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Live fact-checking night 2 of the Detroit Democratic presidential debate

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By PolitiFact Staff July 31, 2019

We're live fact-checking the second Detroit Democratic presidential debate. Follow along below.

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Louise Slaughter

stated on September 5, 2017 a tweet:

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

true

true

stated on March 2, 2017 a headline:

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

pants-fire

pants-fire

David Menchetti

stated on November 28, 2016 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 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 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 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 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 a news release:

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

false

false

Chris Jacobs
stated on November 19, 2021 in a radio interview:

“This one here has subsidies for people making as much as $800,000 to be able to buy a Tesla.”

By Jill Terreri Ramos • November 26, 2021
Jerrold Nadler
stated on November 19, 2021 in Twitter:

Kyle Rittenhouse was an “armed person” crossing state lines when he came to Kenosha protests in 2020.

By Laura Schulte • November 26, 2021
Facebook posts
stated on November 20, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“The gas station where they initially attacked” Kyle Rittenhouse “is owned by his grandparents.”

By Tom Kertscher • November 24, 2021
Instagram posts
stated on November 3, 2021 in a post:

“Vitamin D levels of 50 ng/mL correlates to zero mortality rate from COVID.”

By Naseem Ferdowsi • November 24, 2021
Alex Jones
stated on November 14, 2021 in an InfoWars video:

"Fauci admits Covid vax doesn't work"

By Vivian Lam • November 23, 2021
Viral image
stated on November 15, 2021 in a Facebook post:

The Build Back Better bill provides “'parole' amnesty for millions of criminal illegal aliens.”

By Tom Kertscher • November 23, 2021
Bloggers
stated on November 18, 2021 in an article:

The FBI targeted a woman and searched her home because she “protested local school board, elections.”

By Monique Curet • November 23, 2021
Rick Scott
stated on November 16, 2021 in a press release headline:

An increase in Medicare Part B premiums means “America’s seniors are paying the price for Biden’s inflation crisis.”

By Phil Galewitz • November 23, 2021
Colin Allred
stated on October 25, 2021 in in a TV interview:

"You've had over 2 million women drop out of the workforce during this pandemic."

By Nusaiba Mizan • November 23, 2021
Bloggers
stated on November 4, 2021 in a video:

"Spike protein goes to nucleus and impairs DNA repair."

By Vivian Lam • November 23, 2021