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Marco Rubio
stated on November 8, 2018 a tweet:

"#Broward elections department has a history of violating the law."

Mostly True

By Amy Sherman • November 12, 2018

Scott Walker
stated on October 23, 2018 a campaign ad:

Says Tony Evers wants to give in-state tuition and drivers licenses to "illegal aliens."

Mostly True

By Eric Litke, Tom Kertscher • November 2, 2018

Tony Evers
stated on September 26, 2018 a campaign ad:

"Under Scott Walker, the Department of Corrections has only 18 people tracking 25,000 sex offenders" and "there are nearly 3,000 sex offenders that are unaccounted for."

Mostly False

By D.L. Davis • October 29, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on October 24, 2018 a rally in Mosinee, Wis.:

"Many presidents don’t get the chance to put a Supreme Court justice on."

False

By Louis Jacobson • October 25, 2018

VoteVets.org
stated on October 12, 2018 an ad:

Says Rick Scott’s "hospital company stole millions, defrauding the military’s health care program."

True

By Amy Sherman • October 23, 2018

Stephen Carter
stated on October 9, 2018 in an interview:

The 5-4 decisions the Supreme Court reaches "are going up."

False

By John Kruzel • October 12, 2018

Joe Manchin
stated on September 14, 2018 tweet:

Says Patrick Morrisey undertook "efforts to put educators in jail."

False

By Kristen Mohammadi • October 11, 2018

Gavin Newsom
stated on October 8, 2018 a gubernatorial debate:

"Only Duterte’s Philippines and Trump’s United States of America have money bail."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • October 9, 2018

Top Stories USA
stated on September 29, 2018 a Facebook post:

"Christine Blasey Ford claims that she called a friend on her cell phone after the ‘attack’ in or around 1982."

Pants on Fire!

By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2018

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

Steve West
stated on September 27, 2018 a page on his campaign website:

"PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES that manufacture vaccines have IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION!"

Mostly False

By Andrew Withers, Dylan Sherman • September 27, 2018

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

Patrick Morrisey
stated on September 4, 2018 a campaign ad:

Says he "beat (President Barack) Obama at the Supreme Court, saving coal jobs."

Mostly True

By Anja Martin • September 20, 2018

AFSCME People
stated on September 5, 2018 an ad:

Says Mike DeWine took $40,000 from ECOT and "did nothing while the online for-profit school lied about enrollment and took millions meant for our kids."

Half-True

By Amy Sherman • September 12, 2018

A Stronger Wisconsin
stated on August 20, 2018 a TV ad:

"When two judges said it was illegal to fire a teacher" who viewed pornography at school, "Tony Evers worked with Republicans and Democrats and changed the law."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • September 12, 2018

Mark Meadows
stated on August 31, 2018:

"Bruce Ohr's wife, Nellie Ohr, worked for Fusion GPS – which was the firm hired by the Clinton campaign to write the dossier. Bruce Ohr gave the dossier to the FBI. The FBI then used the same dossier to spy on the Trump campaign."

Half-True

By Bill McCarthy • September 11, 2018

Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on August 17, 2018 A campaign ad:

Says Joe Radinovich "was cited 30 times for not paying court fines."

Mostly True

By Stephen Koff • September 10, 2018

Ted Cruz
stated on September 4, 2018 a video:

Says Beto O’Rourke said he’s grateful that people are burning or desecrating the American flag.

False

By W. Gardner Selby • September 5, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on September 5, 2018 a tweet:

"Someone can write an article or book, totally make up stories and form a picture of a person that is literally the exact opposite of the fact, and get away with it without retribution or cost. Don’t know why Washington politicians don’t change libel laws?"

False

By Louis Jacobson • September 5, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on September 3, 2018 in a tweet:

"Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department."

Mostly False

By John Kruzel • September 4, 2018

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