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Liquid Death
Liquid Death
stated on October 27, 2022 an ad:
In Georgia, it's "illegal to give people water within 150 feet of a polling place" and "punishable by up to a year in prison."
True
By Tom Kertscher • November 8, 2022
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on September 17, 2022 ads:
Herschel Walker misled about “personally treating 4,500 veterans per year,” about “graduating from college” and about “working in law enforcement.”
True
By Tom Kertscher • October 4, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 2, 2021 a Facebook post:
The Georgia House passed a bill that “makes it a misdemeanor to give food or water to voters waiting in line.”
True
By Amy Sherman • March 9, 2021
Roy Cooper
Roy Cooper
stated on October 14, 2020 a debate:
Georgia has “almost 100,000 more (COVID-19) cases, almost twice as many deaths and almost 600 more nursing home deaths than North Carolina.”
True
By Paul Specht • October 15, 2020
Brian Kemp
Brian Kemp
stated on February 7, 2018 campaign website:
In Georgia, "25 percent of rural residents" are "without access to high speed internet."
True
By Miriam Valverde • February 12, 2018
Stacey Evans
Stacey Evans
stated on June 12, 2017 a campaign video:
"I helped win one of the biggest private lawsuits against Medicare fraud in history. The government declined to pursue the case, so my firm did, and we recovered $324 million for taxpayers."
True
By Manuela Tobias • July 14, 2017
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on June 20, 2017 a tweet:
Says Jon Ossoff "doesn't even live in (his) district."
True
By Jon Greenberg • June 20, 2017
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on November 29, 2016 Townhall.com :
Hillary Clinton in 2005 co-sponsored legislation that would jail flag burners.
True
By Jim Tharpe • December 2, 2016
Various media reports 2
Various media reports 2
stated on November 10, 2016 news media reports:
Newt Gingrich has been a proponent of selecting a president by popular vote instead of the Electoral College.
True
By Ariella Phillips, Jim Tharpe • November 16, 2016
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
stated on August 22, 2016 interview with an AP reporter in Memphis:
Both the Democratic and Republican candidates for president in 2016 are "quite unpopular."
True
By Jim Tharpe • August 31, 2016
Vernon Keenan
Vernon Keenan
stated on April 26, 2016 Newspaper interview :
The city of Clarkston "can’t decriminalize marijuana. Only state legislators and Congress can do that."
True
By Jim Tharpe • May 11, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 13, 2016 Donald Trump on Sunday, March 13th, 2016, in an interview on "Meet the Press":
Says a YouTube video shows Thomas DiMassimo, the man who rushed Trump at an Ohio rally, "dragging the American flag on the ground like it was a piece of garbage."    
True
By Jim Tharpe • March 17, 2016
Charlotte Nash
Charlotte Nash
stated on November 17, 2015 a statement:
Since 2008, Gwinnett County’s population has grown 15 percent, while the county government staff has increased only 1 percent.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • December 11, 2015
Fulton County Health and Wellness
Fulton County Health and Wellness
stated on November 20, 2015 a press release:
The number of people in Atlanta dying from HIV and AIDS declined 59 percent between 2004 and 2012.  
True
By April Hunt • December 2, 2015
Don Francis
Don Francis
stated on October 28, 2015 an interview with Watchdog.org:
Electric car sales in Georgia have dropped dramatically since a $5,000 tax credit was eliminated and a $200 annual registration fee was imposed July 1.
True
By Nancy Badertscher • November 2, 2015
Slice & Pint brewpub
Slice & Pint brewpub
stated on September 24, 2015 the fall menu:
Brewpubs can't sell growlers of their beer to customers.  
True
By April Hunt • October 23, 2015
Butch Conway
Butch Conway
stated on September 16, 2015 press conference:
The racial and ethnic makeup of the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office mirrors the community it serves.  
True
By Nancy Badertscher • September 29, 2015
Georgia Voice
Georgia Voice
stated on September 17, 2015 a news story:
No openly gay man has ever been elected to the Georgia Legislature.
True
By April Hunt • September 28, 2015
Matthew Charles Cardinale
Matthew Charles Cardinale
stated on September 13, 2015 an opinion piece in the Saporta Report:
Tens of thousands of Atlanta households pay more than 30 percent of their income towards rent.
True
By April Hunt • September 25, 2015
Casey Cagle
Casey Cagle
stated on September 8, 2015 press release:
"Eighty-three law enforcement officers have died in the line of duty this year. Twenty-four of them were shot and killed in cold blood."
True
By Nancy Badertscher • September 22, 2015
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