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Latest Fact-Checks By Clay Wirestone

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Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on May 18, 2016 a press release
Says Maggie Hassan was "out of state on 30 days over the last three months."  
Mostly True
By Clay Wirestone • May 27, 2016
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on April 12, 2016 a press release
"Kelly Ayotte has voted four times against the federal Paycheck Fairness Act."
Mostly True
By Clay Wirestone • April 29, 2016
Jack Falanagan
Jack Falanagan
stated on March 10, 2016 a speech
Says New Hampshire’s second congressional district includes two counties where "almost 5 percent if not more" of residents are enrolled in the state’s expanded Medicaid program.
True
By Clay Wirestone • April 15, 2016
Jennifer Horn
Jennifer Horn
stated on March 16, 2016 a press release
"For more than 80 years, there has not been a nomination and confirmation of a Supreme Court Justice in a presidential election year. This is simply not the time to break with decades of bipartisan practice."
Half-True
By Clay Wirestone • March 18, 2016
New Hampshire Republican Party
New Hampshire Republican Party
stated on February 16, 2016 an online petition
"Given the results of the primary, the vote of one New Hampshire superdelegate is equal to the votes of about 10,000 grassroots activists."
Mostly True
By Clay Wirestone • March 18, 2016
New Hampshire Democratic Party
New Hampshire Democratic Party
stated on February 16, 2016 a press release
Blocking a U.S. Supreme Court nomination during the remaining months of President Obama’s term "would leave the nation’s highest court with an unprecedented year-long vacancy."
Mostly False
By Clay Wirestone • February 19, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 2, 2016 a campaign event in Keene, N.H.
Says Goldman Sachs CEO said Congress would "have to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid and give huge tax breaks to the wealthy and the large corporations."
Half-True
By Clay Wirestone • February 5, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 4, 2016 a Democratic presidential debate in Durham, N.H.
Says a Sanders campaign ad "never said ... a newspaper endorsed us that did not."
False
By Clay Wirestone, Louis Jacobson • February 5, 2016
Bernie Sanders
Bernie Sanders
stated on February 3, 2016 a campaign ad
Says he was endorsed by the Valley News newspaper.
False
By Clay Wirestone • February 4, 2016
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on January 21, 2016 an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor
"90 percent of all pain medications are prescribed in the United States."
Mostly True
By Clay Wirestone • February 4, 2016
Ann McLane Kuster
Ann McLane Kuster
stated on December 3, 2015 an interview with New Hampshire Public Radio
Says the Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015 would not "pause" the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the United States.
Half-True
By Clay Wirestone • December 19, 2015
Ben Carson
Ben Carson
stated on September 30, 2015 a campaign stop in Exeter, N.H
Birth control pioneer Margaret Sanger "believed that people like me should be eliminated."
False
By Clay Wirestone • October 5, 2015
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 11, 2015 TV ad
Gov. Maggie Hassan’s budget proposal "raises taxes on small businesses and increases taxes and fees by $100 million."   
Mostly True
By Clay Wirestone • August 27, 2015
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte
stated on July 1, 2015 a town hall meeting in Colebrook, N.H.
The federal deficit would pay for 40 gallons of "New Hampshire maple syrup" for everyone in the United States.
Half-True
By Clay Wirestone • July 22, 2015
Maggie Hassan
Maggie Hassan
stated on June 16, 2015 her State of the State speech in Nashua
Six thousand people have sought addiction treatment through expanded Medicaid.
False
By Clay Wirestone • July 2, 2015
Impact America Action
Impact America Action
stated on June 8, 2015 an ad
As governor, Maggie Hassan first proposed a $1 billion spending increase.
Half-True
By Clay Wirestone • June 25, 2015
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on May 7, 2015 a visit to Deerfield, NH
"The entirety of North America -- Canada, the United States and Mexico -- there's more known reserves in those three countries than in Russia and Saudi Arabia."
Mostly False
By Clay Wirestone • June 5, 2015
Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush
stated on April 17, 2015 a speech at Politics and Eggs
"On my last trip to New Hampshire, I think I met the guy who founded the first and only bank since Dodd-Frank passed, since the financial crisis. One bank in the country."
Mostly False
By Clay Wirestone • May 8, 2015
Evan Bayh
Evan Bayh
stated on April 2, 2015 an interview in Concord, N.H.
"The fastest-growing part of the Pentagon’s budget are health care expenses."
True
By Clay Wirestone • April 21, 2015
Lindsey Graham
Lindsey Graham
stated on March 8, 2015 a speech in Concord, N.H.
"If you took every penny of the 1 percent, including their dog, you wouldn't even begin to balance the budget."
Mostly False
By Clay Wirestone • March 27, 2015
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