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Live fact-checking the Iowa Democratic presidential debate

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Democratic presidential candidates stand on stage Jan. 14, 2020, before a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN and the Des Moines Register in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP)

By PolitiFact Staff January 15, 2020

Follow along with PolitiFact's live coverage of the Iowa Democratic presidential debate.

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Listed in the Twitter feed

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

Van Wanggaard
stated on April 15, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:

Says Gov. Evers is asking the GOP to release money for PFAS, but "vetoed (a bill outlining) how to spend the money"

By Laura Schulte • June 14, 2024
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
stated on June 5, 2024 in News release:

Republican legislatures “have targeted birth control” and in Wisconsin “refused to schedule a vote on a bill that would have codified a right to birth control.”

By Hope Karnopp • June 14, 2024
Social Media
stated on June 10, 2024 in a post:

Video shows Rep. Nancy Pelosi “takes responsibility for not having the National Guard” at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

By Sara Swann • June 13, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on May 22, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Fuddruckers is “closing ALL locations.”

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 13, 2024
Viral image
stated on June 4, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Photo shows “the Sandy Hook girls that did not die like they said they did!”

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 13, 2024
Instagram posts
stated on June 10, 2024 in una publicación en Instagram:

"La reapertura de la Catedral de Notre Dame en París, después del incendio de las torres. Espectacular!".

By Marta Campabadal Graus • June 13, 2024
Donald Trump
stated on May 31, 2024 in remarks to reporters:

“Congo, Africa, just released a lot of people, a lot of people from their prisons and jails and brought them into the United States of America.”

By Maria Ramirez Uribe • June 12, 2024
Joe Biden
stated on May 8, 2024 in a Biden for President campaign ad:

If the Affordable Care Act were terminated, “that would mean over a hundred million Americans will lose protections for preexisting conditions.”

By Jacob Gardenswartz • June 12, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on June 9, 2024 in a Facebook post:

Photo shows the scene of a fatal crash that killed a Filipino artist.

By Ciara O'Rourke • June 12, 2024
Facebook posts
stated on June 5, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

Don Francisco dice que un médico le habló sobre un remedio para la hipertensión “completamente natural que podría salvar a millones de personas si comenzaran a tomarlo”.

By Marta Campabadal Graus • June 11, 2024