Latest Fact Checks By Linda Qiu

Donald Trump falsely claims Hillary Clinton ‘wants to abolish the 2nd Amendment’

By Linda Qiu

May 11, 2016

Says Hillary Clinton "wants to abolish the Second Amendment."

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For the third time, Donald Trump, U.S. is not ‘highest taxed nation in the world’

By Louis Jacobson , Linda Qiu

May 8, 2016

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

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Florida agency’s misleading attack on California’s minimum wage hike

By Linda Qiu

May 4, 2016

"Seven hundred thousand. That’s how many California jobs will be lost thanks to the politicians raising the minimum wage….Now Florida is adding one million jobs,…

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Donald Trump’s Pants on Fire claim linking Ted Cruz’s father and JFK assassination

By Louis Jacobson , Linda Qiu

May 3, 2016

Says Ted Cruz’s father "was with Lee Harvey Oswald" before the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

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Donald Trump’s economic agenda is ‘imposing massive taxes on the American people,’ Ted Cruz claims

By Linda Qiu

May 1, 2016

Says Donald Trump’s "only economic agenda is imposing massive taxes on the American people with a 40 percent tax hike of a giant tariff."

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Bernie Sanders says conditions in Baltimore no better than North Korea, West Bank

By Linda Qiu

April 28, 2016

Says an array of statistics show that conditions in some parts of Baltimore rival that of "the West Bank in Palestine," "North Korea," and "distressed…

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Cruz attack ad on Trump distorts transgender bathroom access issue

By Linda Qiu

April 25, 2016

Says Donald Trump thinks "a grown man pretending to be a woman (should) be allowed to use the women's restroom."

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Bernie Sanders said poor people don’t vote

By Linda Qiu

April 24, 2016

In the 2014 election, "80 percent of poor people did not vote."

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Did Hillary Clinton’s State Department help suppress the minimum wage in Haiti?

By Linda Qiu

April 21, 2016

"In 2009 … Hillary Clinton was at the State Department working with U.S. corporations to pressure Haiti not to raise the minimum wage to 61…

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Trump says Cruz has been ‘mathematically’ eliminated from winning the nomination on 1st ballot

By Linda Qiu

April 20, 2016

"Ted Cruz is mathematically out of winning the race."

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NC Gov. Pat McCrory defends HB2, says it would have affected every private employer in Charlotte

By Linda Qiu

April 17, 2016

"The city of Charlotte passed a bathroom ordinance mandate on every private-sector employer in Charlotte."

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Hillary Clinton: Bernie Sanders ‘has been largely a very reliable supporter of the NRA’

By Linda Qiu

April 15, 2016

Says Bernie Sanders "has been largely a very reliable supporter of the NRA."

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