PolitiFact - The Iowa caucuses: 9 fact-checks and 3 wild campaign moments that matter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : The U.S. Supreme Court could decide whether Trump is an insurrectionist and is allowed to run again.
49% : Haley said this, but added that the retirement age should be raised in line with longer life expectancy and only for younger people -- not for current Social Security beneficiaries or people nearing retirement.
47% : Trump himself co-wrote a book in 2000 calling for solutions to address the Social Security trust fund's impending depletion, and suggested raising the retirement age to 70.
43% : Social Security: Each candidate says their opponent wants to slash Social Security.
42% : Over months of campaign stops, debates and ad releases, the Republican rivals and their political action committees have attacked one another, making statements about abortion, Israel, Social Security, COVID-19 and more.
32% : But Trump has retreated from this idea on the campaign trail.
29% : Trump claimed Haley said that the federal U.S. retirement age, at which Americans would receive Social Security and Medicare benefits, is "way too low."
23% : Nine fact-checks that matter for the Iowa caucusDeportations: DeSantis began his campaign cautious about attacking Trump, his onetime ally, but grew increasingly emboldened.
22% : And Trump is running for president as he faces 91 criminal charges, many related to his efforts to overthrow the 2020 election.
21% : Trump has been the subject of court gag orders but he retains his right to criticize Biden or his political rivals.
21% : Baseless social media posts, including from Trump, claimed that Haley is ineligible to be president or vice president.
18% : Trump said, "Just like the Cuban regime, the Biden administration is trying to put their political opponents in jail, shutting down free speech."
15% : Trump accused his haters of using AI against him.
10% : During each of his terms, Obama deported more people than Trump did during his single term in office.
9% : DeSantis said Trump "deported less, believe it or not, than Barack Obama even did."
7% : A separate Trump ad claimed that Haley "opposed Trump's border wall" and "Trump's travel ban."
7% : Trump is being criminally prosecuted and blamed Biden.

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