Latest Fact Checks By Lauren Carroll

Rick Perry: ‘Historic record highs’ of people from terrorists states being apprehended at border

By Lauren Carroll

August 3, 2014

The United States is at "historic record highs" of individuals being apprehended on the border from countries with terrorist ties such as "Pakistan or Afghanistan…

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Global warming is a hoax, says Louisiana congressional hopeful Lenar Whitney

By Lauren Carroll

August 1, 2014

"Global warming is a hoax."

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Ad says Bruce Braley was raising money during a veterans affairs hearing

By Lauren Carroll

July 30, 2014

Says Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, "skipped an important VA reform hearing to attend three fundraisers."

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How many veterans affairs hearings did Bruce Braley miss?

By Lauren Carroll

July 30, 2014

Says Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, missed "79 percent of veterans affairs committee hearings."

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Tom Cotton says Mark Pryor ‘continues to insist’ that Obamacare is an ‘amazing success’

By Lauren Carroll

July 29, 2014

Says Mark Pryor "continues to insist" that Obamacare is "an amazing success."

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Graham: Russia ‘has an economy the size of Italy’

By Lauren Carroll

July 27, 2014

Russia "has an economy the size of Italy."  

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Liberal PAC says Senate candidate Thom Tillis’ tax plan will ‘overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy’

By Lauren Carroll

July 25, 2014

A tax plan promoted by North Carolina Senate candidate Thom Tillis will "overwhelmingly benefit the wealthy."

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Barack Obama says U.S. has recovered from recession better than almost every advanced country

By Lauren Carroll

July 23, 2014

"We've recovered (from the recession) faster and come farther than almost any other advanced country on Earth."  

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Kerry: Ukrainian separatist ‘bragged’ on social media about shooting down Malaysia Flight 17

By Lauren Carroll

July 20, 2014

"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.…

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Do Alaska Sens. Mark Begich and Lisa Murkowski vote together 80 percent of the time?

By Lauren Carroll

July 17, 2014

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

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Rep. Steve King says Obama’s $3.7 billion immigration plan has no border security measures

By Lauren Carroll

July 14, 2014

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

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Texas Democrat: Obama ‘offered fewer executive actions than almost any other president’

By Lauren Carroll

July 13, 2014

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

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