Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Schilling throws wild pitch with Nazi stat

August 28, 2015

"In 1940, only 7 percent of Germans were Nazis."  

Liberal group blames Bush for raising deficits, credits Obama for lowering them

August 27, 2015

Says "Bush Jr. handed Obama a $1.4 trillion deficit" and Obama "reduced Bush Jr.’s deficit to just $492 billion."

Liberal group tags Bobby Jindal as ‘anchor baby’

August 25, 2015

Says Bobby Jindal’s parents "used his birthright citizenship to become Americans, making him an anchor baby."

Has the U.S. really spent more on Afghanistan than on post-WWII Europe?

August 20, 2015

"The U.S. has now spent more on reconstructing Afghanistan than was spent on the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of Europe."

Tom Tancredo muffs illegal immigrant murder stats

August 17, 2015

Between 2008 and 2014, "criminal aliens accounted for 38 percent of all murder convictions in the five states of California, Texas, Arizona, Florida and New York."…

Fiorina: Trump’s abortion flip-flop

August 11, 2015

Says Donald Trump has "changed his mind" on abortion.

Checking out John Kasich’s claim that he was ‘one of the chief architects’ of balanced budget

August 9, 2015

Says he was "one of the chief architects" of balancing the federal budget.

Carson says U.S. protection promises led Ukraine to give up its nukes

August 7, 2015

"Ukraine was a nuclear-armed state. They gave away their nuclear arms with the understanding that we would protect them."

Trump: Illegal immigration wasn’t on anyone’s mind before he entered the race

August 7, 2015

Illegal immigration "wasn’t a subject that was on anybody’s mind until I brought it up at my announcement."

Rachel Maddow says Fox ‘changed’ poll eligibility criteria on day it announced top 10 for GOP debate

August 6, 2015

"Fox changed around their poll eligibility criteria on the day they announced who is in and out of their debate."

More than half of California drivers’ licenses went to undocumented immigrants, NumbersUSA says

July 28, 2015

"More than half of all drivers' licenses issued in California this year have gone to illegal aliens."

No, 300,000 slave owners did not fight on the Union side in the Civil War

July 27, 2015

When President Abraham Lincoln signed his Emancipation Proclamation, "there were over 300,000 slaveholders who were fighting in the Union army."  

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