As the Senate considers Judge Neil Gorsuch for the Supreme Court, senators on both sides have engaged in partisan spin over the number of votes required to approve his nomination.
Partisan Spin on Gorsuch Vote
Person: Bernie Sanders
Spinning the CBO Report
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of the Republican health care bill has been released — so let the spinning begin.
Video: Obama’s SCOTUS Nominees
Sen. Bernie Sanders said that President Barack “Obama’s nominations” to the Supreme Court “required 60 votes.” As CNN’s Jake Tapper explains in this fact-checking video, Obama’s Supreme Court nominees received 60 votes, but it wasn’t “required.”
Groundhog Friday
It’s a health care edition of Groundhog Friday, featuring repeated claims from Sens. Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz.
Sanders and Pruitt Rumble Over Earthquakes
Sen. Bernie Sanders claimed that “the cause of” the spike in earthquakes in Oklahoma “is fracking.” But it’s more complicated than that.
The Whoppers of 2016
Donald Trump again dominates our annual review of political falsehoods.
Trump’s Press Conference
Donald Trump made several false and misleading statements in an hour-long press conference — on Bernie Sanders, Vladimir Putin, Hillary Clinton’s emails and more.
Democratic Convention Day 1
We found the Democratic speakers made a few false and misleading claims on opening night.
Trump’s ‘Rigged’ Claim
Trump is fond of the word “rigged,” and now says he’s a political trendsetter, claiming Bernie Sanders and then “everybody” followed his lead and started using the word “rigged” too. That’s false.
Groundhog Friday
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Barack Obama repeat claims that we’ve debunked before, on trade, taxes, wages, energy and the Iraq War.