Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Trump Penn tax pitch

Once again, Trump overstates U.S. tax ranking

October 18, 2017

"We're the highest developed nation taxed in the world."

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Trump mislabels Obamacare subsidy as gift to insurers

October 18, 2017

"The cost-sharing reductions (were) a gift (that) they gave the insurance companies."  

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Is Oklahoma spending more than ever? Only if you ignore inflation

October 17, 2017

"State government spending is at an all-time high. The state is on track to spend more in this fiscal year — more than $17.9 billion…

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NRA’s Chris Cox falsely says Dianne Feinstein wanted to take ‘all of your guns’

October 8, 2017

Says Sen. Dianne Feinstein said "if she had 51 votes in the Senate for 'Mr. and Ms. America, turn in all of your guns,' they…

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Does US really spend research dollars on massages for rabbits but not gun violence?

October 5, 2017

Says the Dickey Amendment "prevents the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from even researching the relationship between gun violence and public health. ... The…

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Anti-vote fraud group levels false charge of corrupted voter rolls

October 4, 2017

Bryan County, Ga., has "corrupted voter rolls."

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Paul Krugman wrongly tweets about cholera in Puerto Rico

October 2, 2017

Said there is cholera in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.  

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Was Reed virtually absent from regional issues? No

September 28, 2017

"The current city mayor (Kasim Reed) has been virtually absent in terms of regional cooperation the last eight years."

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Trump’s misleading claim on pre-existing protections in Graham-Cassidy

September 21, 2017

The Graham-Cassidy health care bill does "include coverage of pre-existing conditions."

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GOP super PAC says Alabama’s Roy Moore doesn’t back Trump’s border wall

September 18, 2017

Says Roy Moore is "on the wrong side of Trump’s border wall."  

Fake news: A Georgia mosque did NOT divert Harvey donations to Syrian refugees

September 11, 2017

"Georgia mosque keeps Hurricane Harvey donations, will send to Syrian refugees instead"  

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Karen Handel wrongly says Obamacare tax increase largest ever in her lifetime

September 11, 2017

"The Affordable Care Act is the single largest tax increase in my lifetime."

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