EDITOR’S NOTE: A look at the veracity of claims by political figures.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Who’s got the goods on health care policy? That question was an undercurrent in the feisty Democratic presidential debate as rivals stood accused of being lightweights who have done little more than put up Post-it notes or slideshows on the subject.
Also in the Las Vegas debate, Mike Bloomberg spoke of coming to the realization that stop-and-frisk policing policies were being overused by his police department when he was New York mayor. Actually, a judge ruled against the practice and the mayor assailed the “dangerous” decision at the time.
From Phoenix, President Donald Trump ribbed the debating Democrats and twisted the health plans of some of them in the process.
A look at how some of their claims Wednesday night stack up with the facts: