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Fact-checking the Democratic debate in Las Vegas

Texas

The Democratic presidential candidates prepare to answer questions at the first Democratic debate hosted by CNN in Las Vegas on Oct. 13, 2015. (AP)

Linda Qiu

By Linda Qiu October 14, 2015

The Democrats seeking to succeed Barack Obama went at it Tuesday in Las Vegas.

PolitiFact reviews their factual claims.

PolitiFact digs into how Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and the gang have done so far on the Truth-O-Meter.

FOLLOW POLITIFACT'S LIVE FACT-CHECKING OF THE DEBATE STARTING AT 8:30 P.M.

PolitiFact digs into how Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and the gang have done so far on the Truth-O-Meter.

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Danielle Nierenberg

stated on January 9, 2017 in a tweet:

"Tanzania farmers face 12 years in prison for trading seeds thanks to foreign aid."

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stated on February 1, 2017 in tweets :

Says Melania Trump’s security detail at Trump Tower costs more than the annual budget for the National Endowment for the Arts.

barely-true

barely-true

stated on February 5, 2017 in an interview with Bill O'Reilly:

Says "109 people out of hundreds of thousands of travelers" were affected by the immigration executive order.

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stated on February 1, 2017 in a tweet:

"The Obama Administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from Australia."

half-true

half-true

stated on January 30, 2017 in a daily press briefing:

The language that's part of the president's National Security Council memo "is identical to the language" used by President George W. Bush in 2001 and President Barack Obama in 2009.

barely-true

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stated on January 29, 2017 in a statement:

"My policy is similar to what President Obama did in 2011 when he banned visas for refugees from Iraq for six months."

barely-true

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stated on January 27, 2017 in an interview with CBN:

"If you were a Muslim, you could come in, if you were a Christian, it was impossible."

false

false

stated on January 24, 2017 in his State of the State address:

"One hundred and ninety-four countries signed the Paris Agreement to control greenhouse gases. Our own voluntary agreement to accomplish the same goal — the Under2 MOU — has 165 signatories, representing a billion people."

mostly-true

mostly-true

stated on January 21, 2017 in a speech at the Women's March.:

"Pads and tampons (are) still taxed when Viagra and Rogaine are not."

half-true

half-true

stated on January 21, 2017 in a press conference:

"That was the largest audience to witness an inauguration, period."

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stated on January 14, 2017 in a tweet:

Says Georgia’s 5th congressional district, represented by John Lewis, is "in horrible shape and falling apart (not to mention crime infested)."

barely-true

barely-true

Charles Schumer

stated on January 3, 2017 in an interview on MSNBC:

Says Donald Trump campaigned on not cutting Medicare and Social Security, but his nominee for the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tom Price, "made his career on cutting Medicare and Medicaid."

mostly-true

mostly-true

stated on January 8, 2017 in an interview on 'Face the Nation':

"In 2009, Mitch McConnell was the person that’s saying, 'Hey, we should get all the ethics information in before we do the hearings.' "

mostly-true

mostly-true

stated on December 19, 2016 in a factsheet:

"An estimated 8 million children worldwide live in orphanages or residential institutions. Shockingly, 80 percent of these children are not orphans."

half-true

half-true

BuzzFeedUSA.com

stated on December 20, 2016 in a website:

"Breaking: Crew of Air Force One Refuses to Fly Obama 6000 miles ‘Just to Play Golf’ "

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pants-fire

Instagram posts
stated on August 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

California S.B. 1174 eliminates the requirement for voter ID at polling places.

By Sofia Ahmed • August 30, 2024
X posts
stated on August 29, 2024 in X posts:

President Joe Biden “did a campaign ad at the graves in Arlington in 2020.”

By Loreben Tuquero • August 30, 2024
X posts
stated on August 16, 2024 in a video:

Video shows “Kamala Harris describing how she can ruin lives with the 'swipe of a pen.’"

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu • August 30, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2024 in a post:

Kamala Harris’ “plan to tax unrecognized Capital Gains mean(s) if your house goes up in value you will have to pay that Tax Even if you don’t sell your House!”

By Sara Swann • August 30, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on August 25, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“There’s no such thing as menopause.”

By Madison Czopek • August 30, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on August 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

“Hollywood actor Kurt Russell just said: ‘It is now proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden CHEATED in the 2020 election with mail-in ballots.’”

By Caleb McCullough • August 30, 2024
Kamala Harris
stated on August 22, 2024 in her acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention:

Former President Donald Trump "intends to enact what, in effect, is a national sales tax ... that would raise prices on middle-class families by almost $4,000 a year."

By Louis Jacobson • August 30, 2024
Viral image
stated on August 27, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Kurt Russell forms a new non-woke actors alliance with Roseanne Barr and Tim Allen.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2024
Viral image
stated on August 23, 2024 in an X post:

Photo of former President Donald Trump after an assassination attempt was generated by artificial intelligence.

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2024
X posts
stated on August 28, 2024 in an X post:

C-SPAN captions for a JD Vance speech said, “Single person clapping.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • August 30, 2024