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RECAP: Fact-checking the second GOP debate

Posted at 11:28 PM, Sep 16, 2015
and last updated 2015-09-16 23:28:39-04

Eleven GOP candidates faced off in a CNN-sponsored debate at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California.

The lineup was the same as last month's opening debate, with one notable addition: former Hewlett-Packard chief executive Carly Fiorina, the only woman in the GOP field.

It's believed to be the largest debate field in modern political history, underscoring just how jumbled the fight for the Republican nomination remains with five months to go before the Iowa caucuses.

In the blog below, check out a recap of analysis from DecodeDC and fact-checking provided by PolitiFact, a Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking group.

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