Does a spending increase constitute ‘slash[ing]’ spending? It does to Hillary

Published July 25, 2016 7:26pm ET



In a rarity, a statement made by Hillary Clinton has been judged as “false” by fact-checking website PolitiFact.

On Saturday, at her first rally since choosing Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., as her running mate, Clinton claimed that Donald Trump’s running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, “slashed education funding.”

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