An old meme from Ben Carson’s days as a Republican candidate for president is circulating again. But there’s still no evidence that he said, “My mother raised me with no help from the government.”
Phony Ben Carson Quote About Public Assistance
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Carson Didn’t Find HUD Errors
Q: Did Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson find over $500 billion in accounting errors while auditing HUD’s financial statements?
A: No. The errors were discovered and published by HUD’s independent inspector general before Carson became secretary.
Carson Botches Military Eligibility Statistic
Ben Carson erroneously said that 71 percent of 17- to 24-year-olds who apply for voluntary military service “are rejected for physical, mental or educational reasons, the vast majority being educational reasons.”
FactChecking the 10th GOP Debate
In a Texas showdown, Republican presidential candidates stretched the truth in the last debate before Super Tuesday.
FactChecking the Ninth GOP Debate
Six remaining Republican candidates misrepresent the facts on the Supreme Court, immigration, abortion and other issues.
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A super PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
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A super PAC supporting Republican presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
FactChecking the Eighth GOP Debate
The candidates made false and misleading claims in the Manchester meeting.
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A Republican super PAC supporting Dr. Ben Carson for president.
The ‘King of Whoppers’: Donald Trump
He dominates our annual review of political falsehoods.