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Latest Fact-Checks By Jon Greenberg

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Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on October 11, 2018 an attack ad
Says Phil Bredesen "lured illegal immigrants to Tennessee."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 25, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 20, 2018 an exchange with reporters
Saudi Arabia has ordered $450 billion, "$110 billion of which is a military order," producing "over a million jobs."
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • October 23, 2018
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
stated on October 16, 2018 an attack ad
Says Dean Heller "broke that promise" to protect expanded Medicaid.  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 19, 2018
Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift
stated on October 7, 2018 an Instagram post
Says Marsha Blackburn "voted against the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which attempts to protect women from domestic violence, stalking, and date rape."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 9, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 2, 2018 a rally in Southaven, Miss.
Says Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he served in Vietnam in "Da Nang Province. Soldiers dying left and right as we battled up the hill." And "then he cried when (the press) caught him."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 2, 2018 a rally in Southaven, Miss.
Says Sen. Richard Blumenthal "lied about his service" in Vietnam.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • October 4, 2018
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 25, 2018 an attack ad
Says Jacky Rosen "voted against stopping criminals from re-entering the United States."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 1, 2018 a midterm rally in Johnson City, Tenn.
Says Republicans "just passed" the Veterans Choice program after 44 years of trying. "They've been trying to pass that one for many, many decades."
False
By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2018
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
stated on September 25, 2018 a debate in Nashville, Tenn.
Under Phil Bredesen, in sexual harassment cases, his administration chose "to shred some of the documents so that women’s voices would never be heard."  
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • October 2, 2018
Senate Leadership Fund
Senate Leadership Fund
stated on September 18, 2018 a television ad
Says Tennessee Senate candidate Phil Bredesen "supports single-payer health care."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 18, 2018 an exchange with reporters
On investigating during the Supreme Court confirmation process, "The FBI doesn’t do that."
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 20, 2018
Phil Bredesen
Phil Bredesen
stated on August 24, 2018 a press release
Says Marsha Blackburn "at the behest of the pharmaceutical industry, co-sponsored a law that weakened DEA enforcement efforts against drug distribution companies that were supplying corrupt doctors and pharmacists who peddled narcotics to the black market."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 18, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 9, 2018 a website post
Says Barack Obama "referred to the carnage that took place in Benghazi as a conspiracy theory."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • September 14, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 5, 2018 an exchange with reporters
"We’re making (Medicare) stronger. We’re making Social Security stronger."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • September 6, 2018
Americans for Prosperity
Americans for Prosperity
stated on August 29, 2018 an attack ad
As Tennessee governor, Phil Bredesen "supported higher taxes on us. Higher gas taxes. Higher sales taxes."    
False
By Jon Greenberg • August 30, 2018
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on August 23, 2018 a tweet
"The Dutch (Afrikaners) were" in South Africa "first."  
Pants on Fire!
By Jon Greenberg • August 27, 2018
Jacky Rosen
Jacky Rosen
stated on August 13, 2018 a campaign endorsement event
Says Sen. Dean Heller "wants to cut programs like Social Security and Medicare to pay for tax cuts for his ultra-wealthy donors."
Half-True
By Jon Greenberg • August 16, 2018
Dean Heller
Dean Heller
stated on June 26, 2018 a press release
Says Jacky Rosen "skipped work ... at the expense of veterans" to "attend a publicity stunt."
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 16, 2018
Marsha Blackburn
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
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on August 2, 2018 an interview with CBS News
States "haven't even begun to spend the (election security) money they have now."  
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • August 3, 2018
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