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Live fact-checking the Houston Democratic presidential debate

National

By PolitiFact Staff September 12, 2019

PolitiFact is live fact-checking the Houston Democratic presidential debate. Follow along below.

Live fact-checking from PolitiFact.

Sources appear in individual tweets.

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

X posts
stated on May 21, 2025 in X posts:

Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., started singing during a May 20 CNN interview.

By Loreben Tuquero • May 23, 2025
X posts
stated on May 22, 2025 in an X post:

The slaying of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, D.C., is a false flag.

By Maria Briceño • May 23, 2025
Donald Trump
stated on May 20, 2025 in remarks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol:

In the House bill, “we’re not changing Medicaid,” only cutting “waste, fraud and abuse.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 22, 2025
X posts
stated on May 20, 2025 in X posts:

The Sean “Diddy” Combs trial testimony revealed that former President Barack Obama was “caught in secret meetings with Diddy’s drug runner.”

By Loreben Tuquero • May 22, 2025
Social Media
stated on May 21, 2025 in posts:

Video shows the Qatari emir saying, “I truly regret inviting Trump, the robber, to the Middle East.”

By Grace Abels • May 21, 2025
Gavin Newsom
stated on May 14, 2025 in una conferencia de prensa:

Que California ofrezca acceso asequible a cuidado de salud para los inmigrantes ilegalmente en EE.UU.

By Amy Sherman • May 21, 2025
TikTok posts
stated on May 19, 2025 in una publicación en TikTok:

La presidenta de México Claudia Sheinbaum dijo que el choque del buque Cuauhtémoc contra el puente de Brooklyn en Nueva York no fue un accidente y puede ser un acto hostil.

By Maria Briceño • May 21, 2025
Karoline Leavitt
stated on May 19, 2025 in a White House press briefing:

President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill “does not add to the deficit.”

By Louis Jacobson • May 21, 2025
Robert Reich
stated on May 13, 2025 in an X post:

While serving in Congress, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy “voted against upgrading air traffic control systems.”

By Loreben Tuquero • May 21, 2025
X posts
stated on May 20, 2025 in posts:

Former President Joe Biden’s cancer is a form of “turbo cancer” caused by mRNA vaccines.

By Grace Abels • May 20, 2025

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