Latest Fact Checks By Miriam Valverde

Donald Trump falsely claims Democrats ‘oppose any effort to secure our border’

By Miriam Valverde

October 30, 2018

"Democrats oppose any effort to secure our border."

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Fact-checking Martha McSally on pre-existing conditions

By Miriam Valverde

October 30, 2018

Says she’s "leading the fight" to "force insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions."

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Fact-checking Gillum’s claim about DeSantis $145,000 travel receipts

By Miriam Valverde

October 24, 2018

Says Ron DeSantis has not revealed $145,000 in receipts of public taxpayer money.

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Viral Facebook post uses old images to falsely claim it’s the October migrant caravan

By Miriam Valverde

October 24, 2018

Says images show migrants on trains and buses heading toward the United States, not walking.

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No, Hurricane Willa is not headed toward the migrant caravan

By Miriam Valverde

October 23, 2018

"Intensifying Hurricane Willa headed directly toward 10,000 migrant caravan path."

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Fact-checking Martha McSally’s position on birth control

By Miriam Valverde

October 19, 2018

Says Rep. Martha McSally "has repeatedly tried to limit women’s access to birth control, and she even cosponsored a bill to make contraception more expensive…

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Donald Trump falsely claims there’s an ‘open borders bill’ backed by Democrats

By Miriam Valverde

October 8, 2018

"Every single Democrat in the U.S. Senate has signed up for the open borders, and it's a bill, it's called the ‘open borders bill.’"

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No, Michelle Obama isn’t running for office in 2020

By Miriam Valverde

October 3, 2018

Says a photo shows Barack Obama holding a Michelle Obama 2020 t-shirt.

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In Arizona, McSally falsely claims Sinema backed bill encouraging child trafficking

By Miriam Valverde

October 2, 2018

Says Rep. Kyrsten Sinema supported a bill that is "essentially encouraging child trafficking."

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No, Christine Blasey Ford’s husband did not expose a ‘sick issue’ about her

By Miriam Valverde

September 26, 2018

"Kavanaugh accuser’s husband breaks his silence, exposes ‘sick issue’ his wife has."

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Martha McSally’s exaggerates Kyrsten Sinema votes on ICE funding

By Miriam Valverde

September 21, 2018

Says U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema "voted to cut ICE."

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Kyrsten Sinema says she stopped a health care age tax. Really?

By Miriam Valverde

September 19, 2018

Says she voted to stop a new "age tax" under which "Arizonans age 50 & over could be charged 5 times more for their health…

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