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Live fact-checking the Iowa Republican presidential debate

By Aaron Sharockman January 28, 2016

Trump or no Trump, the show went on tonight in Iowa. Find out what the candidates said, and how true their claims were.

Flawed Ted Cruz ad ties abortion to Donald Trump saying, ‘How stupid are the people of Iowa?’

By W. Gardner Selby January 26, 2016

A Ted Cruz TV ad portraying Donald Trump as embodying liberal New York values--including support for abortion rights--exploits Trump saying in Iowa last year: "How stupid are the people of Iowa?"


The ad lacks some perspective. Trump uttered his "stupid" question in November, 16 years after he described himself as pro-choice. Notably, too, Trump was urging Iowans to doubt the accuracy of personal stories told by candidate Ben Carson--not outright saying Iowans are stupid.

PolitiFact fact-checks the Jan. 24 shows

By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson January 24, 2016

Meet the Press host Chuck Todd grills Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders about their chances in the Iowa caucuses on Feb. 1.

Checking in on Jebio in January 2016

By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin January 21, 2016

PolitiFact fact-checks Florida's Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio on the presidential campaign trail

 

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