "supports Obamacare, which cuts $700 billion from seniors’ Medicare."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • July 10, 2014

Tom Cotton
stated on July 8, 2014 in a television ad:

Says he "voted for disaster relief and full funding of FEMA."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • July 9, 2014

Newt Gingrich
stated on July 6, 2014 in interview on ABC's "This Week":

Says Hillary Clinton's health care plan from the 1990s "had a broader provision in favor of corporate right to back out" of providing contraceptive coverage than the one created by the Hobby Lobby Supreme Court decision.

False

By Lauren Carroll • July 8, 2014

Dan Sullivan
stated on June 20, 2014 in a radio ad:

"As Alaska’s attorney general, (U.S. Senate candidate Dan) Sullivan successfully fought to protect our Second Amendment rights and passed ‘stand your ground.’ "

False

By Lauren Carroll • July 2, 2014

Senate Majority PAC
stated on June 19, 2014 in a television ad:

"Congressman (Tom) Cotton is the only Arkansan in Congress -- Democrat or Republican -- to vote against disaster relief five times."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • July 1, 2014

Vicky Hartzler
stated on June 24, 2014 in a "Roll Call" interview:

The Export-Import Bank "doesn’t cost taxpayers anything."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • June 30, 2014

Joe Biden
stated on June 23, 2014 in the White House Summit on Working Families:

"I don't own a single stock or bond … I have no savings accounts."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll, Molly O'Connor • June 24, 2014

EMILY's List
stated on June 16, 2014 in a television ad:

"Thom Tillis cut almost $500 million from education."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • June 19, 2014

Put Alaska First PAC
stated on June 2, 2014 in a television ad:

"It was Dan Sullivan who wrote a bill to cut Alaskans out of those decisions" about where they can hunt and fish.

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • June 13, 2014

Everytown for Gun Safety
stated on June 11, 2014 in an infographic that went viral:

There have been 74 "school shootings in America since Sandy Hook."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • June 13, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 in her book, "Hard Choices":

By 2009, "dozens of senior terrorists had been taken off the battlefield" by drones.

True

By Lauren Carroll • June 11, 2014

Alison Lundergan Grimes
stated on June 3, 2014 in a radio ad:

"Sen. McConnell says it's not his job to bring jobs to Kentucky."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • June 6, 2014

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