Bernie Sanders Coverage

Fact check: Do CEOs today earn '400 times more' than their typical workers?

Discussing the strike Sept. 17 on CNN's "State of the Union," Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., told host Jake Tapper it was a "fact that CEOs are now making 400 times more than their average worker."

Matthew Crowley and Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact reporters

TV ad targeting U.S. Sen. Ted Budd misleads NC about health bill

A new political advertisement warns North Carolinians about legislation that could increase regulation on the health care industry. But the ad exaggerates the bill's likely effects and omits key details that might give voters a different impression of it.

Paul Specht, PolitiFact reporter

Fact Check: Does the United States pay more for prescription drugs?

That was the claim made by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders on CNN's State of the Union. WRAL's Politifact Reporter Paul Specht to take a closer look into Sen. Sanders' claims.

Fact check: Sanders says prescription drug prices are '10 times' higher in the US

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has for years argued that prescription drug prices in the United States are too high and claimed in a CNN interview that the prices Americans pay are sometimes 10 times what people in other countries pay.

Michelle Andrews, PolitiFact reporter

Fact Check: 85 million Americans without health insurance?

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who has pushed the Democratic Party to expand access for health care, said during CNN's "State of the Union" show on Dec. 11 that "We have 85 million Americans who have no health insurance." PolitiFact checks those numbers.

Fact check: How many Americans lack health insurance?

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who has pushed the Democratic Party to expand access for health care, said during CNN's "State of the Union" show on Dec. 11 that "We have 85 million Americans who have no health insurance." PolitiFact checks those numbers.

Amy Sherman, PolitiFact reporter

Fact check: Sanders says 1,400 lobbyists 'trying to stop' Medicare drug price negotiations

During an Oct. 3 interview on NBC's "Meet the Press," Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., took a shot at lobbyists for the pharmaceutical industry for blocking progress on a "human infrastructure" bill. PolitiFact checks his claim.

Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact reporter

Fact check: Sanders says Biden stimulus cut childhood poverty in half

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders said on an August tour to Republican-led states that the American Rescue Plan cut U.S. childhood poverty in half. PolitiFact checks his claim.

Lauren White, PolitiFact reporter

Bernie Sanders meme sweatshirt raises $1.8 million for charity

On Jan. 20, Bernie Sanders was seen wearing a parka and a pair of handmade mittens at the inauguration of Joe Biden.

Bernie Sanders turns inauguration meme into sweatshirt for charity

During President Biden's inauguration, a photo was taken of Sanders sitting cross-legged in a chair, bundled up and wearing mittens.

McLennan discusses end of Sanders campaign

Political analyst and professor of political science David McLennan joined WRAL News to talk about Sanders' exit.

Fact-checking the Sanders-Biden primary debate

Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders debated alone for the first (and maybe last) time Sunday on a closed Washington television set, jointly criticizing President Donald Trump's handling of the growing coronavirus crisis while attacking each other over their past votes and statements.

PolitiFact staff

Poll: Democratic primary voters now choose Biden 2-1 over Sanders

The survey found that 61 percent of Democratic voters support Biden, while just 32 back Sanders.

Carrie Dann

Man waves Nazi flag at Bernie Sanders rally

A man was kicked out of a Bernie Sanders rally in Arizona after he waved a Nazi flag from a balcony.

Did Sanders oppose 'Obamacare'?

Former Vice President Joe Biden said U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders talks in a way that one would think Sanders and Barack Obama "were close buddies." But they were not, Biden said, claiming that Sanders was against Obama's signature health care law.

Fact check: Biden says Sanders 'opposed Obamacare'

Former Vice President Joe Biden said U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders talks in a way that one would think Sanders and Barack Obama "were close buddies." But they were not, Biden said, claiming that Sanders was against Obama's signature health care law.

Miriam Valverde, PolitiFact reporter

Professor: Biden's sudden strength among moderate Democrats overwhelmed Sanders' among young voters

Joe Biden's solid victory in North Carolina's Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday stunned Bernie Sanders' campaign, which had expected to build on his performance from four years ago. Instead, Sanders performed worse than in 2016.

Sanders' showing in NC was better in 2016 primary

Joe Biden's solid victory in North Carolina's Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday stunned Bernie Sanders' campaign, which had expected to build on his performance from four years ago. Instead, Sanders performed worse than in 2016.

Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

5 takeaways as Joe Biden scores stunning wins on Super Tuesday

Joe Biden dominated across the South on Tuesday and scored a dramatic upset victory in Texas while surprising in Minnesota and Massachusetts, roaring into contention in a Democratic presidential primary that increasingly looks like a two-way race between the former vice president and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.

By Eric Bradner, Gregory Krieg and Dan Merica, CNN

Sanders wins top prize, California; Biden surges nationwide

Bernie Sanders seized Super Tuesday's biggest prize with a victory in California, while a resurgent Joe Biden scored wins across the country with the backing of a diverse coalition as the Democratic Party's once-crowded presidential field transformed into a two-man contest.

By STEVE PEOPLES and WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press

Fans confuse Garth Brooks' Barry Sanders jersey for one of Bernie Sanders

Leave it to the internet to interpret Garth Brooks wearing a Barry Sanders jersey during a concert in Detroit as a political endorsement of a certain liberal presidential candidate.

Online 'impersonator' tried to contact campaigns, DNC says

The Democratic National Committee has warned its presidential candidates to be cautious after Bernie Sanders' campaign reported that an “impersonator” with a domain registered overseas had posed as one of its staffers and sought conversations with members of at least two other campaigns.

Sanders, Rev. Barber speak at Goldsboro church

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and former state NAACP leader Rev. William Barber speak at Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro as part of an Ash Wednesday service and forum on poverty.

Sanders focuses on poverty issues in stop at Barber's church

With less than a week left before North Carolina's March 3 primary, the state is becoming a key campaign stop for presidential candidates.

Julian Grace, WRAL anchor/reporter

Sanders under attack in sharp exchanges in debate

Amidst all the shouting, cross-talk and scripted soundbites from the seven candidates in Charleston, S.C., here are the facts from the 10th Democratic presidential debate.