Latest Fact-Checks By Lauren Carroll

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Greta Van Susteren
stated on April 4, 2017 in an episode of MSNBC's 'For the Record':

Says President Donald Trump "had a different opinion" in 2013 than he does now about whether (Barack) Obama should have intervened in Syria after Obama's red line was crossed.

True

By Lauren Carroll • April 5, 2017

Fight for the Future
stated on March 28, 2017 in a tweet:

"215 members of Congress just voted to let your ISP spy on what type of underwear you buy and sell that data to advertisers."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • March 30, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 in remarks at a Kentucky rally:

"Since China joined — that’s another beauty — the WTO in 2001, the U.S. has lost many more than 60,000 factories."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • March 24, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on March 20, 2017 in a tweet:

"The NSA and FBI tell Congress that Russia did not influence electoral process."

False

By Lauren Carroll • March 20, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on March 15, 2017 in an interview with Fox's Tucker Carlson:

Says "the New York Times wrote about" Barack Obama wiretapping Donald Trump during the election.

False

By Lauren Carroll • March 16, 2017

Mick Mulvaney
stated on March 13, 2017 in a press conference:

The House Republican health care "plan doesn't get rid of Medicaid expansion."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • March 14, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on March 13, 2017 in a listening session on health care:

"One-third of the counties — think of it, one-third — only have one insurer left" on the Affordable Care Act exchanges.

True

By Lauren Carroll • March 13, 2017

Scott Pruitt
stated on March 9, 2017 in an interview on CNBC:

Carbon dioxide is not "a primary contributor to the global warming that we see."

False

By Lauren Carroll • March 10, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on March 7, 2017 in a tweet:

"122 vicious prisoners, released by the Obama Administration from Gitmo, have returned to the battlefield."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • March 7, 2017

Claire McCaskill
stated on March 2, 2017 in a tweet:

"I’ve been on the Armed Services (Committee) for 10 years. No call or meeting w/ Russian ambassador. Ever."

False

By Lauren Carroll • March 2, 2017

Anthony Tata
stated on February 19, 2017 in an interview on CNN:

"The sanctions that we put on (Russia) for the Crimea annexation and meddling in Ukraine ... have absolutely crushed the ruble by 50 percent. And GDP from 2014 to 2016 is 50 percent down in Russia, as well."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • February 21, 2017

Sean Hannity
stated on February 9, 2017 in on Fox News:

The United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit is "the most overturned court in the country."

False

By Lauren Carroll • February 10, 2017

Nancy Pelosi
stated on January 31, 2017 in a CNN town hall:

Says Neil Gorsuch "comes down on the side of felons over gun safety."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • February 2, 2017

John McCain
stated on January 18, 2017 in an interview on Fox News:

"The Taliban went after and murdered" people identified in the Chelsea Manning leaks.

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • February 1, 2017

Charles Schumer
stated on January 27, 2017 in a tweet:

Says Rex "Tillerson won't divest from Exxon."

Pants on Fire!

By Lauren Carroll • January 27, 2017

Sean Spicer
stated on January 24, 2017 in the daily press briefing:

"There's one (study) that came out of Pew in 2008 that showed 14 percent of people who voted were noncitizens."

False

By Lauren Carroll • January 25, 2017

Sean Spicer
stated on January 23, 2017 in the daily press briefing:

There has been a "dramatic expansion of the federal workforce in recent years."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • January 25, 2017

George Takei
stated on January 20, 2017 in a Tweet:

"The White House removed its climate change web page. And the healthcare, civil rights and LGBT sections."

Mostly True

By Lauren Carroll • January 23, 2017

Betsy DeVos
stated on January 17, 2017 in her Senate confirmation hearing:

"I would imagine that there's probably a gun in the school (in Wapiti, Wyo.) to protect from potential grizzlies."

False

By Lauren Carroll • January 18, 2017

Sheri Dillon
stated on January 11, 2017 in a press conference at Trump Tower:

"Paying for a hotel room is not a gift or a present and it has nothing to do with an office. It's not an emolument."

Half-True

By Lauren Carroll • January 13, 2017

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