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Civitas Institute
stated on June 25, 2018 a tweet:

"Apple and Amazon already operate in many states that require levels of voter ID."

True

By Rashaan Ayesh • August 22, 2018

Marsha Blackburn
stated on August 8, 2018 a speech to farmers:

"Hospitals are closing in rural America because they don't have access to high-speed internet."

False

By Jon Greenberg • August 15, 2018

Josh Hawley
stated on August 7, 2018 a speech:

"I am the only (state attorney general) in America fighting to hold the big tech companies accountable for their behavior."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • August 14, 2018

Republican Governors Association
stated on July 18, 2018 a TV ad:

Says Richard Cordray "secretly collected hundreds of millions of credit card accounts and mortgages. Worse, Cordray failed to protect our information. It was hacked over 200 times."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • August 14, 2018

Bloggers
stated on July 5, 2018 a blog post:

"Facebook removes, censors Declaration of Independence as ‘hate speech’"

Half-True

By Bill McCarthy • July 10, 2018

Mike McCabe
stated on April 18, 2018 a podcast:

Wisconsin is "49th in the country in internet speed."

Half-True

By Taylor Palmby • June 20, 2018

Ro Khanna
stated on May 26, 2018 in a tweet:

"Amazon Echo is recording every conversation in a person's home and transmitting it to the cloud."

Mostly False

By John Kruzel • May 31, 2018

Jack Posobiec
stated on March 20, 2018 a tweet:

Says Donald "Trump decided to *not* work with Cambridge Analytica during the election."

Mostly False

By Jon Greenberg • March 21, 2018

JD Vance
stated on December 31, 2017 an interview on Face the Nation:

Says "50 percent of venture capital goes to California. Most of the rest of it goes to New York and Massachusetts."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • February 20, 2018

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

Kamala Harris
stated on January 24, 2018 a tweet:

"No state generates as much solar power as California, or has as many people whose jobs depend on it."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • January 25, 2018

Roy Blunt
stated on September 8, 2017 a tweet:

"Nearly 2/3 of rural Missourians don’t have access to broadband. That needs to change."

True

By Katelyn Brown, Patrick Mueller • September 15, 2017

Sean Duffy
stated on July 20, 2017 a TV interview:

"We're flying 1987 planes with 1987 technology."

Half-True

By Alan Hovorka • September 6, 2017

Jennifer Shilling
stated on August 14, 2017 a press release:

"Foxconn tax break could exceed $1 million per job."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • August 16, 2017

One Wisconsin Now
stated on August 7, 2017 a tweet:

Wisconsin's $3 billion incentive offer to Foxconn is "the largest gift ever by a state to a foreign company."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • August 15, 2017

Melissa Sargent
stated on August 2, 2017 a tweet:

On Foxconn deal, "3,000 jobs cost #WI taxpayers more than $3 billion in tax giveaways. Break it down: more than $1 million in taxpayer dollars per job."

False

By Tom Kertscher • August 11, 2017

Andy Gronik
stated on July 14, 2017 a TV interview:

Says Scott Walker "has taken money away from internet expansion in our state."

Mostly False

By Devi Shastri • August 10, 2017

Scott Walker
stated on July 26, 2017 a tweet:

"Foxconn is bringing 13,000 high-tech jobs to Wisconsin."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • July 27, 2017

Mark Cuban
stated on June 30, 2017 a tweet:

"Twitter reaches only 15 percent of the population."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • July 26, 2017

Bloggers
stated on July 3, 2017 Internet posts:

Australia is microchipping its public.

Pants on Fire!

By John Kruzel • July 6, 2017

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