Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton face off one final time, each looking to land a knockout punch.
But attempts at landing big blows in past debates have been fraught with misleading statements and inaccuracies — particularly from Trump, the brash billionaire who has repeatedly spurned the truth in past debates and on the campaign trail.
The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been, and as the two candidates duke it out, we are keeping them honest during the debate — fact by fact:
Trump: Justice Ginsburg apologized for comments about me
REALITY CHECK: True
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg apologized in July after criticizing Trump as a “faker” and for having “really no consistency about him.” She later said her remarks were “ill-advised.”
Clinton: 33,000 people killed by guns annually
REALITY CHECK: True, but misleading
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 33,599 people killed by firearms in 2014, the latest year for which the data is available. However, the number includes suicides, unintentional deaths, and incidents with undetermined intent as well as violence-related firearm deaths (homicide and legal intervention). In 2014, 11,409 people were killed in gun violence-related deaths by homicide or legal intervention. The CDC reports 586 unintentional deaths by firearms that year, and they also report 270 deaths where the intent was undetermined.