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Mostly True

Overall, very few donate

Yang

"Right now 5% of Americans donate to candidates."

— PolitiFact National on Friday, January 24th, 2020

False

Most expenses go toward programs

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Says the Clinton Foundation "gave ONLY $5 million to charities, spent $85 million for their salaries & travels and KEPT the rest = $87 million" in 2014.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Monday, December 9th, 2019

Mostly False

There's more to it

Cunningham

Says his campaign hasn’t accepted corporate PAC money and isn’t funded by "special interests."

— PolitiFact North Carolina on Thursday, November 21st, 2019

False

It's a conspiracy theory

Says "Russia donated 0$ to Donald Trump. Russia donated 145.000.000$ to the Clinton Foundation."

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Friday, November 15th, 2019

False

But the breadsticks are great

Says that Olive Garden is "funding" President Trump's 2020 re-election campaign.

— PolitiFact Facebook fact-checks on Monday, October 28th, 2019