Latest Fact Checks By Linda Qiu

Ted Strickland revives ‘Baby Doc’ lobbyist attack against Rob Portman in Cleveland debate

By Linda Qiu

October 21, 2016

Says Rob Portman was a registered foreign agent whose "client was Haiti, at a time when the Baby Doc, Duvalier, who was a despot, was…

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Hillary Clinton correctly claims that Trump Tower was in part built by undocumented workers

By Linda Qiu , Riley Snyder

October 20, 2016

Says Donald Trump "used undocumented labor to build the Trump Tower."

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Trump says heroin pours across the southern border

By Jon Greenberg , Linda Qiu

October 20, 2016

"Heroin .. pours across our southern borders."  

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Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire claim of ‘large scale voter fraud’

By Linda Qiu

October 17, 2016

"Of course, there is large scale voter fraud happening on and before election day."

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Did Qatar promise Clinton Foundation $1 million for five minutes with Bill Clinton?

By Linda Qiu

October 16, 2016

"In exchange for five minutes with Bill Clinton, the government of Qatar was going to give $1 million to the Clinton Foundation."

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Trump: ‘I’ve been proven right’ about Clinton wanting open borders

By Amy Sherman , Linda Qiu

October 12, 2016

Says "I’ve been proven right" about "Hillary Clinton's radical call for open borders, meaning anyone in the world can enter the United States without any…

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Clinton is right: Trump tax plan gives more to rich than Bush tax cuts

By Linda Qiu

October 11, 2016

Says Donald Trump’s tax plan gives the wealthy and corporations "more than the Bush tax cuts by at least a factor of two."

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Trump: Clinton promised to add 200K jobs to upstate New York, but ‘they lost so many jobs’

By Linda Qiu

October 7, 2016

Says Hillary Clinton "promised, running for the Senate years ago, 200,000 jobs for upstate New York. ... Not only didn't they come, but they lost…

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Pence’s False claim that Trump ‘hasn’t broken’ tax return promise

By Linda Qiu

October 5, 2016

Says Donald Trump "hasn’t broken his promise" to release his tax returns.

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How much do undocumented immigrants pay in taxes?

By Linda Qiu

October 2, 2016

"Undocumented immigrants pay $12 billion of taxes every single year." 

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Donald Trump’s false claim that Clinton’s energy plan will cost the economy $5 trillion

By Linda Qiu

September 27, 2016

Says Hillary Clinton’s energy agenda "will cost the U.S. economy over $5 trillion"

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Donald Trump claim on Israeli profiling misses broader security context

By Linda Qiu

September 23, 2016

Says Israel profiles based on ethnicity and "does it very successfully."

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