Latest Fact-Checks By Tessa Weinberg

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Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 6, 2018 in a Facebook post:
Says "Kurt Russell supports Trump" by wearing a Trump T-shirt.
Pants on Fire!
By Tessa Weinberg • November 6, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 3, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
Says Stacey Abrams posed with a campaign sign that described her as a "communist" and part of the "Muslim-Brotherhood"
Pants on Fire!
By Tessa Weinberg • November 6, 2018
worldnewsdailyreport.com
worldnewsdailyreport.com
stated on November 1, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
Lottery winner arrested for dumping $200,000 of manure on ex-boss' lawn  
Pants on Fire!
By Tessa Weinberg • November 5, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 3, 2018 in :
"Mayor Andrew Gillum says he’s indefinitely suspending his campaign for governor in light of a fatal shooting in Tallahassee at a yoga studio on Friday."  
False
By Tessa Weinberg • November 3, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 21, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
"Soros Letter Reveals Plot to ‘Take Down Borders’ with Migrant Caravan Invasions"  
Pants on Fire!
By Tessa Weinberg • November 1, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 27, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
"Pipe bomber suspect pictured last year with Izzy Hernandez. ... a Democrat Donor/Supporter."  
Mostly False
By Tessa Weinberg • November 1, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 7, 2017 in :
"Burger King admits to using horse meat in burgers, Whoppers."
False
By Tessa Weinberg • October 24, 2018
Occupy Democrats
Occupy Democrats
stated on October 15, 2018 in a post on Facebook:
"The Postal Service only gives tribal residents PO boxes. The Republican-controlled Supreme Court just said it’s totally okay for North Dakota to demand that ONLY residents with street addresses can vote. Native Americans were the last to get the right to vote, and now they are the first to lose it."
Half-True
By Tessa Weinberg • October 23, 2018
Cora Faith Walker
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
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
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
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
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