Sen. Marco Rubio vastly overstated the number of Americans on government terrorist watch lists. He said there are “700,000 Americans on some watch list,” but the number is actually in the tens of thousands.
Rubio Wrong on Terrorist List
Month: December 2015
Video: Syrian Refugee Facts
This video from FlackCheck.org looks at some of the claims being made about the Syrian refugees.
Dec. 4: Refugees, Osama bin Laden
Trump’s bin Laden ‘Prediction’
Donald Trump exaggerates his prescience on the 9/11 terrorist attacks when he claims he “predicted Osama bin Laden” in a 2000 book.
Cruz on Violent Criminals and Democrats
Sen. Ted Cruz misrepresented an academic study when he claimed that the “overwhelming majority of violent criminals are Democrats.”
Fiorina on Defunding Planned Parenthood
Carly Fiorina falsely claims “the vast majority of Americans” support defunding Planned Parenthood. Actually, national surveys show the opposite: most Americans support continued federal funding.
Sanders’ Support for Syrian Refugees
Businessman Donald Trump claimed that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said he wants to bring 65,000 Syrian refugees to the United States. Trump is wrong. Sanders didn’t say that.