Fact Checking Claims In The Final 2016 Presidential Debate

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Jim Tharpe, editor of PolitiFact Georgia, speaking with Denis O'Hayer on “Morning Edition”

As expected, the final debate between the major party presidential candidates produced a long string of claims and counter-claims on issues from immigration to the economy to the national debt. 

For example, Donald Trump argued that Hillary Clinton had once supported a wall along the Mexican border; Clinton said Trump still wants to deport every immigrant who is in the country illegally.