Latest Fact-Checks In Georgia

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League of Conservation Voters
League of Conservation Voters
stated on November 28, 2022 a statement on a website
Herschel Walker “is heavily funded by the oil and gas industry, raking in more than $140,000 in donations from Big Oil and other energy interests."
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By Amy Sherman • December 1, 2022
Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
stated on November 16, 2022 an ad
“(Raphael) Warnock’s camp was shut down for failing to report five findings of child abuse and neglect."
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November 29, 2022
Herschel Walker
Herschel Walker
stated on August 22, 2022 a tweet
Joe Biden and Raphael Warnock "are spending $1.5 billion on ‘urban forestry’ and raising taxes on those making under $200k to pay for it.”
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By Louis Jacobson, Tori Gantz • September 1, 2022
One Nation
One Nation
stated on July 16, 2022 ads
Raphael Warnock and Catherine Cortez Masto “voted to allow hundreds of millions of dollars of COVID relief funds to be squandered” on leisure projects.
Half-True
July 28, 2022
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on January 31, 2022 an interview on CNN
“In Texas, because of the laws they passed, a 95-year-old World War II veteran is being denied the right to vote by mail because he can't produce a registration number he got back in the 1950s.”
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By Amy Sherman • February 3, 2022
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on January 11, 2022 a speech on voting rights in Georgia
“In the 2020 election, President Trump voted from behind the desk in the White House in Florida.”
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By Amy Sherman • January 13, 2022
Viral image
Viral image
stated on September 18, 2021 a Facebook post
“The NAACP wants” the Confederate Memorial Carving “sandblasted off Stone Mountain.”
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September 27, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on April 6, 2021 a Facebook post
Colorado “requires photo ID to vote in person, requires signature verification for mail-in ballots, which Georgia got rid of, and prevents campaign workers from giving food, water to voters within 100 feet if they’re wearing campaign apparel.”
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April 7, 2021
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on December 6, 2020 a debate
Says Kelly Loeffler “welcomed the support of a QAnon conspiracy theorist, and she sat down with a white supremacist for an interview.”
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December 9, 2020
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on November 5, 2020 an ad
Says Kelly Loeffler is "for getting rid of health care in the middle of a pandemic."
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November 20, 2020
Raphael Warnock
Raphael Warnock
stated on October 28, 2020 an interview
When Sen. Kelly Loeffler heard about the COVID-19 risk, she “focused on her own portfolio” and "profited from the pandemic."
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October 31, 2020
Lucy McBath
Lucy McBath
stated on September 9, 2020 an ad
Says Karen Handel voted with Donald Trump, "gutting health care for millions, supporting horrific child separation policies" and for "abortion bans."
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September 14, 2020
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on February 14, 2018 campaign website
"The majority of Georgians incarcerated in local jails have never been convicted of crime. They are simply too poor to pay their bail."
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By Miriam Valverde • February 21, 2018
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on January 17, 2018 a statement to The Root
Says under her leadership, "Democrats fought to ... make sure the (2011 HOPE) bill ... prevented the use of ACT/SAT testing standards."
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By Jon Greenberg • January 24, 2018
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on November 15, 2017 a post on Twitter
"The average cost for infant care in GA is almost $7,700/yr – more than average in-state college tuition."
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By Emily Tanaka • November 22, 2017
Drew Ferguson
Drew Ferguson
stated on November 5, 2017 an email to a constituent
Under the House Republican tax proposal, "the average family of four earning median income ($59,000/year) will receive an additional $1,182 in their pocket every year."
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By Louis Jacobson • November 6, 2017
Stacey Abrams
Stacey Abrams
stated on October 2, 2017 a public forum
Says Stacey Evans "voted for (school) vouchers...in the beginning."
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By Emily Tanaka • October 17, 2017
Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp
stated on August 23, 2017 a campaign email
"Our conservative Georgia values are under attack" ... (People) are "calling for the removal of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson statues."
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By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2017
David Perdue
David Perdue
stated on July 28, 2017 a statement
Because of the failure to pass a repeal bill, "Obamacare remains the law of the land ... This means more than 300,000 Georgians below the poverty line will still not have access to the insurance Obamacare promised."
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By Louis Jacobson • August 3, 2017
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on June 22, 2017 a meeting with small business owners
Says of Georgia, "for four years in a row, we are the No. 1 state to do business in."
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By Lauren Carroll, Louis Jacobson • July 19, 2017
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