Several Republican presidential candidates made false and exaggerated claims at a candidate forum in New Hampshire on Aug. 3.
FactChecking the GOP Candidate Forum
July 31: Wisconsin Budget, Taxes, Climate Change
Sanders Overstates Unemployment Rate
Bernie Sanders has repeatedly said 51 percent of young black high school graduates are “unemployed.” That’s wrong.
Wisconsin’s Trumped Up Deficit
Donald Trump says that Wisconsin has a $2.2 billion budget deficit. It doesn’t.
Mistaken Tax Facts
In an ad attacking a Republican senator, the League of Conservation Voters claims the average Wisconsin family pays $7,500 a year in federal income tax. Not so. The tax would be $724 for the family shown in the ad with the income specified by the league.
Huckabee’s Hot Air on Volcanoes
Mike Huckabee claimed that a single volcanic eruption “will contribute more than 100 years of human activity” toward global warming. This is far from accurate.
Sanders’ PTSD Statistic
Sometimes politicians are right, but their campaigns can’t prove it. And we do. That’s what happened when we took a look at Sen. Bernie Sanders’ talking point about veterans.
Mailbag: Bernie Sanders on the Rich
This week, readers sent us letters about a claim made by Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is running for the Democratic nomination for president, about income inequality in the United States.
Obama-Rouhani Photo Is Not Real
A word of caution to ad makers: Don’t believe everything you see online, even images “in circulation widely on the internet.”
Sanders Stretches State of the Rich
Sen. Bernie Sanders claims that in the United States, “almost all of the wealth rests in the hands of the few.” He exaggerates. At most, the top 0.1 percent of U.S. families own 22 percent of the nation’s wealth.