This week’s rundown of repeated claims includes former President Bill Clinton, Sen. Jeff Sessions and President Barack Obama, in addition to the presidential candidates and one of the running mates.
Groundhog Friday
Tag: Presidential Election 2016
Video: Clinton’s Partisan Game
The latest fact-checking video in our collaboration with CNN’s Jake Tapper is about a popular talking point used by Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine.
Clinton Plays Partisan Game
Hillary Clinton said an economic analysis from a well-respected macroeconomics firm came from “somebody who advised John McCain back in 2008, so you know that, no, he’s not a Democrat.” Actually, he is a Democrat.
Fake Clinton Medical Records
Despite the fact that Hillary Clinton got a clean bill of health from her doctor, fake medical records for Clinton are circulating on some conservative websites, purporting to show that she suffers from seizures and dementia.
Manafort Off Base on Terrorist Claim
Paul Manafort, Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, wrongly claimed that “the NATO base in Turkey” was attacked last week by “terrorists.” Middle East experts told us there wasn’t any such attack.
Trump’s Terrorism Speech
In a speech in Ohio on terrorism, Donald Trump repeated several fact-twisting and bogus claims he has made before.
Trump’s Economic Speech, Clinton’s Emails
FactCheck.org Director Eugene Kiely discusses the facts about Donald Trump’s economic speech and Hillary Clinton’s emails.
FactChecking the Economic Speeches
FactCheck.org Deputy Managing Editor Robert Farley appears on WHYY’s “Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane” to discuss economic speeches by Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Groundhog Friday
This week’s edition of Groundhog Friday, our wrap-up of repeated claims we’ve debunked before, includes claims on guns, health insurance premiums, wages and income inequality.
Video: Obama, Clinton Not ISIS ‘Founders’
In this week’s fact-checking video, CNN’s Jake Tapper refutes Donald Trump’s claim that President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “founded ISIS.”