How accurate were Donald Trump's statements during his first presidential debate with Hillary Clinton on Monday? We fact-checked the debate as it happened in an attempt to put the candidates' honesty in full view.
On this page, you'll see fact-checks of Trump's statements. For a look at Clinton's live fact-checks, click here.
LIVE FACT-CHECK: Clinton mostly right on Trump climate change hoax line. https://t.co/gbhjG2qDi3 pic.twitter.com/uYBnsIiBCZ
— PolitiFact Live (@politifactlive) September 27, 2016
LIVE FACT-CHECK: Clinton did vote against CAFTA. https://t.co/6I6t79ehTB
— PolitiFact Live (@politifactlive) September 27, 2016
LIVE FACT-CHECK: Trump is right, Clinton flip-flopped on TPP https://t.co/howNkUisAE pic.twitter.com/V70SDG3MAY
— PolitiFact Live (@politifactlive) September 27, 2016
LIVE FACT-CHECK: Trump's claim about the strength of the recovery depends on how you measure it. https://t.co/pvQP6gbR2u
— PolitiFact Live (@politifactlive) September 27, 2016
LIVE FACT-CHECK: Trump is wrong about financial disclosures being better than tax returns. https://t.co/JZrE5tgtrG pic.twitter.com/s0ZcwEkmdY
— PolitiFact Live (@politifactlive) September 27, 2016
LIVE FACT-CHECK: Trump has filed bankruptcy six times, but he shouldnt shoulder all the blame. https://t.co/LdnDNCPtME
— PolitiFact Live (@politifactlive) September 27, 2016
LIVE FACT-CHECK: Clinton did use the term “superpredators” when referring to gangs. https://t.co/Od4Ajo6H9U
— PolitiFact Live (@politifactlive) September 27, 2016
LIVE FACT-CHECK: Trump's suggestion that Hillary Clinton and her campaign started the birther movement is False. https://t.co/cVkYnvjOTw pic.twitter.com/9xrkpVN1D6
— PolitiFact Live (@politifactlive) September 27, 2016
LIVE FACT-CHECK: Clinton is correct that Trump was charged with housing discrimination. https://t.co/srPX5dEIk1
— PolitiFact Live (@politifactlive) September 27, 2016
LIVE FACT-CHECK: Trump is correct that he settled the lawsuit without admitting guilt. https://t.co/srPX5dEIk1
— PolitiFact Live (@politifactlive) September 27, 2016
Donald Trump says "wrong" when Hillary Clinton says he supported the Iraq War. But he did so publicly, https://t.co/1JHq2B3AzZ pic.twitter.com/ZwezA9bIM1
— PolitiFact Live (@politifactlive) September 27, 2016
LIVE FACT-CHECK: Trump is misleads about the origin of ISIS, which started before Clinton was secretary of state. https://t.co/kNXAVeYgx0
— PolitiFact Live (@politifactlive) September 27, 2016
LIVE FACT-CHECK: Donald Trump mischaracterizes NATO change and his role in it https://t.co/cBRNEP8ctj
— PolitiFact Live (@politifactlive) September 27, 2016
LIVE FACT-CHECK: Trump has a muddled record on the war. But he voiced support before the invasion, like many Americans. pic.twitter.com/Lxo0hzlgMC
— PolitiFact Live (@politifactlive) September 27, 2016
LIVE FACT-CHECK: Trump overstated how much control China has over North Korea.https://t.co/62N4B7oJp9
— PolitiFact Live (@politifactlive) September 27, 2016
