The code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network IFCN at Poynter is a series of commitments organizations abide by to promote excellence in fact-checking. The following fact checks come from IFCN fact checkers. (D. Van Zandt)
Claim by Donald Trump: “You saw South Korea, they were paying us $500 million a year. I say you got to do more. You got to give more. Anyway. Now they’re up to almost $900 million.”
Claim by Donald Trump: “Last year Juarez had 1,200 murders, El Paso, right next door, a few feet away, had 23 murders. … Walls work, actually there’s nothing like them for what we’re talking about.”
FactCheck.org rating: Misleading
Claim by Donald Trump: “Violent crime is now going down for the first time in a long while.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly False
Claim by Viral image: Eric Trump said, “The president should be able to choose governors, senators, and congressmen, just like our founders meant it to be. The only election should be for president.”
PolitiFact rating: Pants On Fire
Claim by Jerrold Nadler: “In 2011, for example, the United Kingdom had 146 deaths due to gun violence; Denmark, 71; Portugal, 142; and Japan, 30. But last year, in the United States, almost 40,000.”
PolitiFact rating: Mostly True
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