Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Marsha Blackburn hits Phil Bredesen over shredded documents in sexual harassment cases

October 2, 2018

Under Phil Bredesen, in sexual harassment cases, his administration chose "to shred some of the documents so that women’s voices would never be heard."  

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GOP super PAC wrongly says Democrat Bredesen supports single-payer health plan

September 20, 2018

Says Tennessee Senate candidate Phil Bredesen "supports single-payer health care."  

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Donald Trump wrong on FBI limits in Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings

September 20, 2018

On investigating during the Supreme Court confirmation process, "The FBI doesn’t do that."

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Phil Bredesen says Marsha Blackburn weakened DEA opioid enforcement

September 18, 2018

Says Marsha Blackburn "at the behest of the pharmaceutical industry, co-sponsored a law that weakened DEA enforcement efforts against drug distribution companies that were supplying…

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Conspiracy website objects to Barack Obama calling out conspiracy theories

September 14, 2018

Says Barack Obama "referred to the carnage that took place in Benghazi as a conspiracy theory."  

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Donald Trump wrongly says Social Security and Medicare are stronger

September 6, 2018

"We’re making (Medicare) stronger. We’re making Social Security stronger."  

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Attack ad falsely says Bredesen backed gas, sales tax hikes that never happened

August 30, 2018

As Tennessee governor, Phil Bredesen "supported higher taxes on us. Higher gas taxes. Higher sales taxes."    

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Coulter’s strange claim that Dutch settlers preceded blacks in South Africa

August 27, 2018

"The Dutch (Afrikaners) were" in South Africa "first."  

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Would Heller cut Social Security or Medicare to pay for tax cuts?

August 16, 2018

Says Sen. Dean Heller "wants to cut programs like Social Security and Medicare to pay for tax cuts for his ultra-wealthy donors."

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Did Nevada’s Jacky Rosen skip a key veterans vote for a photo op? Not so fast

August 16, 2018

Says Jacky Rosen "skipped work ... at the expense of veterans" to "attend a publicity stunt."

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Blackburn: Lack of broadband shuttered rural hospitals. It didn’t

August 15, 2018

"Hospitals are closing in rural America because they don't have access to high-speed internet."

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Marco Rubio wrong on states not spending on voting security

August 3, 2018

States "haven't even begun to spend the (election security) money they have now."  

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