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Live fact-checking Day 1 of the Detroit Democratic presidential debate

National

By PolitiFact Staff July 30, 2019

We're live fact-checking the first night of the Detroit Democratic presidential debates. Follow along here for instant updates.

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NextGen Climate Action Committee

stated on August 8, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says Rick Scott "is letting Duke (Energy) keep collecting billions" despite troubled power plants.

half-true

half-true

Georgia Department of Transportation

stated on July 19, 2011 in a press release:

The Northwest Corridor highway project in Cobb and Cherokee counties "is expected to create over 9,700 jobs statewide."

false

false

Republican National Committee

stated on June 5, 2008 in in a news release:

Obama couldn't have afforded his home without Rezko's help.

false

false

stated on December 8, 2021 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:

Gas prices were "$1.86 when I left" the White House.

false

false

Louise Slaughter

stated on September 5, 2017 in a tweet:

Rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program "will harm our economy."

true

true

stated on March 2, 2017 in a headline:

"Doctors who discovered cancer enzymes in vaccines all found murdered."

pants-fire

pants-fire

David Menchetti

stated on November 28, 2016 in testimony before the Illinois House Labor and Commerce Committee:

"The causation standard in Indiana is exactly the same as it is in Illinois."

true

true

stated on September 16, 2016 in a White House press conference:

"If you look at any real analysis," the Trans-Pacific Partnership is "going to generate better-paying jobs that are more stable."

half-true

half-true

stated on November 17, 2015 in press release:

While the smoking rate nationally has fallen, more than 18 percent of Georgians still light up.

mostly-true

mostly-true

NextGen Climate Action Committee

stated on August 8, 2014 in a campaign ad:

Says Rick Scott "is letting Duke (Energy) keep collecting billions" despite troubled power plants.

half-true

half-true

Georgia Department of Transportation

stated on July 19, 2011 in a press release:

The Northwest Corridor highway project in Cobb and Cherokee counties "is expected to create over 9,700 jobs statewide."

false

false

Republican National Committee

stated on June 5, 2008 in in a news release:

Obama couldn't have afforded his home without Rezko's help.

false

false

stated on December 8, 2021 in an interview with Hugh Hewitt:

Gas prices were "$1.86 when I left" the White House.

false

false

Louise Slaughter

stated on September 5, 2017 in a tweet:

Rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program "will harm our economy."

true

true

stated on March 2, 2017 in a headline:

"Doctors who discovered cancer enzymes in vaccines all found murdered."

pants-fire

pants-fire

Lori Chavez-DeRemer
stated on July 17, 2025 in a post on X:

Under President Donald Trump’s newly signed tax law, “those making less than $50,000 receive the largest cuts.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2025
Gavin Newsom
stated on July 14, 2025 in a podcast interview:

“California provides $83.1 billion more than we receive from the federal government. Texas? Receives $71.1 billion more than they provide to the federal government. 71% of the U.S. GDP comes from blue counties.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 18, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on July 15, 2025 in comments to reporters:

The Jeffrey Epstein files “were made up by Comey. They were made up by Obama. They were made up by Biden.”

By Grace Abels • July 18, 2025
TikTok posts
stated on July 12, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok:

El sheriff del condado Kerr, Texas dijo, “que se debe solicitar la residencia permanente para el equipo de rescate mexicano que rescató a su familia”.

By Maria Briceño • July 16, 2025
TikTok posts
stated on June 30, 2025 in a TikTok post:

"People tracking the ICE deportation flights have found” the agency is throwing migrants into the middle of the ocean.

By Maria Briceño • July 15, 2025
X posts
stated on July 12, 2025 in an X post:

The Kerr County, Texas, sheriff “said he would apply for a green card for the Mexican rescue team that saved his family.”

By Maria Briceño • July 14, 2025
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 27, 2025 in a press briefing:

There is “zero impact” from Alligator Alcatraz on the Florida Everglades.

By Gabrielle Lazor • July 11, 2025
Kevin Hassett
stated on July 6, 2025 in an interview with CBS News' "Face the Nation":

A Congressional Budget Office estimate of people who stand to lose insurance from President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law said “about 5 million … have other insurance,” so “if they lose one (type of coverage), they're still insured.”

By Louis Jacobson • July 11, 2025
Jon Favreau
stated on July 8, 2025 in Pod Save America:

“ICE will now become the country’s largest federal law enforcement agency, bigger than the FBI, bigger than the DEA.”

By Amy Sherman • July 11, 2025
X posts
stated on July 8, 2025 in an X post:

Former Gov. Roy Cooper is scheduled to speak at a Winston-Salem coffee shop July 18 at 11 a.m. about the “future of North Carolina.”

By Will Doran • July 10, 2025

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