Friday, October 14, 2016

Pence repeats false claim on Clinton Foundation's limited charitable work

In the vice presidential debate, Republican Mike Pence tried to skewer Hillary Clinton by talking about the multi-billion dollar Clinton Foundation. Pence recycled a flawed GOP talking point that the foundation is a cash cow to enrich the Clintons and their friends.

"10 cents on the dollar from the Clinton Foundation goes to charitable causes," Pence said.

This is based on a misunderstanding of how the foundation operates. In brief, it raises money to deliver services and projects itself. The amount of money it gives away as grants is a small sliver of its activities.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/oct/04/mike-pence/pence-repeats-false-claim-clinton-foundations-limi/


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