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Peter1469
04-15-2016, 04:18 PM
Fact checking the Democratic debate (http://www.factcheck.org/2016/04/factchecking-the-ninth-democratic-debate/)

FactCheck dot org fact checked the debates.

A summary:


False and misleading claims by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders included:

Clinton implied she has supported a $15 federal minimum wage, as Sanders has. But her own website says she supports a $12 federal minimum wage, and going further “through state and local efforts.”
Sanders said “43 lobbyists for the fossil fuel industry” donated to Clinton. But he’s including lobbyists who represent many clients other than oil and gas companies.
Sanders said that Clinton “barely mentioned the Palestinians” in a speech that she gave before The American Israel Public Affairs Committee. But she made a point similar to Sanders’ in that speech.
Clinton claimed that Sanders was the first to say she is unqualified to be president. That’s wrong. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida used that same line of attack.
Clinton glossed over the facts when asked about her claim that Vermont had the highest per capita number of guns recovered from crimes in New York. She said “most of the guns that end up committing crimes in New York come from out of state.” But most don’t come from Vermont.
Sanders may have left viewers with the misleading impression that the names of donors who contribute to political action committees supporting Clinton are “completely undisclosed.” Super PACs must disclose their donors.
Both candidates left out some context in a rehashed disagreement about whether Sanders had once advocated regime change in Libya.
Sanders strained the facts when he attributed Clinton’s lead in delegate votes to her victories in the “Deep South.” She swept Southern states, but won seven other states, too.


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