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PolitiFact is on the road in Iowa Jan. 18-22

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Lauren Carroll

By Lauren Carroll January 18, 2016

Angie Drobnic Holan

By Angie Drobnic Holan January 18, 2016

Katie Sanders

By Katie Sanders January 18, 2016

PolitiFact editor Angie Drobnic Holan, deputy editor Katie Sanders and staff writer Lauren Carroll are on the road in Iowa this week fact-checking the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates. You can follow along with their trip here.

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stated on June 22, 2017 in a meeting with small business owners:

Says of Georgia, "for four years in a row, we are the No. 1 state to do business in."

half-true

half-true

stated on July 6, 2017 in a press conference in Poland:

Says Barack Obama found out about Russia "in August. Now, the election was in November. That's a lot of time. He did nothing about it."

barely-true

barely-true

stated on July 2, 2017 in an episode of "Fox News Sunday":

7 million people the Congressional Budget Office says won't have health insurance coverage under the Senate health care bill "don't exist."

half-true

half-true

stated on June 13, 2017 in a congressional hearing:

"It's a longstanding policy of the Department of Justice not to comment on conversations that the attorney general has had with the president of the United States."

half-true

half-true

Kimberley Strassel

stated on May 28, 2017 in "Meet the Press" on NBC:

In 2008, "candidate Obama, he's not even president-elect, sends William Miller over to Iran to establish a back channel and let the Iranians know that should he win the election, they will have friendlier terms."

false

false

stated on May 23, 2017 in an online article:

"Rubio: ‘Rape victims should be in custody if there is suspicion that they’re planning abortion.’ "

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pants-fire

stated on May 21, 2017 in an episode of "Fox and Friends":

Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich "apparently was assassinated at 4 in the morning, having given WikiLeaks something like 53,000 emails and 17,000 attachments. ... It turns out, it wasn’t the Russians."

pants-fire

pants-fire

stated on May 17, 2017 in an episode of the "Rush Limbaugh Show":

"What Trump is alleged to have done is actually no different than what Barack Obama did in April last year when he made it known that he didn’t want Hillary prosecuted."

barely-true

barely-true

Richard Blumenthal

stated on May 9, 2017 in a press conference:

"What does Trumpcare do? Yank tax credits away from veterans unlike any other American."

half-true

half-true

stated on May 4, 2017 in blog headlines:

Under the House Republican health plan, sexual assault is a pre-existing condition.

barely-true

barely-true

stated on May 2, 2017 in her book "Women Who Work":

"40 percent of American households have female primary breadwinners."

mostly-true

mostly-true

stated on April 30, 2017 in an interview on CBS:

"General Flynn got his clearance from the Obama administration."

true

true

stated on April 28, 2017 in the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting:

"For the first time in the modern political era, we have confirmed a new justice in the first 100 days."

mostly-true

mostly-true

stated on April 25, 2017 in the daily White House press briefing:

Trump has "worked with Congress to pass more legislation in his first 100 days than any president since Truman."

mostly-true

mostly-true

stated on April 26, 2017 in a tweet:

The Ninth Circuit has an overturned record "close to 80%."

half-true

half-true

Facebook posts
stated on December 15, 2024 in Facebook posts:

Residents in states across the U.S. are eligible for a $2,200 holiday stimulus payment.

By Sofia Ahmed • December 20, 2024
Viral image
stated on December 17, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Video shows Dr. Mehmet Oz and singer Reba McEntire promoting treatment for chronic lung diseases.

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 20, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on December 11, 2024 in a Facebook post:

The NFL punished three referees in “the game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Minnesota Vikings.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 20, 2024
Viral image
stated on December 12, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Image shows Kate, the Princess of Wales, without hair.

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 20, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on December 16, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“The NFL has abruptly fired three referees who officiated the game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 20, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on December 17, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Video shows Vice President Kamala Harris “is plastered again!”

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 20, 2024
Social Media
stated on December 16, 2024 in social media posts:

Tipster in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing is ineligible for reward money "because she called 911 instead of the tip line."

By Loreben Tuquero • December 19, 2024
Sara Jacobs
stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post:

Government shutdowns in 2013 and 2018 “cost our economy billions of dollars each.”

By Louis Jacobson • December 19, 2024
Department of Government Efficiency
stated on December 18, 2024 in an X post:

Spending plan to prevent a government shutdown includes “a pay increase for members of Congress from $174,000 to $243,000 per year.”

By Madison Czopek • December 19, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on December 10, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Ivermectin is a treatment after Covid and after vaccination, it is an effective medicine in all phases of Covid 19.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • December 19, 2024