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WATCH: Trump and Clinton put to the truth test

Posted at 5:50 PM, Apr 07, 2016
and last updated 2016-04-07 19:04:18-04

Donald Trump is accusing Ted Cruz of being behind a racy ad featuring a picture of Trump's wife.

"From what I hear, somebody bought the rights to it and he was the one or his campaign bought the rights and they gave it to the Super Pac," said Trump.

The ad was released on Facebook in advance of the Utah primary.

It suggests Melania Trump, in an old modeling photo, might not be modest enough to be first lady.

Trump is claiming Cruz's campaign was behind the ad.

"He really doesn't present any evidence and when we did our own research, we found there's still no evidence that Ted Cruz is somehow connected to the distribution of this photo," said Katie Sanders of Politifact.com.

For that reason, Politifact rates Donald Trump's claim as false.

With six wins in the last seven contests, it seems nothing can stop the Bernie Sanders express except maybe a reminder from Hillary Clinton when she appeared on "The View" this week.

"We've won some, he's won some but I have 2.5 million more votes than he does," Clinton said. 

Clinton claims it proves she is still the more popular candidate.

Politifact took the numbers to the experts.

"She does have a substantial lead over Bernie Sanders, but there are a few states where numbers don't exist," Sanders said.

The reason is a few caucus states only report delegates, not vote totals.

However, Politifact says Clinton's claim of a two-and-a-half million vote lead is close enough to rate her statement as mostly true.

Sanders's recent string of victories still has not been enough to do any substantial damage to Clinton's delegate lead.

The next contest is April 19 in Clinton's adopted home state and Sanders native state, New York.

 

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