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Page 8A ELECTION 2016 East Oregonian AP FACT CHECK Misshapen rhetoric in GOP debate :$6+,1*721$3²7HG&UX]VWUHWFKHGPDWWHUV LQYROYLQJ,UDQDQGKLVRZQ¿QDQFHV'RQDOG7UXPSVHHPHG WRIRUJHWKHSURSRVHGDPDVVLYHWD[RQ&KLQHVHJRRGV&KULV &KULVWLHWRRNDPDJLFHUDVHUWRWKLQJVKH¶VVDLG A look at some claims and how they compare with the IDFWV CRUZ:³3UHVLGHQW2EDPD¶VSUHSDULQJWRVHQG billion or more to the Ayatollah Khamenei.” THE FACTS:&UX]PDNHVLWVRXQGOLNHWKH86LV EHVWRZLQJWKHODUJHVWHYHUIRUHLJQDLGSD\PHQWRQORQJWLPH IRH,UDQ7KHUHDOLW\LVPXFKPRUHPXQGDQH$VHYHQQDWLRQ QXFOHDUGHDOFRPPLWV7HKUDQWRFXUELQJLWVQXFOHDUDFWLYLWLHV,Q H[FKDQJH,UDQUHJDLQVDFFHVVWRDERXWELOOLRQRILWVRZQ PRQH\WKDWKDGEHHQIUR]HQXQGHULQWHUQDWLRQDOVDQFWLRQV ——— TRUMP on Syrian refugees: “When I look at the migration, I looked at the line, I said ... where are the ZRPHQ",WORRNHGOLNHYHU\IHZZRPHQ9HU\IHZFKLOGUHQ 6WURQJSRZHUIXOPHQ\RXQJDQGSHRSOHDUHORRNLQJDWWKDW DQGWKH\¶UHVD\LQJZKDW¶VJRLQJRQ"´ THE FACTS:$SSDUHQWO\ZKDWHYHU7UXPSVDZRI WKHUHIXJHHVZDVQ¶WFRPSOHWH2IWKHPLOOLRQ6\ULDQV LGHQWL¿HGE\WKH81+LJK&RPPLVVLRQHUIRU5HIXJHHVDV KXPDQLWDULDQ³SHUVRQVRIFRQFHUQ´PHQDJHVWRPDNH up 21.4 percent. The rest are women, children or people age 60 or older. ——— MARCO RUBIO:³8QIRUWXQDWHO\*RY&KULVWLHKDV HQGRUVHGPDQ\RIWKHLGHDVWKDW%DUDFN2EDPDVXSSRUWV´ LQFOXGLQJ³WKHDSSRLQWPHQWRI6RQLD6RWRPD\RU´WRWKH Supreme Court. 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