Politicians have offered confusing and conflicting information on guns in the wake of the San Bernardino shootings and President Obama’s announced plans for tighter gun controls.
Sorting Out Obama’s Gun Proposal
Stories by Robert Farley
Deputy Managing Editor, FactCheck.org
Clinton and Fossil Fuel Money
Hillary Clinton and a man from an environmental group sparred about whether she had taken money from the fossil fuel industry. Campaigns are prohibited from taking money directly from corporations, but Clinton has received donations from employees of oil and gas companies.
Did Cruz Support Legalization?
In one of the more memorable exchanges of the Republican debate, Sen. Marco Rubio said he was “puzzled” by Sen. Ted Cruz’s attacks on his immigration position, because Cruz himself “supports[s] legalizing people who are in this country illegally.”
Video: FactChecking Donald Trump
FlackCheck.org looks at some of the false and misleading claims made by Donald Trump since he announced his presidential candidacy in June.
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.”
Bogus Meme Targets Trump
Q: Did Donald Trump tell People magazine in 1998 that if he ever ran for president, he’d do it as a Republican because “they’re the dumbest group of voters in the country” and that he “could lie and they’d still eat it up”?
A: No, that’s a bogus meme.
Trump Retweets Bogus Crime Graphic
Trump retweeted a bogus graphic purporting to show the percentage of whites killed by blacks and other homicide data delineated by race. Almost every figure in the graphic is wrong.
About Trump’s Oreo Boycott
Donald Trump says he’s “never eating another Oreo again” because its parent company is “closing a factory in Chicago and they’re moving to Mexico.” Some Oreo production is moving to Mexico, but a downsized Chicago plant will remain.
Sanders on Climate Link to Terrorism
Sen. Bernie Sanders went too far with his debate claim that “climate change is directly related to the growth of terrorism.”
Trump Challenges Birthright Citizenship
Donald Trump says the issue has been “fully vetted now” and he was right all along: It would not take a constitutional amendment to end the practice of extending automatic citizenship to children born in the U.S. of parents in the country illegally.