Latest Fact-Checks By Anna Orso

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Scott Wagner
Scott Wagner
stated on August 2, 2017 in a campaign video.:
Eighty percent of the school tax bills in the state of Pennsylvania went up over last year.
Half-True
By Anna Orso • August 9, 2017
Bob Casey
Bob Casey
stated on July 5, 2017 in a tweet:
The GOP health care proposal would slash more than $135 million in federal funding available to PA schools.
False
By Anna Orso • July 11, 2017
Michael Untermeyer
Michael Untermeyer
stated on May 10, 2017 in a campaign ad.:
"Michael Untermeyer has been a Democrat for more than 40 years."
Half-True
By Anna Orso • May 12, 2017
Larry Krasner
Larry Krasner
stated on May 1, 2017 in the platform section of his campaign website:
"Larry Krasner is the only candidate running for District Attorney who explicitly pledges to never seek the death penalty."
Mostly False
By Anna Orso • May 3, 2017
Scott Wagner
Scott Wagner
stated on March 28, 2017 in in a State Impact article.:
"...the earth moves closer to the sun every year – you know the rotation of the earth. We’re moving closer to the sun."
False
By Anna Orso • March 31, 2017
Seth Williams
Seth Williams
stated on March 3, 2017 in various public comments.:
On whether or not the Philadelphia DA's office will recommend the possibility of parole for all juvenile lifers.
Full Flop
By Anna Orso • March 16, 2017
Reps. Keith Rothfus, Mike Kelly and Bill Shuster
Reps. Keith Rothfus, Mike Kelly and Bill Shuster
stated on February 19, 2017 in an op-ed in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
"Obamacare covers 24 million fewer people than it was expected to, and the projected price tag has more than doubled at $2 trillion."
Mostly False
By Anna Orso • February 24, 2017
Bob Casey
Bob Casey
stated on January 17, 2017 in a Senate confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos.:
"[The Foundation for Individual Rights] is the recipient of donations from [DeVos] totaling about 25,000 bucks over four years."
Mostly True
By Anna Orso • January 19, 2017
John Rafferty
John Rafferty
stated on October 16, 2016 in a debate.:
"Recently though, the media has reported on thousands of illegal voters here in the commonwealth."
Pants on Fire!
By Anna Orso • October 26, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 10, 2016 in a Facebook post.:
"Stopped by Smiley Cookie to pick up some great cookies for the family, along with Rudy."
Mostly False
By Anna Orso • October 11, 2016
NARAL Pro-Choice America
NARAL Pro-Choice America
stated on September 28, 2016 in an ad.:
"Toomey and Trump will ban abortion and punish women who have them."
False
By Anna Orso • October 6, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on August 17, 2016 in an op-ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.:
On the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Full Flop
By Anna Orso • August 22, 2016
Independence USA PAC
Independence USA PAC
stated on August 1, 2016 in a television ad:
"Toomey crossed party lines… to stop gun sales to suspects on the terror watch list."
Mostly False
By Anna Orso • August 15, 2016
Josh Shapiro
Josh Shapiro
stated on August 11, 2016 in a platform on his campaign website:
Overdosing is now the number one accidental killer in our Commonwealth.
True
By Anna Orso • August 11, 2016
Tom Marino
Tom Marino
stated on July 18, 2016 in a speech to the PA delegation at the RNC.:
"[Hillary Clinton]'s not trusted -- virtually at all."
Mostly False
By Anna Orso • July 20, 2016
Pat Toomey
Pat Toomey
stated on June 27, 2016 in a statement:
"Sanctuary cities such as Philadelphia refuse to cooperate with the federal government in locating suspected terrorists who are in their custody and are in the country illegally."
Half-True
By Anna Orso • July 8, 2016
Katie McGinty
Katie McGinty
stated on June 13, 2016 in in an interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer:
"He leant his name to a bill, did little or nothing three years ago to try to get it passed, (and) since then has done absolutely nothing other than disavow any attempt to move on the legislation."
Mostly False
By Anna Orso • June 15, 2016
Daniel Grace
Daniel Grace
stated on May 17, 2016 in a statement:
A three-cents-per-ounce soda tax in Philadelphia "would result in the loss of 2,000 family-sustaining Teamster Union jobs and countless other jobs in the beverage industry."  
False
By Anna Orso • May 20, 2016
Tom Marino
Tom Marino
stated on May 5, 2016 in an interview on MSNBC.:
Twenty million Americans are "out of work."
Half-True
By Anna Orso, Louis Jacobson • May 9, 2016
Katie McGinty
Katie McGinty
stated on April 28, 2016 in a press release.:
"Pat Toomey advocated for eliminating all corporate taxes."
True
By Anna Orso • April 29, 2016
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