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Christian Belanger

Christian Belanger

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Christian Belanger is a PolitiFact intern. 

truthometer@politifact.com

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Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on August 9, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week."
"You’re more likely to get struck by lightning in Texas" than find in-person voter fraud.
True
By Christian Belanger • August 18, 2015
Mike Huckabee
Mike Huckabee
stated on August 6, 2015 a Republican presidential debate
"One of the reasons that Social Security is in so much trouble is that the only funding stream comes from people who get a wage. The people who get wages is declining dramatically."
Mostly False
By Christian Belanger • August 12, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 31, 2015 a speech to the National Urban League in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
"African-American children are 500 percent more likely to die from asthma than white kids."
True
By Christian Belanger • August 11, 2015
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on July 20, 2015 various conservative websites
"Obama Makes Huge Move to BAN Social Security Recipients From Owning Guns"
False
By Christian Belanger • July 30, 2015
Tom Cotton
Tom Cotton
stated on July 15, 2015 an interview on CNN's "New Day"
President Barack Obama "said at the beginning of the negotiations that the basic approach was to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for dismantling the sanctions."
False
By Christian Belanger • July 22, 2015
Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton
stated on July 13, 2015 a speech
"Sen. Rubio’s (tax plan) would cut taxes for households making around $3 million a year by almost $240,000, which is way more than three times the earnings of a typical family."
Mostly True
By Christian Belanger • July 16, 2015
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on July 5, 2015 an interview on CNN
"We have the highest rate of childhood poverty of any major country on Earth."
Mostly False
By Christian Belanger • July 8, 2015
Cornell William Brooks
Cornell William Brooks
stated on June 21, 2015 comments on Face the Nation
"We have at least 200,000 to 300,000 hate crimes in a given year."
Mostly True
By Christian Belanger • June 25, 2015
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
stated on June 14, 2015 comments on CNN's State of the Union
After a federal inquiry corroborated Hillary Clinton on Whitewater, "the next day, there was nothing in the media about it."
Half-True
By Linda Qiu, Christian Belanger • June 23, 2015
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