Latest Fact-Checks In Georgia

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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
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
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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