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@KHNews During Mike Bloomberg’s first #DemDebate appearance, Sanders has attacked the former mayor on his role in New York’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy. We have all the details here: bit.ly/3bWQXKD
@KHNews Bloomberg said Sanders wants to take away Americans' insurance that "they love." Biden said something similar, that 160 million like their health insurance.
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politifact.com/factchecks/201…
@KHNews "Let's put forth someone who actually works and lives in a middle class city." - Pete Buttigieg. We looked into Buttigieg's home, and the other candidates' politifact.com/article/2019/a… #DemDebate
Sanders can accurately claim to be unaffiliated with a political party while still running for the Democratic nomination and sometimes calling himself a Democrat: politifact.com/article/2016/f… #DemDebate
Michael Bloomberg’s history of jumping party lines has some Democrats wondering whether he’s really one of them. politifact.com/article/2020/f…
The question about how to pay for Medicare for All is ground zero in the Democratic debate. politifact.com/article/2019/n… #M4A
Sanders said Buttigieg's campaign is financed by the health care industry.
Buttigieg leads in terms of campaign contributions from pharmaceutical companies as well as health services and HMOs, a classification that includes large insurance companies. politifact.com/factchecks/202…
Buttigieg leads in terms of campaign contributions from pharmaceutical companies as well as health services and HMOs, a classification that includes large insurance companies. politifact.com/factchecks/202…
When contributions to leadership political action committees are considered, Biden has the highest donation total from the pharmaceutical and health products sector.
Bloomberg says he "inherited" the stop-and-frisk policy and that he "cut it back by 95%" by the time he left office.
Bloomberg’s messaging ignores his role in expanding the practice and the dramatic increases in stops during most of his tenure. politifact.com/article/2020/f…
Bloomberg’s messaging ignores his role in expanding the practice and the dramatic increases in stops during most of his tenure. politifact.com/article/2020/f…
Sanders said "Mayor Bloomberg supported George W. Bush in 2000." That's true. Also correct that Bloomberg, in the past, has been against a minimum wage raise: politifact.com/article/2020/f… #DemDebate
Where do the 2020 Democrats stand on a carbon tax, the Paris agreement, New Green Deal, fracking and other climate change policies? politifact.com/article/2019/a… #DemDebate
Liz Warren had a point about toxic facilities being near poor neighborhoods. Read this fact-check. politifact.com/factchecks/201… #DemDebate
Sanders mentioned the Amazon didn't pay federal taxes. Amazon projected not paying federal income tax for 2017 and 2018, but it did estimate paying taxes for 2019 politifact.com/article/2020/f… #DemDebate
Liz Warren said her wealth tax could put 800 million dollars into public education, cancel student debt and pay for free preschool. politifact.com/article/2019/a… #DemDebate
Biden said "I was listed as the poorest man in Congress." Biden likely was among the less wealthy members when he first entered Congress, as a senator, in 1973.
politifact.com/factchecks/201…
politifact.com/factchecks/201…
Liz Warren attacked her competitor "Buttigieg has been taking money from big donors and changing his positions" hearkens back to the wine cave moment from a while back politifact.com/article/2019/d… #DemDebate
In 2007, when George W. was president, Sanders joined with some Republicans in opposing a comprehensive immigration bill. The bipartisan bill, sponsored by the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., went down in defeat.
politifact.com/article/2015/s…
politifact.com/article/2015/s…
That's our live fact-checking for tonight. We'll publish some NEW fact-checks soon!
Here's our full fact-check of #DemDebate. We fact-checked claims about Bloomberg's health care plans, his defense of New York’s stop-and-frisk policy, and the donors of the candidates’ campaigns. bit.ly/2uajhb4
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