(MORE: Fact-checking candidates on the issues: Democratic debate night 1) FACT CHECK: Sanders defends his record on guns Rachel Maddow: "A Vermont newspaper recently released portions of an interview you gave in 2013, in which you said, 'My own view on guns is, everything being equal,...
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ten Democrats seeking the presidency vied for advantage Wednesday night in a debate just over two months before the primary voting begins. How some of their claims from Atlanta stack up with the facts: BERNIE SANDERS: “What the scientists are telling us is if we don’t ...
Fact-Check: The Democratic DebatePhil Ewing
The Democratic field is so large that only half the candidates appeared Wednesday; another debate with the rest of the field was scheduled for the next night. Here are some of the candidates’ comments, with fact-checking or additional context....
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Seven Democratic presidential contenders tangled Thursday night in the last debate of the year, hard on the heels of President Donald Trump's impeachment. How some of their claims compare with the facts: BERNIE SANDERS, on Biden's proposed health care plan:...
Fact check: In misleading claim, Trump accuses Obama of separating migrant children -- Kathryn Watson Gillibrand says the first thing she'd do as president is "Clorox the Oval Office" Gillibrand says the first thing she would do as President is "Clorox" the Oval Office#DemDe...
At PolitiFact, we thought we’d be fact-checking a spirited political debate about the economy, health care and immigration ahead of voting in November. We’re still doing that, of course, but we also find ourselves in the middle of the worst public health crisis in a century. ...
Marianne Williamson, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and others sparred on immigration, health care, gun policy and more during the second debate's first night.
Fact check: Sanders uses erroneous figure from think tank From CNN's Daniel Dale Win McNamee/Getty Images Early in the debate, Sen. Bernie Sanders used an inaccurate figure that had been provided to his campaign by a progressive think tank that, among other things, keeps track of the ...
Businessman Andrew Yang: “You know what the talking heads couldn’t stop talking about about after the last debate? It’s not the fact that I am somehow No. four on the stage in national polling. It was the fact that I wasn’t wearing a tie. Instead of automation in the future,...