Fact-checking the eighth Democratic primary debate
Posted on AllSides February 8th, 2020
From The Left
The eighth Democratic presidential debate of the 2020 campaign, hosted by ABC, WMUR (Channel 9), and Apple News, had seven candidates, lasted 2½ hours — and did not have many statements that merited fact-checking. Here are eight claims that caught our attention. Our practice is not to award Pinocchios in debate roundups.
“The reality is, on my watch, drug arrests in South Bend were lower than the national average, and specifically to marijuana, lower than in Indiana.”
— Former mayor Pete Buttigieg
Buttigieg was challenged by moderator Linsey Davis over...
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