Latest Fact-Checks In Tennessee

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Matt Walsh
Matt Walsh
stated on February 8, 2023 a Tennessee State House Committee Hearing
“The youth suicide rate has increased exponentially alongside trans affirmation. Trans affirmation causes the suicide rate, not the other way around.”
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • March 8, 2023
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 13, 2021 a Facebook post
"Tennessee new law passed 48 hours ago now makes it illegal to teach Black history in the grades K-12."
Mostly False
October 19, 2021
Scott DesJarlais
Scott DesJarlais
stated on September 2, 2012 an interview with The Daily News Journal of Murfreesboro
Defends his vote to push "retirement age to 70" by saying he is for "a process" that would not be fully implemented until "around the turn of the century."
Mostly False
By Richard Locker • September 17, 2012
Julia Hurley
Julia Hurley
stated on June 23, 2012 an email to constituents
"If you have ever visited Nashville or Washington D.C. you will see MANY names and initials carved into ... desks."  
Mostly False
By Michael Collins, Tom Humphrey • July 18, 2012
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on June 7, 2012
Says her congressional district has 10,000 medical-device industry jobs and 1,000 will be lost because of health-care law tax.
Mostly False
By Bartholomew Sullivan • June 17, 2012
Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on April 25, 2012 a blog post on the party’s web site on April 25, 2012
Says U.S. Rep. Stephen Fincher "breaks earmark pledge."
Mostly False
By Michael Collins • May 25, 2012
Lamar Alexander
Lamar Alexander
stated on March 22, 2012 a press release.
"This rule could prevent children under 18 from using such tools as a power screwdriver, a milking machine or something as simple as a wheelbarrow on the family farm . . . "
Mostly False
By Bartholomew Sullivan • April 15, 2012
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on December 16, 2011 appearance on Fox Business Channel’s “Varney & Co.”
New energy standards will take away "our freedom of choice and selection in the light bulbs we have in our homes."
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By Bartholomew Sullivan • January 13, 2012