Latest Fact-Checks By Emily Sanderson

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Cora Faith Walker
stated on November 9, 2017 in a guest commentary in the St. Louis American:

"The average life expectancy for African Americans in Saint Louis and Saint Louis County varies by as much as 18 years compared to the white population, with nearly half of all African-American kids under the age of 18 living in poverty."

Mostly True

By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • December 25, 2017

Ann Wagner
stated on November 1, 2017 in a campaign website:

"Satanists have teamed up with the ACLU and Planned Parenthood in Missouri to roll back the rights of the unborn."

False

By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • November 24, 2017

Stacey Newman
stated on October 2, 2017 in a Missourinet article:

"Part of this omnibus gun bill that year (was) legalizing machine guns in the state of Missouri."

Half-True

By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • November 3, 2017

Eric Greitens
stated on August 13, 2017 in a Facebook live video:

"Seventy-three percent of our veterans are graduating from drug courts. By contrast, I think most of the people in the very good drug court program — the graduation rate’s like 53, 55 percent. The point of that is that drug courts are working for veterans."

Mostly True

By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • October 21, 2017

William Lacy Clay
stated on August 18, 2017 in an article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

"Calling for the assassination of the president is a federal crime."

Half-True

By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • September 15, 2017