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Latest Fact-Checks In Missouri

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Mary Elizabeth Coleman
Mary Elizabeth Coleman
stated on January 23, 2019 a speech at a General Laws Committee hearing:
A girl’s "life expectancy is seven years after entering into prostitution."
False
By Madison Conte • February 27, 2019
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on November 29, 2017 a speech in St. Charles, Mo.:
Missouri is one of "13 states this year have seen unemployment drop to the lowest levels in the history of their state."
False
By Lucille Sherman • December 15, 2017
Ann Wagner
Ann Wagner
stated on November 1, 2017 a campaign website:
"Satanists have teamed up with the ACLU and Planned Parenthood in Missouri to roll back the rights of the unborn."
False
By Emily Sanderson, Tessa Weinberg • November 24, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on April 14, 2017 a town hall:
"If Donald Trump would stay home from Mar-a-Lago one weekend, it would pay the entire meals on wheels budget for the state of Missouri for almost two years."  
False
By Grace Hase • May 23, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on March 28, 2017 a tweet:
"We have 5 percent of world population. 80 percent of opioids."
False
By Gary Garrison • May 10, 2017
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on January 31, 2017 a Senate hearing for Rex Tillerson’s nomination for U.S. Secretary of State:
"Nobody applies to the United States for refugee status. They apply to the United Nations."
False
By Aleissa Bleyl • April 24, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on February 8, 2017 a speech:
"Somebody observed this week that you have to go back to the very founding of the government to the first administration of George Washington to find a time when it’s taken longer to put a Cabinet in place."
False
By Grace Hase • March 25, 2017
Roy Blunt
Roy Blunt
stated on April 18, 2016 a petition against President Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo Bay:
"Jason Kander supports [Obama’s] plan to bring the remaining suspected terrorists to U.S. soil."
False
By Mary McIntyre • May 9, 2016
Catherine Hanaway
Catherine Hanaway
stated on March 17, 2016 a Republican gubernatorial debate:
"We’re the worst state in the country at moving people from welfare to work."
False
By Andrew Kessel • April 18, 2016
Eric Greitens
Eric Greitens
stated on March 17, 2016 a gubernatorial debate:
"We have ten different tax brackets and if you’re making $9,000, you’re already in the top tax bracket."
False
By Conner Smith • March 22, 2016
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on August 21, 2015 comments to HBO host Bill Maher:
"You wonder why you don't see Rand Paul as much; he's still shopping for his billionaire. He's like the only one who hasn't found a billionaire to fund his super PAC."
False
By Katherine Knott • October 20, 2015
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