In Sunday night’s presidential debate, there were more than a dozen falsehoods and inaccuracies. NBC News and our friends at PolitiFact checked out the candidate’s claims, and here’s what we found.
- Trump said he didn’t urge people to “check out a sex tape” about former Miss Universe Alicia Machado. He did.
- Trump said health care costs are going up by 68 percent, 59 percent, 71 percent. The national estimate ranges are far lower.
- Trump said Clinton “acid washed” her private email server. She didn’t. She used an app called Bleachbit, not a corrosive chemical.
- Trump said Clinton doesn’t know Russia hacked the DNC. U.S. intelligence has said they very likely did.
- Trump said Clinton got a man accused of raping a 12-year-old girl “off” his charges. She didn’t.
- Trump said Clinton laughed at a child rape victim. She didn’t.
- Trump said Clinton “viciously attacked” four women. This is largely unsubstantiated.
- Trump said his 2005 recording didn’t describe sexual assault. It did.
- Trump said Clinton’s campaign started the “birther” movement. She didn’t.
- Trump said Clinton wants a single payer healthcare. She doesn’t.
- Trump said the San Bernardino shooters’ neighbors saw bombs in their apartment. They didn’t.
- Trump said Clinton wants 550 percent more Syrian refugees. . That’s true.
- Trump said the nation can’t screen those refugees. That’s false.
- Trump said he was against the Iraq invasion. He wasn’t.
- Trump said he doesn’t know Putin. That’s not what he said before 2015.
- Trump called Obama’s Syrian red line a “line in the sand” while Clinton said she wasn’t secretary of state then. They’re both wrong.
- Trump said Clinton will raise the middle class’ taxes. It won’t.
- Trump said Michelle Obama was in 2008 primary ads attacking Clinton. She wasn’t.
- Clinton said there’s no evidence that her server was hacked. Sure, but the FBI noted that sophisticated hackers wouldn’t leave any evidence — even if they did hack the server.
- Clinton said deleted emails were “personal, not official.” They weren’t all personal.
- Trump said the moderators hadn’t asked about Clinton’s emails. They had just finished a question about them.
- Trump said Bernie Sanders accused Clinton of exercising bad judgment. He did.
- Trump said the federal immigration enforcement agency ICE endorsed him.They didn’t, a union of some ICE employees did.
- Clinton said she apologized for the way she talked about Trump’s supporters. She said she was sorry for saying half his supporters were deplorable, not for saying they’re deplorable.
